SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]  
Segment profitability
The profitability of each of the segments is measured after excluding restructuring and asset impairment charges, investment gains and losses, interest income, interest expense, acquisition and integration costs, non-cash amortization and other items as noted in the reconciliations below.
 
Life Sciences and Applied Markets
 
Diagnostics and Genomics
 
Agilent CrossLab
 
Total
Segments
 
(in millions)
Year ended October 31, 2017:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total net revenue
$
2,169

 
$
772

 
$
1,531

 
$
4,472

Income from operations
$
487

 
$
149

 
$
338

 
$
974

Depreciation expense
$
35

 
$
30

 
$
29

 
$
94

Share-based compensation expense
$
30

 
$
10

 
$
21

 
$
61

Year ended October 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total net revenue
$
2,073

 
$
709

 
$
1,420

 
$
4,202

Income from operations
$
429

 
$
114

 
$
316

 
$
859

Depreciation expense
$
36

 
$
31

 
$
28

 
$
95

Share-based compensation expense
$
29

 
$
10

 
$
21

 
$
60

Year ended October 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total net revenue
$
2,046

 
$
662

 
$
1,330

 
$
4,038

Income from operations
$
380

 
$
88

 
$
299

 
$
767

Depreciation expense
$
27

 
$
37

 
$
34

 
$
98

Share-based compensation expense
$
27

 
$
9

 
$
18

 
$
54

Reconciliation of segment results to total enterprise results
The following table reconciles reportable segments' income from operations to Agilent's total enterprise income before taxes:

 
Years Ended October 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
 
(in millions)
Total reportable segments' income from operations
$
974

 
$
859

 
$
767

Business exit and divestiture costs ( primarily our NMR business)

 
(11
)
 
(12
)
Asset Impairments

 
(4
)
 
(3
)
Transformational initiatives
(12
)
 
(38
)
 
(56
)
Amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations
(117
)
 
(152
)
 
(156
)
Acquisition and integration costs
(30
)
 
(41
)
 
(13
)
Acceleration of share-based compensation expense related to workforce reduction

 

 
(2
)
Pension curtailment gain

 
15

 

Pension settlement gain
32

 
1

 

Impairment of loans

 
(7
)
 

Other
(6
)
 
(7
)
 
(3
)
Interest Income
22

 
11

 
7

Interest Expense
(79
)
 
(72
)
 
(66
)
Other income (expense), net
19

 
(10
)
 
17

Income from continuing operations before taxes, as reported
$
803

 
$
544

 
$
480

Assets and capital expenditures directly managed by each segment
The following table presents assets and capital expenditures attributed to each segment. Unallocated assets primarily consist of cash, cash equivalents, accumulated amortization of other intangibles and other assets.

 
Life Sciences and Applied Markets
 
Diagnostics and Genomics
 
Agilent CrossLab
 
Total
Segments
 
(in millions)
As of October 31, 2017:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
$
1,753

 
$
2,119

 
$
1,138

 
$
5,010

Capital expenditures
$
39

 
$
111

 
$
26

 
$
176

As of October 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
$
1,687

 
$
1,960

 
$
1,082

 
$
4,729

Capital expenditures
$
53

 
$
41

 
$
45

 
$
139


The following table reconciles segment assets to Agilent's total assets:

 
October 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(in millions)
Total reportable segments' assets
$
5,010

 
$
4,729

Cash, cash equivalents
2,678

 
2,289

Prepaid expenses
92

 
92

Investments
138

 
135

Long-term and other receivables
105

 
92

Other
403

 
457

Total assets
$
8,426

 
$
7,794

Revenue by product category
The following table represents total revenue by product category:
 
Years Ended October 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
 
(in millions)
Instrumentation
$
1,946

 
$
1,871

 
$
1,827

Analytical lab services
991

 
910

 
843

Analytical lab consumables
540

 
510

 
489

Diagnostics and genomics solutions
772

 
709

 
662

Informatics and other
223

 
202

 
217

Total
$
4,472

 
$
4,202

 
$
4,038

Revenue and assets by geographic areas
The following table presents summarized information for net revenue and long-lived assets by geographic region. Revenues from external customers are generally attributed to countries based upon the customer's location. Long lived assets consist of property, plant, and equipment, long-term receivables and other long-term assets excluding intangible assets. The rest of the world primarily consists of rest of Asia and Europe.

 
United
States
 
China(1)
 
Rest of the
World
 
Total
 
(in millions)
Net revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended October 31, 2017
$
1,314

 
$
900

 
$
2,258

 
$
4,472

Year ended October 31, 2016
$
1,251

 
$
839

 
$
2,112

 
$
4,202

Year ended October 31, 2015
$
1,214

 
$
693

 
$
2,131

 
$
4,038

1.
China also includes Hong Kong net revenue. Prior periods have been revised to conform with current year presentation.

 
United
States
 
Germany
 
Rest of the
World
 
Total
 
(in millions)
Long-lived assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October 31, 2017
$
556

 
$
118

 
$
358

 
$
1,032

October 31, 2016
$
449

 
$
89

 
$
266

 
$
804