Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Oct-31-22 | Oct-31-21 | Oct-31-20 | Oct-31-19 | Oct-31-18 | Oct-31-17 | Oct-31-16 | Oct-31-15 |
| Revenues | 5,081.5 | 4,204.2 | 3,685.3 | 3,360.7 | 3,121.1 | 2,724.9 | 2,422.5 | 2,242.2 |
| Revenue growth | 20.9% | 14.1% | 9.7% | 7.7% | 14.5% | 12.5% | 8.0% | 9.0% |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,063.7 | 861.8 | 794.7 | 752.9 | 735.9 | 654.2 | 543.0 | 518.9 |
| Gross profit | 4,017.8 | 3,342.4 | 2,890.6 | 2,607.7 | 2,385.2 | 2,070.7 | 1,879.6 | 1,723.3 |
| Gross margin | 79.1% | 79.5% | 78.4% | 77.6% | 76.4% | 76.0% | 77.6% | 76.9% |
| Sales and marketing | 779.8 | 712.5 | 632.0 | 632.9 | 623.0 | 549.2 | 502.4 | 474.4 |
| Research and development | 1,680.4 | 1,504.8 | 1,279.0 | 1,136.9 | 1,084.8 | 908.8 | 856.7 | 776.2 |
| General and administrative | 353.8 | 323.0 | 284.5 | 229.2 | 262.6 | 196.8 | 166.0 | 165.1 |
| EBITA | 1,273.5 | 854.6 | 751.2 | 671.2 | 502.4 | 495.9 | 460.3 | 421.2 |
| EBITA margin | 25.1% | 20.3% | 20.4% | 20.0% | 16.1% | 18.2% | 19.0% | 18.8% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 99.4 | 86.4 | 95.0 | 103.8 | 129.3 | 111.7 | 133.3 | 139.7 |
| EBIT | 1,174.1 | 768.2 | 656.2 | 567.4 | 373.2 | 384.1 | 327.0 | 281.6 |
| EBIT margin | 23.1% | 18.3% | 17.8% | 16.9% | 12.0% | 14.1% | 13.5% | 12.6% |
| Pre-tax income | 1,115.5 | 805.5 | 638.2 | 545.5 | 363.5 | 383.1 | 329.5 | 281.6 |
| Income taxes | 137.1 | 49.2 | -25.3 | 13.1 | -69.0 | 246.5 | 62.7 | 55.7 |
| Tax rate | 12.3% | 6.1% | | 2.4% | | 64.4% | 19.0% | 19.8% |
| Net income | 984.6 | 757.5 | 664.3 | 532.4 | 432.5 | 136.6 | 266.8 | 225.9 |
| Net margin | 19.4% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 15.8% | 13.9% | 5.0% | 11.0% | 10.1% |
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| Diluted EPS | $6.29 | $4.81 | $4.27 | $3.45 | $2.82 | $0.88 | $1.72 | $1.43 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 156.5 | 157.3 | 155.7 | 154.2 | 153.4 | 154.9 | 154.7 | 158.1 |
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| EBIT is a non-GAAP figure that excludes all non-recurring expenses: restructuring costs, asset impairments, IPR&D writeoffs, and other unusual charges. |
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