Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Oct-31-12 | Oct-31-11 | Oct-31-10 | Oct-31-09 | Oct-31-08 | Oct-31-07 | Oct-31-06 | Oct-31-05 |
| Revenues | 259.0 | 227.8 | 201.3 | 179.4 | 190.0 | 178.9 | 163.0 | 112.9 |
| Revenue growth | 13.7% | 13.1% | 12.2% | -5.6% | 6.2% | 9.7% | 44.4% | 33.1% |
| Cost of goods sold | 56.2 | 51.1 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 57.2 | 57.8 | 44.9 | 19.6 |
| Gross profit | 202.9 | 176.6 | 152.0 | 130.2 | 132.8 | 121.1 | 118.1 | 93.3 |
| Gross margin | 78.3% | 77.6% | 75.5% | 72.6% | 69.9% | 67.7% | 72.4% | 82.7% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 77.4 | 68.6 | 66.8 | 63.6 | 71.4 | 61.9 | 51.3 | 30.6 |
| Research and development | 32.2 | 27.6 | 21.8 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 7.8 |
| EBITA | 64.5 | 56.4 | 46.3 | 24.7 | 21.1 | 24.6 | 51.2 | 45.3 |
| EBITA margin | 24.9% | 24.8% | 23.0% | 13.8% | 11.1% | 13.7% | 31.4% | 40.1% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 9.0 | 10.1 | 11.0 | | | | | |
| EBIT | 55.5 | 46.3 | 35.3 | 24.7 | 21.1 | 24.6 | 51.2 | 45.3 |
| EBIT margin | 21.4% | 20.3% | 17.6% | 13.8% | 11.1% | 13.7% | 31.4% | 40.1% |
| Pre-tax income | 54.5 | 43.3 | 31.1 | 22.1 | -11.7 | 14.3 | 18.7 | 43.6 |
| Income taxes | 15.9 | 11.7 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 3.7 | -2.0 | 13.4 | 14.5 |
| Tax rate | 29.1% | 27.1% | 25.7% | 32.1% | | | 71.5% | 33.2% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 38.6 | 31.6 | 23.1 | 15.0 | -15.4 | 16.3 | 5.3 | 29.1 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| Net income | 38.6 | 31.6 | 23.1 | 15.0 | -15.4 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 29.2 |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 13.9% | 11.5% | 8.3% | -8.1% | 9.2% | 3.1% | 25.9% |
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| Diluted EPS | $0.68 | $0.57 | $0.43 | $0.28 | ($0.38) | $0.46 | $0.15 | $0.80 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 56.6 | 55.0 | 54.2 | 53.4 | 40.0 | 35.3 | 36.1 | 36.4 |
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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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