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NET INCOME PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO HEICO SHAREHOLDERS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2013
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):
|  | Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to HEICO |  |  | $72,605 |  |  |  | $61,356 |  |  |  | $28,947 |  |  |  | $23,128 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic |  | 53,020 |  |  | 52,651 |  |  | 53,074 |  |  | 52,695 |
Effect of dilutive stock options |  | 496 |  |  | 639 |  |  | 538 |  |  | 593 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted |  | 53,516 |  |  | 53,290 |  |  | 53,612 |  |  | 53,288 |
Net income per share attributable to HEICO shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  |  | $1.37 |  |  |  | $1.17 |  |  |  | $.55 |  |  |  | $.44 |
Diluted |  |  | $1.36 |  |  |  | $1.15 |  |  |  | $.54 |  |  |  | $.43 |
Anti-dilutive stock options excluded |  | 661 |  |  | 667 |  |  | 639 |  |  | 720 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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