Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Aug-31-22 | Aug-31-21 | Aug-31-20 | Aug-31-19 | Aug-05-19 | Aug-31-18 | Aug-31-17 | Aug-31-16 |
| Revenues | 1,843.9 | 1,591.4 | 1,494.1 | 1,435.4 | 1,435.4 | 1,350.1 | 1,221.2 | 1,127.1 |
| Revenue growth | 15.9% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 6.3% | | 10.6% | 8.3% | 12.0% |
| Cost of goods sold | 871.1 | 786.4 | 695.4 | 663.4 | 663.4 | 659.3 | 566.6 | 487.4 |
| Gross profit | 972.8 | 805.0 | 798.7 | 771.9 | 771.9 | 690.8 | 654.6 | 639.7 |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | 50.6% | 53.5% | 53.8% | 53.8% | 51.2% | 53.6% | 56.8% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 433.0 | 331.0 | 359.0 | 333.9 | 333.9 | 324.6 | 302.5 | 290.0 |
| EBITA | 539.8 | 505.5 | 465.1 | 463.1 | 438.0 | 390.9 | 372.0 | 364.5 |
| EBITA margin | 29.3% | 31.8% | 31.1% | 32.3% | 30.5% | 29.0% | 30.5% | 32.3% |
| Amortization of intangibles | | 31.5 | 25.4 | 25.1 | | 24.7 | 19.9 | 14.8 |
| EBIT | 539.8 | 474.0 | 439.7 | 438.0 | 438.0 | 366.2 | 352.1 | 349.7 |
| EBIT margin | 29.3% | 29.8% | 29.4% | 30.5% | 30.5% | 27.1% | 28.8% | 31.0% |
| Pre-tax income | 443.6 | 467.6 | 427.1 | 422.0 | 422.0 | 351.8 | 344.3 | 461.0 |
| Income taxes | 46.7 | 68.0 | 54.2 | 69.2 | 69.2 | 84.8 | 86.1 | 122.2 |
| Tax rate | 10.5% | 14.5% | 12.7% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 24.1% | 25.0% | 26.5% |
| Net income | 396.9 | 399.6 | 372.9 | 352.8 | 352.8 | 267.1 | 258.3 | 338.8 |
| Net margin | 21.5% | 25.1% | 25.0% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 19.8% | 21.1% | 30.1% |
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| Diluted EPS | $10.25 | $10.36 | $9.65 | $9.08 | $9.08 | $6.78 | $6.51 | $8.19 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 38.7 | 38.6 | 38.6 | 38.9 | 38.9 | 39.4 | 39.6 | 41.4 |
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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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