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 | 4,514.7 | 3,959.6 | 3,378.8 | 3,138.1 | 2,618.7 | 2,505.2 | 2,392.2 | 2,390.9 |
| Revenue growth | 14.0% | 17.2% | 7.7% | 19.8% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 0.1% | 10.0% |
| Cost of goods sold | 3,010.1 | 2,621.1 | 2,189.0 | 2,090.1 | 1,677.6 | 1,584.3 | 1,517.6 | 1,554.9 |
| Gross profit | 1,504.6 | 1,338.5 | 1,189.8 | 1,048.0 | 941.0 | 920.8 | 874.6 | 835.9 |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 33.8% | 35.2% | 33.4% | 35.9% | 36.8% | 36.6% | 35.0% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 928.9 | 820.2 | 763.4 | 722.9 | 567.9 | 565.7 | 540.2 | 536.8 |
| EBITA | 609.6 | 542.1 | 445.9 | 343.4 | 380.4 | 365.0 | 344.0 | 310.6 |
| EBITA margin | 13.5% | 13.7% | 13.2% | 10.9% | 14.5% | 14.6% | 14.4% | 13.0% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 33.9 | 23.8 | 19.5 | 18.4 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 11.4 |
| EBIT | 575.7 | 518.3 | 426.4 | 325.0 | 373.1 | 355.1 | 334.4 | 299.1 |
| EBIT margin | 12.8% | 13.1% | 12.6% | 10.4% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 12.5% |
| Pre-tax income | 552.5 | 499.8 | 407.1 | 322.1 | 372.4 | 353.2 | 330.5 | 291.0 |
| Income taxes | 109.2 | 89.9 | 77.4 | 48.2 | 100.5 | 85.5 | 99.5 | 89.4 |
| Tax rate | 19.8% | 18.0% | 19.0% | 14.9% | 27.0% | 24.2% | 30.1% | 30.7% |
| Net income | 443.3 | 409.9 | 329.7 | 274.0 | 271.9 | 267.7 | 231.0 | 201.6 |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 10.4% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 8.4% |
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| Diluted EPS | $4.20 | $3.78 | $3.03 | $2.53 | $2.50 | $2.41 | $2.06 | $1.78 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 105.6 | 108.5 | 108.7 | 108.1 | 108.7 | 111.3 | 112.0 | 113.5 |
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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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