CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS

9 Months Ended

Aug. 03, 2025

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS [Abstract]

NOTE 3 – CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS

The Company invests excess cash in bank time deposits and various marketable securities. The Company’s classification of investments is as follows:

-	Maturing within three months or less from the date of purchase	Cash and cash equivalents
-	Maturing, as of the date of purchase, more than three months, but with remaining maturities of less than one year, from the balance sheet date	Short-term investments
-	Maturing one year or more from the balance sheet date	Long-term marketable investments

The accounting framework for determining fair value includes a hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to measure fair value, which enables the reader of the financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements. The fair value hierarchy consists of three tiers as follows:

Level 1- These are investments where values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in an active market the Company has the ability to access.

Level 2- These are investments where values are based on quoted market prices that are not active or model derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets.

Level 3- These are investments where values are derived from techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The following are cash, cash equivalents and investments measured at fair value:

	August 3, 2025						October 31, 2024
	Cash and cash equivalents		Short-term investments		Total Fair Value		Cash and cash equivalents		Short-term investments		Total Fair Value
Cash	$	171,146	$	-	$	171,146	$	414,074	$	-	$	414,074
Level 1
U.S. Government Securities		5,503		24,986		30,489		-		-		-
Money market funds		14,782		-		14,782		36,322		-		36,322
Level 2
Commercial paper		43,093		2,618		45,711		-		-		-
Time deposits		244,997		68,673		313,670		148,089		42,184		190,273
	$	479,521	$	96,277	$	575,798	$	598,485	$	42,184	$	640,669
Restricted Cash ⁽¹⁾		2,942						2,758
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	482,463					$	601,243

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Restricted cash is included in other assets and primarily relates to customs requirements and land lease agreements.

Based upon the Company’s intent and ability to hold its time deposits to maturity (which maturities range up to twelve months at purchase), such securities have been classified as held-to-maturity and are carried at amortized cost, which approximates market value. The Company’s U.S. Government Securities, Commercial paper and Money market funds are classified as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale investments are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains or losses (net of tax) reported in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). In the event of a sale of these securities, the Company would determine the cost of the investment sold at the specific individual security level and would include any gain or loss in Interest income and other income, net, where the Company also reports periodic interest earned and the amortization (accretion) of discounts (premiums) related to these investments. For the periods ended August 3, 2025, and October 31, 2024, the unrealized gains or losses related to short-term investments were immaterial.