Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company is organized and managed on a global basis within three operating segments, Identification Solutions, Workplace Safety, and People Identification ("PDC"), which aggregate into two reportable segments that are organized around businesses with consistent products and services: IDS and WPS. The Identification Solutions and PDC 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. Impairment charges, interest expense, investment and other income, income taxes, and certain corporate administrative expenses are excluded when evaluating segment performance.

The following is a summary of net sales by segment and geographic region for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

	Three months ended April 30,				Nine months ended April 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Net sales:
ID Solutions
Americas	$	131,169	$	143,557	$	418,440	$	427,671
Europe	41,183		48,984		129,884		145,094
Asia	20,817		21,438		65,194		68,518
Total	$	193,169	$	213,979	$	613,518	$	641,283
Workplace Safety
Americas	$	21,456	$	25,778	$	69,395	$	74,861
Europe	37,567		38,372		110,594		113,816
Australia	13,751		11,616		36,048		35,407
Total	$	72,774	$	75,766	$	216,037	$	224,084
Total Company
Americas	$	152,625	$	169,335	$	487,835	$	502,532
Europe	78,750		87,356		240,478		258,910
Asia-Pacific	34,568		33,054		101,242		103,925
Total	$	265,943	$	289,745	$	829,555	$	865,367

Segment profit for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

	Three months ended April 30,				Nine months ended April 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Segment profit:
ID Solutions	$	36,401	$	39,892	$	119,499	$	119,311
Workplace Safety	4,379		6,099		14,991		16,301
Total Company	$	40,780	$	45,991	$	134,490	$	135,612

The following is a reconciliation of segment profit to income before income taxes for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019:

	Three months ended April 30,				Nine months ended April 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Total profit from reportable segments	$	40,780	$	45,991	$	134,490	$	135,612
Unallocated amounts:
Administrative costs	(4,290)		(6,370)		(15,865)		(19,339)
Impairment charges (1)	(13,821)		—		(13,821)		—
Investment and other income	112		2,065		3,252		3,425
Interest expense	(628)		(708)		(1,976)		(2,137)
Income before income taxes	$	22,153	$	40,978	$	106,080	$	117,561