Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Aug-31-21 | Aug-31-20 | Aug-31-19 | Aug-31-18 | Aug-31-17 | Aug-31-16 | Aug-31-15 | Aug-31-14 |
| Revenues | 38,448.0 | 28,406.4 | 31,900.5 | 32,683.3 | 32,037.4 | 30,355.3 | 34,582.4 | 42,664.0 |
| Revenue growth | 35.4% | -11.0% | -2.4% | 2.0% | 5.5% | -12.2% | -18.9% | -4.1% |
| Cost of goods sold | 37,496.6 | 27,424.6 | 30,516.1 | 31,591.2 | 31,143.5 | 29,386.5 | 33,091.7 | 41,011.5 |
| Gross profit | 951.4 | 981.8 | 1,384.3 | 1,092.1 | 893.9 | 968.7 | 1,490.8 | 1,652.5 |
| Gross margin | 2.5% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 3.9% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 745.6 | 704.5 | 724.7 | 639.8 | 611.1 | 601.3 | 642.3 | 602.6 |
| EBITA | 567.2 | 471.3 | 901.7 | 609.3 | -32.2 | 474.3 | 747.9 | 1,167.1 |
| EBITA margin | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 1.9% | -0.1% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 6.9 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 9.7 |
| EBIT | 560.3 | 464.0 | 896.4 | 605.9 | -36.5 | 468.2 | 740.6 | 1,157.4 |
| EBIT margin | 1.5% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 1.9% | -0.1% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Pre-tax income | 515.3 | 386.9 | 815.6 | 671.2 | -110.2 | 402.1 | 768.2 | 1,131.3 |
| Income taxes | -38.2 | -36.7 | -12.5 | -104.1 | -181.1 | 19.1 | -12.2 | 48.3 |
| Tax rate | | | | | 164.4% | 4.7% | | 4.3% |
| Net income | 554.0 | 422.4 | 829.9 | 775.9 | 71.6 | 383.2 | 781.0 | 1,081.4 |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
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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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