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 | 3,308.4 | 2,922.5 | 2,430.9 | 2,653.4 | 2,532.8 | 2,139.0 | 1,966.8 | 1,797.1 |
| Revenue growth | 13.2% | 20.2% | -8.4% | 4.8% | 18.4% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 4.6% |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,168.8 | 966.7 | 896.1 | 896.6 | 900.5 | 773.2 | 793.7 | 726.8 |
| Gross profit | 2,139.6 | 1,955.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,756.8 | 1,632.3 | 1,365.8 | 1,173.1 | 1,070.3 |
| Gross margin | 64.7% | 66.9% | 63.1% | 66.2% | 64.4% | 63.9% | 59.6% | 59.6% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,342.2 | 1,211.2 | 992.5 | 996.2 | 973.3 | 799.1 | 722.8 | 712.5 |
| Research and development | 110.3 | 92.7 | 93.3 | 86.7 | 84.8 | 69.2 | 65.4 | 69.6 |
| EBITA | 676.8 | 718.0 | 449.0 | 673.9 | 574.2 | 497.5 | 384.9 | 288.2 |
| EBITA margin | 20.5% | 24.6% | 18.5% | 25.4% | 22.7% | 23.3% | 19.6% | 16.0% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 179.5 | 146.1 | 137.2 | 145.8 | 146.7 | 68.4 | 60.8 | 51.5 |
| EBIT | 497.3 | 571.9 | 311.8 | 528.1 | 427.5 | 429.1 | 324.1 | 236.7 |
| EBIT margin | 15.0% | 19.6% | 12.8% | 19.9% | 16.9% | 20.1% | 16.5% | 13.2% |
| Pre-tax income | 475.3 | 491.5 | 266.5 | 477.4 | 331.9 | 394.0 | 295.6 | 215.5 |
| Income taxes | 89.5 | -2,453.2 | 28.1 | 10.7 | 192.0 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 10.4 |
| Tax rate | 18.8% | | 10.5% | 2.2% | 57.8% | 5.4% | 7.0% | 4.8% |
| Net income | 385.8 | 2,944.7 | 238.4 | 466.7 | 139.9 | 372.9 | 273.9 | 203.5 |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 100.8% | 9.8% | 17.6% | 5.5% | 17.4% | 13.9% | 11.3% |
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| Diluted EPS | $7.76 | $59.13 | $4.81 | $9.33 | $2.81 | $7.52 | $5.59 | $4.14 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 49.7 | 49.8 | 49.6 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 49.2 |
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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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