$HEI
HEICO CORP Stock $hei

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2012 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000004661912000009 Filed on December 20, 2012

Income Statement

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
Revenue	$897.3M	$208.9M	$197.3M
YoY Change	17.32%	23.33%	24.62%
Cost Of Revenue	$569.9M	$134.6M	$127.4M
YoY Change	16.2%	24.28%	26.56%
Gross Profit	$327.4M	$74.32M	$69.83M
YoY Change	19.31%	21.83%	21.22%
Gross Profit Margin	36.49%	35.57%	35.4%
Selling, General & Admin	$164.1M	$36.90M	$34.12M
YoY Change	20.68%	17.52%	19.3%
% of Gross Profit	50.13%	49.65%	48.86%
Research & Development	$30.40M		$6.500M
YoY Change	19.67%
% of Gross Profit	9.28%		9.31%
Depreciation & Amortization	$30.66M	$5.100M	$4.535M
YoY Change	65.32%	27.5%	-3.51%
% of Gross Profit	9.36%	6.86%	6.49%
Operating Expenses	$194.5M	$36.90M	$40.62M
YoY Change	20.52%	17.52%	42.02%
Operating Profit	$163.3M	$37.42M	$35.71M
YoY Change	17.96%	26.42%	23.12%
Interest Expense	-$2.400M	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change	2300.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
% of Operating Profit	-1.47%	0.0%	0.0%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$313.0K	-$100.0K	-$57.00K
YoY Change	389.06%
Pretax Income	$157.2M	$37.30M	$35.64M
YoY Change	13.61%	26.01%	23.76%
Income Tax	$54.50M	$12.90M	$9.250M
% Of Pretax Income	34.67%	34.58%	25.95%
Net Earnings	$85.15M	$18.51M	$20.40M
YoY Change	16.93%	18.68%	36.93%
Net Earnings / Revenue	9.49%	8.86%	10.34%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.29	$0.35	$0.39
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.28	$0.35	$0.38
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	65.86M shares		52.16M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	66.62M shares		53.21M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$21.50M	$17.50M	$27.60M
YoY Change	22.86%	169.23%	150.91%
Cash & Equivalents	$21.50M	$17.50M	$27.59M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$34.50M	$27.80M	$26.30M
YoY Change	24.1%	22.47%	10.04%
Inventory	$189.7M	$165.0M	$155.6M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$122.2M	$106.4M	$100.4M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$367.9M	$316.6M	$309.9M
YoY Change	16.2%	22.16%	19.33%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$80.50M	$67.07M	$57.00M
YoY Change	19.97%	13.68%	-4.68%
Goodwill		$443.4M
YoY Change		15.16%
Intangibles		$78.16M
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$48.00M	$33.42M	$35.90M
YoY Change	34.08%	15.65%	38.61%
Total Long-Term Assets	$824.9M	$624.4M	$544.8M
YoY Change	32.09%	19.52%	5.11%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$367.9M	$316.6M	$309.9M
Total Long-Term Assets	$824.9M	$624.4M	$544.8M
Total Assets	$1.193B	$941.1M	$854.7M
YoY Change	26.75%	20.4%	9.86%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$50.10M	$43.55M	$34.80M
YoY Change	15.17%	52.26%	22.97%
Accrued Expenses	$76.20M	$76.38M	$56.00M
YoY Change	-0.26%	46.6%	46.21%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$600.0K	$300.0K	$0.00
YoY Change	100.0%	200.0%	-100.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$131.5M	$123.4M	$93.90M
YoY Change	6.56%	50.84%	38.09%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$131.2M	$39.80M	$100.0K
YoY Change	229.65%	182.27%	-99.79%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$52.80M	$33.37M	$37.90M
YoY Change	58.08%	9.06%	36.33%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$184.0M	$33.37M	$38.00M
YoY Change	151.37%	-25.34%	-49.27%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$131.5M	$123.4M	$93.90M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$184.0M	$33.37M	$38.00M
Total Liabilities	$576.2M	$255.5M	$326.4M
YoY Change	39.85%	-18.24%	0.18%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$299.5M
YoY Change
Common Stock		$226.3M
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$616.7M	$529.1M	$528.3M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.193B	$941.1M	$854.7M
YoY Change	26.75%	20.4%	9.86%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$85.15M	$18.51M	$20.40M
YoY Change	16.93%	18.68%	36.93%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$30.66M	$5.100M	$4.535M
YoY Change	65.32%	27.5%	-3.51%
Cash From Operating Activities	$138.6M	$40.50M	$33.90M
YoY Change	10.41%	19.82%	22.83%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$15.26M	-$3.700M	$1.865M
YoY Change	61.57%	68.18%	-188.81%
Acquisitions	$197.3M
YoY Change	108.43%
Other Investing Activities	$161.0K	-$65.50M	-$1.100M
YoY Change	-180.1%	21733.33%	-62.07%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$212.7M	-$69.20M	-$2.900M
YoY Change	104.72%	2668.0%	-42.0%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	$78.43M	18.60M	-11.10M
YoY Change	-835.09%	-151.81%	-49.77%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$138.6M	40.50M	33.90M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$212.7M	-69.20M	-2.900M
Cash From Financing Activities	$78.43M	18.60M	-11.10M
Net Change In Cash	$4.304M	-10.10M	19.90M
YoY Change	-60.69%	119.57%	3880.0%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$138.6M	$40.50M	$33.90M
Capital Expenditures	$15.26M	-$3.700M	$1.865M
Free Cash Flow	$123.3M	$44.20M	$32.04M
YoY Change	6.25%	22.78%	7.86%

Facts In Submission

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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	76724000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Benefit Obligation DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation	300000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	3000000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	24000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	30656000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Depreciation Depletion And Amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization	18543000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	-5689000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	-4494000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.62
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CY2011	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.37
CY2010	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.04
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.38
CY2011Q1	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.32
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CY2012Q1	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.36
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CY2011	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	8000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	-353000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.338
CY2011	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.31
CY2010	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.337
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CY2011	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.35
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CY2012	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deductions Other EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsOther	0.004
CY2011	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deductions Other EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsOther	0.004
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CY2011	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deductions Qualified Production Activities EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities	-0.01
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CY2011	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Minority Interest Income Expense EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationMinorityInterestIncomeExpense	-0.025
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CY2011	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Credits Research EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch	-0.027
CY2010	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Credits Research EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch	-0.01
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized	14400000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Financing Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	669000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Financing Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	12110000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Operating Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities	-6346000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Operating Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities	-12110000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Operating Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities	-669000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Period Increase Decrease FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetPeriodIncreaseDecrease	0	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Period Increase Decrease FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetPeriodIncreaseDecrease	0	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Purchases FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetPurchases	550000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetValue	538000	USD
CY2010Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetValue	0	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Period Increase Decrease FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPeriodIncreaseDecrease	10778000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Purchases FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilityPurchases	0	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	0	USD
CY2010Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	1150000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	10897000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	-22915000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	14000000	USD
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CY2010Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	385016000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Goodwill Translation Adjustments GoodwillTranslationAdjustments	-4122000	USD
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	69825000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	0	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Minority Interest And Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	138353000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	54500000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	36700000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	42900000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Credits Research IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch	900000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	37300000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	33900000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	43500000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	4269000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	7257000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	125000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	-1196000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	1516000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	1759000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilities	10425000	USD
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CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Credits Research IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch	900000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Receivables IncreaseDecreaseInReceivables	-5782000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	-7484000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	78157000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	2432000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	508000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Interest Expense Debt InterestExpenseDebt	142000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	500000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	100000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	2400000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Finished Goods Net Of Reserves InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves	86487000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Inventory For Long Term Contracts Or Programs InventoryForLongTermContractsOrPrograms	8291000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Inventory For Long Term Contracts Or Programs InventoryForLongTermContractsOrPrograms	8299000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	189704000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Work In Process Net Of Reserves InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves	18887000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	4505000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	3825000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	1192846000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	123390000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Line Of Credit Facility Amount Outstanding LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding	36000000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Line Of Credit Facility Amount Outstanding LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding	127000000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	39823000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	131194000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	626000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	335000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Next Twelve Months LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths	100000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Five LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive	127200000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Machinery And Equipment Gross MachineryAndEquipmentGross	109041000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Minority Interest MinorityInterest	91083000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Minority Interest MinorityInterest	103086000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Minority Interest Change In Redemption Value MinorityInterestChangeInRedemptionValue	-9640000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Minority Interest Change In Redemption Value MinorityInterestChangeInRedemptionValue	-3775000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Minority Interest Change In Redemption Value MinorityInterestChangeInRedemptionValue	104000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Redemptions MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions	0	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Nature of Business</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">HEICO Corporation, through its principal subsidiaries HEICO Aerospace Holdings Corp. (“HEICO Aerospace”), HEICO Flight Support Corp. and HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp. (“HEICO Electronic”) and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), is principally engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of aerospace, defense and electronic related products and services throughout the United States and internationally.  The Company’s customer base is primarily the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics industries.</font></div></div>
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CY2011	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-10669000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-48263000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-212708000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	72820000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	85147000	USD
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	20402000	USD
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CY2011Q1	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	17074000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	18514000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Business Combination NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination	0	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	1113000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	390000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	-201000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	3028000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	0	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	3546000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	4494000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	14893000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	9090000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	94655000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	39061000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	197285000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	15262000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	9446000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	8877000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Pension Contributions PensionContributions	0	USD
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#000004661912000009 Filed on December 20, 2012

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$HEI HEICO CORP Stock $hei

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#000004661912000009 Filed on December 20, 2012

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$HEI
HEICO CORP Stock $hei