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-29-16 | Oct-31-15 |
| Revenues | 2,331.6 | 2,380.8 | 2,277.6 | 2,403.7 | 2,381.3 | 2,267.8 | 1,926.0 | 1,735.1 |
| Revenue growth | -2.1% | 4.5% | -5.2% | 0.9% | 5.0% | 17.7% | 11.0% | 0.8% |
| Cost of goods sold | 2,084.1 | 2,089.8 | 2,049.5 | 2,151.9 | 2,103.3 | 1,973.2 | 1,696.1 | 1,553.1 |
| Gross profit | 247.5 | 291.0 | 228.1 | 251.8 | 278.0 | 294.6 | 229.9 | 182.0 |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 12.2% | 10.0% | 10.5% | 11.7% | 13.0% | 11.9% | 10.5% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 210.7 | 207.2 | 246.0 | 199.3 | 182.8 | 188.3 | 139.8 | 102.3 |
| Research and development | | | | 4.8 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| EBITA | 2,120.9 | 2,173.6 | 2,031.6 | 47.7 | 88.7 | 102.1 | 85.3 | 74.5 |
| EBITA margin | 91.0% | 91.3% | 89.2% | 2.0% | 3.7% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Amortization of intangibles | | | | 17.2 | 18.1 | 14.9 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| EBIT | 2,120.9 | 2,173.6 | 2,031.6 | 30.5 | 70.6 | 87.2 | 75.9 | 66.0 |
| EBIT margin | 91.0% | 91.3% | 89.2% | 1.3% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| Pre-tax income | 19.8 | 55.7 | -46.1 | -16.6 | 2.2 | 50.1 | 43.2 | 34.8 |
| Income taxes | 4.6 | 11.3 | -15.6 | -3.5 | -10.8 | 18.7 | 13.0 | 11.9 |
| Tax rate | 23.2% | 20.3% | 33.8% | 21.1% | | 37.3% | 30.1% | 34.3% |
| Net income | 15.2 | 44.4 | -30.5 | -12.3 | 13.0 | 31.4 | 30.2 | 22.9 |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 1.9% | -1.3% | -0.5% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
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| Diluted EPS | $0.25 | $0.69 | ($0.48) | ($0.20) | $0.20 | $0.50 | $0.58 | $0.43 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 61.2 | 64.7 | 63.0 | 62.8 | 65.2 | 62.4 | 51.8 | 52.8 |
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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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