Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions of CNY, 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 |
| Revenues | 1,401.8 | 1,476.3 | 666.6 | 1,718.9 | 1,328.4 | -432.1 | 745.9 |
| Revenue growth | -5.1% | 121.5% | -61.2% | 29.4% | -407.4% | -157.9% | |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,180.3 | 1,059.5 | 476.1 | 1,090.6 | 860.3 | -736.2 | 655.6 |
| Gross profit | 221.5 | 416.8 | 190.5 | 628.3 | 468.0 | 304.1 | 90.3 |
| Gross margin | 15.8% | 28.2% | 28.6% | 36.6% | 35.2% | -70.4% | 12.1% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 535.9 | 562.6 | 392.5 | 368.1 | 262.0 | 290.1 | 166.1 |
| EBITA | -359.9 | -82.9 | -167.7 | 278.7 | 217.6 | 19.9 | -70.6 |
| EBITA margin | -25.7% | -5.6% | -25.2% | 16.2% | 16.4% | -4.6% | -9.5% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 30.8 | 41.4 | 23.4 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | |
| EBIT | -390.7 | -124.4 | -191.1 | 272.1 | 214.9 | 18.3 | -70.6 |
| EBIT margin | -27.9% | -8.4% | -28.7% | 15.8% | 16.2% | -4.2% | -9.5% |
| Pre-tax income | -440.0 | -242.9 | -162.0 | 316.3 | 232.8 | 20.8 | -69.2 |
| Income taxes | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -67.4 | 41.0 | -17.9 | -29.3 |
| Tax rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | | 17.6% | | 42.3% |
| Net income | -52.8 | 161.0 | 241.1 | 247.0 | 172.1 | -75.7 | -40.1 |
| Net margin | -3.8% | 10.9% | 36.2% | 14.4% | 13.0% | 17.5% | -5.4% |
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| Diluted EPS | ($0.44) | $1.34 | $1.97 | $2.02 | $1.64 | ($0.78) | ($0.43) |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 119.2 | 120.2 | 122.3 | 122.2 | 104.8 | 97.0 | 92.6 |
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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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