OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2025

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the six and three months ended April 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2025:
Net sales	$1,480,244	$672,482	($24,684)	$2,128,042
Depreciation	13,187	12,030	999	26,216
Amortization	41,094	27,007	785	68,886
Operating income	351,096	154,336	(30,475)	474,957
Capital expenditures	19,014	14,278	7	33,299
Six months ended April 30, 2024:
Net sales	$1,265,948	$605,264	($19,454)	$1,851,758
Depreciation	11,929	11,061	609	23,599
Amortization	36,304	25,649	784	62,737
Operating income	284,967	130,591	(26,195)	389,363
Capital expenditures	12,714	13,028	583	26,325
Three months ended April 30, 2025:
Net sales	$767,070	$342,167	($11,417)	$1,097,820
Depreciation	6,609	6,061	498	13,168
Amortization	21,840	13,476	393	35,709
Operating income	184,980	77,880	(14,708)	248,152
Capital expenditures	8,768	7,189	7	15,964
Three months ended April 30, 2024:
Net sales	$647,232	$319,322	($11,159)	$955,395
Depreciation	5,442	5,522	305	11,269
Amortization	18,447	12,723	392	31,562
Operating income	148,876	75,263	(14,986)	209,153
Capital expenditures	5,982	6,854	112	12,948

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2025	$4,606,613	$3,054,133	$431,430	$8,092,176
Total assets as of October 31, 2024	4,264,360	2,981,326	347,136	7,592,822