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 | 7,806.6 | 6,228.6 | 5,987.6 | 6,498.6 | 6,442.2 | 5,453.6 | 5,144.7 | 4,897.8 |
| Revenue growth | 25.3% | 4.0% | -7.9% | 0.9% | 18.1% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 5.3% |
| Cost of goods sold | 6,757.5 | 5,258.2 | 5,157.0 | 5,767.5 | 5,747.4 | 4,881.2 | 4,603.4 | 4,392.3 |
| Gross profit | 1,049.1 | 970.4 | 830.6 | 731.1 | 694.8 | 572.4 | 541.3 | 505.5 |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 15.6% | 13.9% | 11.3% | 10.8% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 452.9 | 438.0 | 436.6 | 410.1 | 395.0 |
| EBITA | 1,049.1 | 970.4 | 830.6 | 281.0 | 260.0 | 158.6 | 116.3 | 119.5 |
| EBITA margin | 13.4% | 15.6% | 13.9% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 2.4% |
| Amortization of intangibles | | | | 58.5 | 66.0 | 31.6 | 25.0 | 24.2 |
| EBIT | 1,049.1 | 970.4 | 830.6 | 222.5 | 194.0 | 127.0 | 91.3 | 95.3 |
| EBIT margin | 13.4% | 15.6% | 13.9% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
| Pre-tax income | 310.0 | 179.8 | 53.3 | 160.2 | 87.7 | 86.9 | 51.9 | 72.4 |
| Income taxes | 79.6 | 53.5 | 53.1 | 32.7 | -8.2 | 8.8 | -10.4 | 18.3 |
| Tax rate | 25.7% | 29.8% | 99.6% | 20.4% | | 10.1% | | 25.3% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | | | | 127.5 | 95.9 | 78.1 | 62.3 | 54.1 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | |
| Net income | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 127.4 | 97.8 | 3.8 | 57.2 | 76.3 |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
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| Diluted EPS | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.91 | $1.44 | $1.34 | $1.09 | $0.94 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 67.5 | 68.0 | 67.3 | 66.9 | 66.4 | 58.3 | 56.9 | 57.4 |
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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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