Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Oct-31-11 | Oct-31-10 | Oct-31-09 | Oct-31-08 | Oct-31-07 | Oct-31-06 | Oct-31-05 |
| Revenues | 82.4 | 68.6 | 56.9 | 49.8 | 37.7 | 27.7 | 60.3 |
| Revenue growth | 20.1% | 20.6% | 14.2% | 32.1% | 35.9% | -54.0% | |
| Cost of goods sold | 22.3 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 38.4 |
| Gross profit | 60.0 | 49.5 | 40.4 | 34.1 | 24.4 | 16.4 | 21.8 |
| Gross margin | 72.9% | 72.3% | 71.1% | 68.6% | 64.7% | 59.2% | 36.2% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 42.9 | 37.8 | 29.9 | 23.7 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 17.8 |
| Research and development | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| EBITA | 13.1 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 3.0 | -2.8 | 0.5 |
| EBITA margin | 15.9% | 11.8% | 8.0% | 15.4% | 7.8% | -10.0% | 0.8% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| EBIT | 12.4 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 2.5 | -3.2 | 0.0 |
| EBIT margin | 15.0% | 10.7% | 7.0% | 14.4% | 6.5% | -11.6% | 0.1% |
| Pre-tax income | 12.7 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 4.6 | -2.5 | 0.9 |
| Income taxes | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.3 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
| Tax rate | 33.2% | 36.0% | 24.2% | 33.5% | 27.8% | 40.9% | 5.0% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 8.5 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 3.3 | -0.9 | 0.9 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | 11.5 | 3.8 | | |
| Net income | 8.5 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 17.7 | 7.1 | -0.9 | 0.9 |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 7.1% | 4.8% | 35.4% | 18.8% | -3.1% | 1.5% |
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| Diluted EPS | $0.73 | $0.43 | $0.23 | $0.48 | $0.26 | ($71.81) | $0.07 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
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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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