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 | 2,208.3 | 1,865.7 | 1,787.0 | 2,055.6 | 1,777.7 | 1,524.8 | 1,376.3 | 1,188.6 |
| Revenue growth | 18.4% | 4.4% | -13.1% | 15.6% | 16.6% | 10.8% | 15.8% | 5.0% |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,345.6 | 1,138.3 | 1,104.9 | 1,241.8 | 1,087.0 | 950.1 | 860.8 | 754.5 |
| Gross profit | 862.8 | 727.4 | 682.1 | 813.8 | 690.7 | 574.7 | 515.5 | 434.2 |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 39.0% | 38.2% | 39.6% | 38.9% | 37.7% | 37.5% | 36.5% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 365.9 | 334.5 | 305.5 | 356.7 | 314.5 | 268.1 | 250.1 | 204.5 |
| EBITA | 559.3 | 454.2 | 434.0 | 510.8 | 427.7 | 346.2 | 301.7 | 256.7 |
| EBITA margin | 25.3% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.8% | 24.1% | 22.7% | 21.9% | 21.6% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 62.5 | 61.3 | 57.4 | 53.7 | 50.1 | 39.5 | 36.4 | 27.0 |
| EBIT | 496.8 | 392.9 | 376.6 | 457.1 | 377.6 | 306.7 | 265.3 | 229.7 |
| EBIT margin | 22.5% | 21.1% | 21.1% | 22.2% | 21.2% | 20.1% | 19.3% | 19.3% |
| Pre-tax income | 491.0 | 387.1 | 364.9 | 437.8 | 356.3 | 298.0 | 257.1 | 225.0 |
| Income taxes | 100.4 | 57.3 | 29.0 | 78.1 | 70.6 | 90.3 | 80.9 | 71.4 |
| Tax rate | 20.4% | 14.8% | 7.9% | 17.8% | 19.8% | 30.3% | 31.5% | 31.7% |
| Net income | 351.7 | 304.2 | 314.0 | 327.9 | 259.2 | 186.0 | 156.2 | 133.4 |
| Net margin | 15.9% | 16.3% | 17.6% | 16.0% | 14.6% | 12.2% | 11.3% | 11.2% |
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| Diluted EPS | $2.55 | $2.21 | $2.29 | $2.39 | $1.90 | $1.37 | $1.17 | $1.57 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 138.0 | 137.9 | 137.3 | 137.4 | 136.7 | 135.6 | 133.1 | 84.8 |
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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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