Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Oct-31-16 | Oct-31-15 | Oct-31-14 | Oct-31-13 | Oct-31-12 | Oct-31-11 | Oct-31-10 | Oct-31-09 |
| Revenues | 1,095.8 | 1,141.4 | 1,193.0 | 1,143.9 | 1,152.5 | 974.8 | 800.6 | 744.8 |
| Revenue growth | -4.0% | -4.3% | 4.3% | -0.8% | 18.2% | 21.8% | 7.5% | -2.3% |
| Cost of goods sold | 905.5 | 959.7 | 1,071.1 | 989.4 | 969.8 | 846.1 | 690.5 | 584.4 |
| Gross profit | 190.3 | 181.7 | 121.9 | 154.5 | 182.7 | 128.7 | 110.1 | 160.4 |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 15.9% | 10.2% | 13.5% | 15.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% | 21.5% |
| Sales and marketing | 38.5 | 37.8 | 36.6 | 38.8 | 41.4 | 35.4 | 35.6 | 38.7 |
| General and administrative | 37.6 | 32.6 | 25.8 | 28.8 | 32.4 | 23.9 | 20.5 | 23.7 |
| EBITA | 67.0 | 64.6 | 12.2 | 33.8 | 55.4 | 25.2 | 15.9 | 60.4 |
| EBITA margin | 6.1% | 5.7% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 8.1% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| EBIT | 66.5 | 64.0 | 11.7 | 33.3 | 55.4 | 25.2 | 15.9 | 60.4 |
| EBIT margin | 6.1% | 5.6% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 8.1% |
| Pre-tax income | 46.5 | 44.2 | -9.4 | 16.0 | 37.4 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 49.4 |
| Income taxes | 17.7 | 15.4 | -3.9 | 5.2 | 14.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| Tax rate | 38.1% | 34.8% | 41.7% | 32.7% | 38.1% | 14.4% | 0.0% | 38.4% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 28.8 | 28.8 | -5.5 | 10.7 | 23.2 | 12.4 | -0.5 | 29.3 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | | | | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Net income | 28.8 | 28.8 | -5.5 | 10.7 | 23.2 | 12.4 | -0.5 | 30.4 |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.5% | -0.5% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.3% | -0.1% | 4.1% |
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| Diluted EPS | $5.60 | $5.64 | ($1.03) | $1.92 | $4.16 | $2.09 | ($0.07) | $4.44 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
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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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