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 | 1,221.5 | 1,072.1 | 851.6 | 893.8 | 889.8 | 866.6 | 928.2 | 645.5 |
| Revenue growth | 13.9% | 25.9% | -4.7% | 0.5% | 2.7% | -6.6% | 43.8% | 8.4% |
| Cost of goods sold | 953.0 | 831.5 | 658.8 | 694.4 | 697.0 | 672.5 | 710.6 | 499.1 |
| Gross profit | 268.5 | 240.6 | 192.8 | 199.4 | 192.8 | 194.1 | 217.5 | 146.4 |
| Gross margin | 22.0% | 22.4% | 22.6% | 22.3% | 21.7% | 22.4% | 23.4% | 22.7% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 117.1 | 116.0 | 89.7 | 101.3 | 103.8 | 98.1 | 114.9 | 86.5 |
| EBITA | 123.2 | 94.7 | 70.2 | 63.8 | 53.4 | 56.9 | 66.4 | 34.9 |
| EBITA margin | 10.1% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 5.4% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 11.9 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 10.2 |
| EBIT | 111.3 | 81.9 | 55.9 | 48.5 | 37.2 | 38.5 | 49.5 | 24.7 |
| EBIT margin | 9.1% | 7.6% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 3.8% |
| Pre-tax income | 109.8 | 80.1 | 50.3 | -36.0 | 25.8 | 25.5 | -5.6 | 23.2 |
| Income taxes | 21.4 | 23.1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | -0.8 | 6.8 | -3.8 | 7.5 |
| Tax rate | 19.5% | 28.9% | 23.5% | | | 26.7% | 66.9% | 32.6% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 88.3 | 57.0 | 38.5 | -46.7 | 26.6 | 18.7 | -1.9 | 15.6 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | | | | | 0.5 |
| Net income | 88.3 | 57.0 | 38.5 | -46.7 | 26.6 | 18.7 | -1.9 | 16.1 |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 5.3% | 4.5% | -5.2% | 3.0% | 2.2% | -0.2% | 2.5% |
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| Diluted EPS | $2.66 | $1.70 | $1.17 | ($1.42) | $0.76 | $0.54 | ($0.05) | $0.45 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 33.2 | 33.5 | 32.8 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 34.8 | 33.9 | 34.5 |
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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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