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 | 6,349.5 | 5,556.1 | 4,515.0 | 4,595.0 | 3,873.8 | 3,638.2 | 3,323.6 | 3,616.7 |
| Revenue growth | 14.3% | 23.1% | -1.7% | 18.6% | 6.5% | 9.5% | -8.1% | -14.7% |
| Cost of goods sold | 5,064.1 | 4,463.1 | 3,600.3 | 3,635.1 | 3,084.9 | 2,923.5 | 2,638.7 | 2,946.9 |
| Gross profit | 1,285.4 | 1,093.0 | 914.7 | 959.9 | 788.9 | 714.7 | 684.9 | 669.8 |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 19.7% | 20.3% | 20.9% | 20.4% | 19.6% | 20.6% | 18.5% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 581.0 | 565.9 | 516.0 | 507.4 | 397.2 | 379.7 | 376.8 | 413.2 |
| EBITA | 765.3 | 698.3 | 485.8 | 516.7 | 410.8 | 374.0 | 309.6 | 289.3 |
| EBITA margin | 12.1% | 12.6% | 10.8% | 11.2% | 10.6% | 10.3% | 9.3% | 8.0% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 58.2 | 66.9 | 69.1 | 53.2 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 16.8 | 18.4 |
| EBIT | 707.1 | 631.4 | 416.7 | 463.5 | 395.6 | 360.5 | 292.8 | 270.9 |
| EBIT margin | 11.1% | 11.4% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 7.5% |
| Pre-tax income | 525.7 | 478.6 | 186.1 | 262.0 | 299.8 | 200.3 | 141.2 | 114.8 |
| Income taxes | 137.1 | 69.6 | 63.3 | 70.7 | 73.3 | 67.2 | 66.5 | 48.4 |
| Tax rate | 26.1% | 14.5% | 34.0% | 27.0% | 24.4% | 33.5% | 47.1% | 42.2% |
| Net income | 376.7 | 390.7 | 108.8 | 171.0 | 209.4 | 118.6 | 74.9 | 71.9 |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 7.0% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 2.0% |
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| Diluted EPS | $7.75 | $8.02 | $2.25 | $3.55 | $4.36 | $2.48 | $1.56 | $1.50 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 48.6 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 48.2 | 48.0 | 47.8 | 47.9 | 47.8 |
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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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