SEGMENT REPORTING

6 Months Ended

Oct. 26, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

NOTE 7 SEGMENT REPORTING

Patterson Companies, Inc. is comprised of three reportable segments: dental, veterinary, and rehabilitation supply. Our reportable business segments are strategic business units that offer similar products and services to different customer bases. The dental supply segment provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, clinical and laboratory equipment and value-added services to dentists, dental laboratories, institutions and other dental healthcare providers throughout North America. The veterinary supply segment provides consumable supplies, equipment, diagnostic products, biologicals (vaccines) and pharmaceuticals to companion-pet veterinary clinics. The rehabilitation supply segment provides a comprehensive range of distributed and self-manufactured rehabilitation medical supplies and assistive products to acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation clinics, dealers and schools.

We evaluate segment performance based on operating income. The corporate office general and administrative expenses are included in the dental supply segment and consist of home office support costs in areas such as informational technology, finance, human resources and facilities. If these corporate expenses were allocated to the segments, the results would not be materially different as the dental segment would absorb a significant portion of these expenses. The costs to operate the distribution centers are allocated to the operating units based on the through-put of each unit.

The following table presents information about Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 26,		October 27,		October 26,		October 27,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net sales
Dental supply	$	563,052	$	549,149	$	1,117,285	$	1,116,541
Veterinary supply		308,120		184,375		507,803		375,465
Rehabilitation supply		127,662		133,669		253,871		264,412
Consolidated net sales	$	998,834	$	867,193	$	1,878,959	$	1,756,418
Operating income
Dental supply	$	53,174	$	50,750	$	108,664	$	106,621
Veterinary supply		12,151		9,219		21,198		19,438
Rehabilitation supply		9,898		17,900		26,642		34,402
Consolidated operating income	$	75,223	$	77,869	$	156,504	$	160,461

The following table presents sales information by product for all of Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 26,		October 27,		October 26,		October 27,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net sales
Consumable and printed products	$	707,578	$	586,757	$	1,309,788	$	1,174,315
Equipment and software		212,634		206,920		416,516		433,962
Other		78,622		73,516		152,655		148,141
Total	$	998,834	$	867,193	$	1,878,959	$	1,756,418