Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2019

The Company is organized and managed on a global basis within three operating segments, Identification Solutions, Workplace Safety, and People Identification ("People ID"), which aggregate into two reportable segments that are organized around businesses with consistent products and services: IDS and WPS. The Identification Solutions and People ID operating segments aggregate into the IDS reporting segment, while the WPS reporting segment is comprised solely of the Workplace Safety operating segment. The Company evaluates short-term segment performance based on segment profit and customer sales. Interest expense, investment and other income, income taxes, and certain corporate administrative expenses are excluded when evaluating segment performance.

Net sales by segment and geographic region for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:



	Three months ended April 30,				Nine months ended April 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Net sales:
ID Solutions
Americas	$	143,557	$	139,061	$	427,671	$	412,271
Europe	48,984		51,248		145,094		147,623
Asia	21,438		21,845		68,518		68,397
Total	$	213,979	$	212,154	$	641,283	$	628,291
Workplace Safety
Americas	$	25,778	$	28,790	$	74,861	$	81,747
Europe	38,372		44,846		113,816		129,887
Australia	11,616		12,631		35,407		36,427
Total	$	75,766	$	86,267	$	224,084	$	248,061
Total Company
Americas	$	169,335	$	167,851	$	502,532	$	494,018
Europe	87,356		96,094		258,910		277,510
Asia-Pacific	33,054		34,476		103,925		104,824
Total	$	289,745	$	298,421	$	865,367	$	876,352

Segment profit for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:



	Three months ended April 30,				Nine months ended April 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Segment profit:
ID Solutions	$	39,892	$	36,970	$	119,311	$	106,896
Workplace Safety	6,099		7,537		16,301		21,037
Total Company	$	45,991	$	44,507	$	135,612	$	127,933

The following is a reconciliation of segment profit to income before income taxes for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2019 and 2018:



	Three months ended April 30,						Nine months ended April 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Total profit from reportable segments	$	45,991		$	44,507		$	135,612		$	127,933
Unallocated amounts:
Administrative costs	(6,370		)	(6,798		)	(19,339		)	(20,017		)
Investment and other income	2,065			31			3,425			1,303
Interest expense	(708		)	(761		)	(2,137		)	(2,453		)
Income before income taxes	$	40,978		$	36,979		$	117,561		$	106,766