Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Aug-31-21 | Aug-31-20 | Aug-31-19 | Aug-31-18 | Aug-31-17 | Aug-31-16 | Aug-31-15 | Aug-31-14 |
| Revenues | 2,758.6 | 1,712.3 | 2,132.8 | 2,364.7 | 1,687.6 | 1,352.5 | 1,915.4 | 2,534.9 |
| Revenue growth | 61.1% | -19.7% | -9.8% | 40.1% | 24.8% | -29.4% | -24.4% | -3.1% |
| Cost of goods sold | 2,305.4 | 1,503.7 | 1,858.5 | 2,010.5 | 1,464.5 | 1,176.0 | 1,742.7 | 2,316.0 |
| Gross profit | 453.2 | 208.6 | 274.2 | 354.2 | 223.1 | 176.6 | 172.7 | 219.0 |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 15.0% | 13.2% | 13.1% | 9.0% | 8.6% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 242.5 | 187.9 | 191.4 | 208.9 | 171.6 | 148.9 | 170.6 | 187.5 |
| EBITA | 214.7 | 7.9 | 84.9 | 150.0 | 57.0 | 2.0 | -52.5 | 29.8 |
| EBITA margin | 7.8% | 0.5% | 4.0% | 6.3% | 3.4% | 0.1% | -2.7% | 1.2% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| EBIT | 213.7 | 6.9 | 83.9 | 149.0 | 56.0 | 1.0 | -54.5 | 25.8 |
| EBIT margin | 7.7% | 0.4% | 3.9% | 6.3% | 3.3% | 0.1% | -2.8% | 1.0% |
| Pre-tax income | 208.0 | -1.9 | 76.2 | 141.9 | 48.7 | -15.5 | -200.5 | 15.0 |
| Income taxes | 37.9 | 0.2 | 17.7 | -17.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | -12.6 | 2.6 |
| Tax rate | 18.2% | | 23.2% | | 2.7% | | 6.3% | 17.2% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 335.2 | -4.1 | 115.2 | 156.1 | 92.3 | -18.1 | -189.8 | 21.1 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.4 | -1.3 | -7.2 | -2.8 |
| Net income | 335.2 | -4.1 | 114.9 | 156.5 | 91.9 | -19.4 | -197.0 | 18.3 |
| Net margin | 12.2% | -0.2% | 5.4% | 6.6% | 5.4% | -1.4% | -10.3% | 0.7% |
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| Diluted EPS | $11.48 | ($0.15) | $4.08 | $5.46 | $3.28 | ($0.66) | ($7.03) | $0.78 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 29.2 | 27.7 | 28.2 | 28.6 | 28.1 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 27.0 |
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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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