OPERATING SEGMENTS

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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12.      OPERATING SEGMENTS

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the Flight Support Group (“FSG”), consisting of HEICO Aerospace Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, and the Electronic Technologies Group (“ETG”), consisting of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. and its subsidiaries, for the nine months and three months ended July 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, is as follows:

					Other,
					Primarily
	Segment				Corporate and			Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Intersegment			Totals
Nine months ended July 31, 2011:
Net sales	$	395,193,000	$	162,477,000	$	(1,698,000	)	$	555,972,000
Depreciation and amortization		7,683,000		5,458,000		285,000			13,426,000
Operating income		68,385,000		44,556,000		(11,950,000	)		100,991,000
Capital expenditures		4,118,000		1,555,000		37,000			5,710,000
Nine months ended July 31, 2010:
Net sales	$	301,145,000	$	147,231,000	$	(726,000	)	$	447,650,000
Depreciation and amortization		7,467,000		5,817,000		294,000			13,578,000
Operating income		50,332,000		39,961,000		(10,799,000	)		79,494,000
Capital expenditures		5,513,000		1,214,000		16,000			6,743,000
Three months ended July 31, 2011:
Net sales	$	140,748,000	$	57,166,000	$	(647,000	)	$	197,267,000
Depreciation and amortization		2,669,000		1,771,000		95,000			4,535,000
Operating income		24,551,000		15,373,000		(4,218,000	)		35,706,000
Capital expenditures		1,155,000		677,000		33,000			1,865,000
Three months ended July 31, 2010:
Net sales	$	104,323,000	$	54,107,000	$	(160,000	)	$	158,270,000
Depreciation and amortization		2,493,000		2,111,000		96,000			4,700,000
Operating income		17,557,000		15,198,000		(3,762,000	)		28,993,000
Capital expenditures		1,696,000		434,000		13,000			2,143,000

Total assets by operating segment as of July 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010 are as follows:

					Other,
	Segment				Primarily		Consolidated
	FSG		ETG		Corporate		Totals
Total assets as of July 31, 2011	$	453,630,000	$	329,640,000	$	71,472,000	$	854,742,000
Total assets as of October 31, 2010		410,666,000		328,577,000		42,400,000		781,643,000