Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Aug-31-22 | Aug-31-21 | Aug-31-20 | Aug-31-19 | Aug-31-18 | Aug-31-17 | Aug-31-16 | Aug-31-15 |
| Revenues | 8,913.5 | 6,729.8 | 5,476.5 | 5,829.0 | 4,643.7 | 3,844.1 | 3,596.1 | 5,424.4 |
| Revenue growth | 32.4% | 22.9% | -6.0% | 25.5% | 20.8% | 6.9% | -33.7% | -20.1% |
| Cost of goods sold | 7,057.1 | 5,623.9 | 4,531.7 | 5,025.5 | 4,021.6 | 3,322.7 | 3,021.9 | 4,827.6 |
| Gross profit | 1,856.4 | 1,105.9 | 944.8 | 803.5 | 622.2 | 521.4 | 574.2 | 596.9 |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 16.4% | 17.3% | 13.8% | 13.4% | 13.6% | 16.0% | 11.0% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 545.0 | 505.1 | 507.0 | 463.3 | 401.5 | 387.4 | 383.7 | 414.1 |
| EBITA | 1,564.7 | 591.8 | 450.3 | 342.4 | 222.9 | 90.8 | 170.9 | 189.7 |
| EBITA margin | 17.6% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 5.9% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 10.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 6.9 |
| EBIT | 1,554.7 | 589.7 | 448.2 | 340.2 | 220.7 | 88.7 | 167.5 | 182.8 |
| EBIT margin | 17.4% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 3.4% |
| Pre-tax income | 1,515.1 | 534.0 | 370.8 | 268.5 | 165.4 | 65.5 | 76.0 | 96.5 |
| Income taxes | 297.9 | 121.2 | 92.5 | 69.7 | 30.1 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 33.5 |
| Tax rate | 19.7% | 22.7% | 24.9% | 26.0% | 18.2% | 23.3% | 18.4% | 34.7% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 1,217.3 | 412.9 | 277.1 | 199.5 | 132.0 | 54.0 | 69.2 | 46.6 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | 1.2 | -0.7 | 3.3 | -3.8 | -7.2 | 16.4 |
| Net income | 1,217.3 | 412.9 | 278.3 | 198.8 | 135.2 | 50.2 | 62.0 | 63.0 |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 6.1% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
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| Diluted EPS | $9.95 | $3.38 | $2.30 | $1.67 | $1.12 | $0.46 | $0.59 | $0.39 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 122.4 | 122.0 | 120.3 | 119.1 | 118.1 | 117.4 | 116.6 | 117.9 |
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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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