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NET INCOME PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO HEICO SHAREHOLDERS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2012
Net Income Per Share Attributable To Heico Shareholders (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block] | The computation of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to HEICO shareholders is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
|  | Six months ended April 30, |  |  | Three months ended April 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to HEICO |  | $ | 38,228 |  |  | $ | 33,904 |  |  | $ | 19,043 |  |  | $ | 16,830 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic |  |  | 52,630 |  |  |  | 51,867 |  |  |  | 52,648 |  |  |  | 52,034 |
Effect of dilutive stock options |  |  | 660 |  |  |  | 1,175 |  |  |  | 648 |  |  |  | 1,069 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted |  |  | 53,290 |  |  |  | 53,042 |  |  |  | 53,296 |  |  |  | 53,103 |
Net income per share attributable to HEICO shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | .73 |  |  | $ | .65 |  |  | $ | .36 |  |  | $ | .32 |
Diluted |  | $ | .72 |  |  | $ | .64 |  |  | $ | .36 |  |  | $ | .32 |
Anti-dilutive stock options excluded |  |  | 641 |  |  |  | 496 |  |  |  | 645 |  |  |  | 654 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share (or per-unit) computations for income from continuing operations, including the effect that has been given to preferred dividends. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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