OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 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 nine and three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2025:
Net sales	$2,282,905	$1,028,345	($35,617)	$3,275,633
Depreciation	20,283	18,586	1,496	40,365
Amortization	62,579	40,748	1,177	104,504
Operating income	549,422	235,334	(44,780)	739,976
Capital expenditures	26,238	19,731	69	46,038
Nine months ended July 31, 2024:
Net sales	$1,947,574	$927,393	($30,963)	$2,844,004
Depreciation	18,612	16,706	921	36,239
Amortization	54,926	38,304	1,177	94,407
Operating income	438,561	206,379	(39,131)	605,809
Capital expenditures	20,639	20,869	667	42,175
Three months ended July 31, 2025:
Net sales	$802,661	$355,863	($10,933)	$1,147,591
Depreciation	7,096	6,556	497	14,149
Amortization	21,485	13,741	392	35,618
Operating income	198,326	80,998	(14,305)	265,019
Capital expenditures	7,224	5,453	62	12,739
Three months ended July 31, 2024:
Net sales	$681,626	$322,129	($11,509)	$992,246
Depreciation	6,683	5,645	312	12,640
Amortization	18,622	12,655	393	31,670
Operating income	153,594	75,788	(12,936)	216,446
Capital expenditures	7,925	7,841	84	15,850

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 July 31, 2025	$4,605,036	$3,447,101	$479,486	$8,531,623
Total assets as of October 31, 2024	4,264,360	2,981,326	347,136	7,592,822