Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Nov-30-21 | Nov-30-20 | Nov-30-19 | Nov-30-18 | Nov-30-17 | Nov-30-16 | Nov-30-15 | Nov-30-14 |
| Revenues | 4,658.1 | 4,287.8 | 4,414.6 | 4,009.2 | 3,599.7 | 2,734.8 | 2,184.3 | 2,079.8 |
| Revenue growth | 8.6% | -2.9% | 10.1% | 11.4% | 31.6% | 25.2% | 5.0% | |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,708.3 | 1,590.0 | 1,657.0 | 1,495.7 | 1,348.4 | 1,037.7 | 819.2 | 815.2 |
| Gross profit | 2,949.8 | 2,697.8 | 2,757.6 | 2,513.5 | 2,251.3 | 1,697.1 | 1,365.1 | 1,264.6 |
| Gross margin | 63.3% | 62.9% | 62.5% | 62.7% | 62.5% | 62.1% | 62.5% | 60.8% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,181.0 | 1,128.0 | 1,197.9 | 1,192.8 | 1,096.0 | 907.1 | 795.3 | 789.8 |
| EBITA | 2,080.1 | 1,730.4 | 1,467.2 | 1,143.4 | 974.6 | 660.8 | 478.8 | 401.9 |
| EBITA margin | 44.7% | 40.4% | 33.2% | 28.5% | 27.1% | 24.2% | 21.9% | 19.3% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 361.7 | 374.1 | 377.0 | 366.1 | 335.5 | 220.9 | 130.1 | 116.3 |
| EBIT | 1,718.4 | 1,356.3 | 1,090.2 | 777.3 | 639.1 | 439.9 | 348.7 | 285.6 |
| EBIT margin | 36.9% | 31.6% | 24.7% | 19.4% | 17.8% | 16.1% | 16.0% | 13.7% |
| Pre-tax income | 1,341.5 | 883.3 | 742.9 | 424.3 | 372.1 | 142.3 | 237.8 | 223.1 |
| Income taxes | 135.3 | 13.3 | 242.6 | -115.4 | -49.9 | -5.1 | 48.9 | 45.1 |
| Tax rate | 10.1% | 1.5% | 32.7% | | | | 20.6% | 20.2% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 1,206.8 | 870.7 | 502.7 | 542.3 | 416.9 | 142.9 | 188.9 | 178.0 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | | | 9.2 | 51.3 | 16.5 |
| Net income | 1,206.8 | 870.7 | 502.7 | 542.3 | 416.9 | 152.1 | 240.2 | 194.5 |
| Net margin | 25.9% | 20.3% | 11.4% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 5.6% | 11.0% | 9.4% |
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| Diluted EPS | $3.01 | $2.17 | $1.23 | $1.33 | $1.00 | $0.45 | $0.77 | $0.72 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 401.3 | 401.5 | 409.2 | 406.9 | 416.2 | 316.3 | 246.4 | 245.8 |
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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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