Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Apr-30-22 | Apr-30-21 | Apr-30-20 | Apr-30-19 | Apr-30-18 | Apr-30-17 | Apr-30-16 | Apr-30-15 |
| Revenues | 7,998.9 | 8,002.7 | 7,801.0 | 7,838.0 | 7,357.1 | 7,392.3 | 7,811.2 | 5,692.7 |
| Revenue growth | 0.0% | 2.6% | -0.5% | 6.5% | -0.5% | -5.4% | 37.2% | 1.5% |
| Cost of goods sold | 5,298.2 | 4,864.0 | 4,799.0 | 4,922.3 | 4,521.0 | 4,557.0 | 4,843.4 | 3,724.0 |
| Gross profit | 2,700.7 | 3,138.7 | 3,002.0 | 2,915.7 | 2,836.1 | 2,835.3 | 2,967.8 | 1,968.7 |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 39.2% | 38.5% | 37.2% | 38.5% | 38.4% | 38.0% | 34.6% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,360.3 | 1,523.1 | 1,474.3 | 1,508.6 | 1,362.9 | 1,379.6 | 1,510.3 | 1,031.3 |
| EBITA | 1,405.8 | 1,644.3 | 1,528.3 | 1,438.1 | 1,473.1 | 1,383.1 | 1,353.7 | 1,146.5 |
| EBITA margin | 17.6% | 20.5% | 19.6% | 18.3% | 20.0% | 18.7% | 17.3% | 20.1% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 223.6 | 233.0 | 236.3 | 240.3 | 206.8 | 207.3 | 208.4 | 109.7 |
| EBIT | 1,182.2 | 1,411.3 | 1,292.0 | 1,197.8 | 1,266.3 | 1,175.8 | 1,145.3 | 1,036.8 |
| EBIT margin | 14.8% | 17.6% | 16.6% | 15.3% | 17.2% | 15.9% | 14.7% | 18.2% |
| Pre-tax income | 843.8 | 1,171.9 | 1,026.7 | 701.6 | 861.0 | 878.4 | 977.9 | 523.0 |
| Income taxes | 212.1 | 295.6 | 247.2 | 187.2 | -477.6 | 286.1 | 289.2 | 178.1 |
| Tax rate | 25.1% | 25.2% | 24.1% | 26.7% | | 32.6% | 29.6% | 34.1% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 631.7 | 876.3 | 779.5 | 514.4 | 1,338.6 | 592.3 | 688.7 | 344.9 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | | |
| Net income | 631.7 | 876.3 | 779.5 | 514.4 | 1,338.6 | 592.3 | 688.7 | 344.9 |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 11.0% | 10.0% | 6.6% | 18.2% | 8.0% | 8.8% | 6.1% |
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| Diluted EPS | $5.83 | $7.79 | $6.84 | $4.55 | $11.85 | $5.12 | $5.79 | $3.35 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 108.4 | 112.5 | 114.0 | 113.1 | 113.0 | 115.6 | 119.0 | 103.0 |
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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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