Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Sep-30-17 | Sep-30-16 | Sep-30-15 | Sep-30-14 | Sep-30-13 | Sep-30-12 | Sep-30-11 | Sep-30-10 |
| Revenues | 5,007.4 | 5,039.7 | 4,690.4 | 4,429.1 | 4,085.6 | 3,252.4 | 3,186.9 | 2,567.0 |
| Revenue growth | -0.6% | 7.4% | 5.9% | 8.4% | 25.6% | 2.1% | 24.1% | |
| Cost of goods sold | 3,114.3 | 3,119.3 | 3,018.0 | 2,856.5 | 2,685.3 | 2,126.9 | 2,050.2 | 1,638.5 |
| Gross profit | 1,893.1 | 1,920.4 | 1,672.4 | 1,572.6 | 1,400.3 | 1,125.5 | 1,136.7 | 928.6 |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 38.1% | 35.7% | 35.5% | 34.3% | 34.6% | 35.7% | 36.2% |
| Sales and marketing | 781.2 | 776.6 | 720.7 | 678.2 | 637.0 | 521.2 | 536.5 | 466.8 |
| Research and development | 59.5 | 58.7 | 51.3 | 47.9 | 43.3 | 33.1 | 32.9 | 31.0 |
| General and administrative | 391.3 | 372.3 | 338.8 | 321.6 | 286.4 | 218.8 | 241.6 | 199.4 |
| EBITA | 661.1 | 712.8 | 561.6 | 606.6 | 511.4 | 416.1 | 383.3 | 231.3 |
| EBITA margin | 13.2% | 14.1% | 12.0% | 13.7% | 12.5% | 12.8% | 12.0% | 9.0% |
| Amortization of intangibles | | | | 81.7 | 77.8 | 63.7 | 57.7 | |
| EBIT | 661.1 | 712.8 | 561.6 | 524.9 | 433.6 | 352.4 | 325.6 | 231.3 |
| EBIT margin | 13.2% | 14.1% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 10.2% | 9.0% |
| Pre-tax income | 344.6 | 397.6 | 193.3 | 273.5 | -27.9 | 109.0 | 17.1 | -124.2 |
| Income taxes | 47.5 | 40.0 | 43.9 | 59.0 | 27.4 | 60.4 | 92.3 | 63.2 |
| Tax rate | 13.8% | 10.1% | 22.7% | 21.6% | | 55.4% | 539.0% | |
| Net income | 295.8 | 357.1 | 148.9 | 214.1 | -55.2 | 48.6 | -75.2 | -190.1 |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 7.1% | 3.2% | 4.8% | -1.4% | 1.5% | -2.4% | -7.4% |
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| Diluted EPS | $5.01 | $5.99 | $2.66 | $4.02 | ($1.06) | $0.91 | ($1.47) | ($5.20) |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 59.0 | 59.6 | 55.9 | 53.3 | 52.0 | 53.3 | 51.1 | 36.0 |
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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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