Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Sep-30-17 | Sep-30-16 | Sep-30-13 | Sep-30-12 | Sep-30-11 | Sep-30-10 | Aug-30-09 | Sep-30-08 |
| Revenues | 5,007.4 | 5,039.7 | 4,085.6 | 3,252.4 | 3,186.9 | 2,567.0 | 2,010.6 | 2,426.6 |
| Revenue growth | -0.6% | | 25.6% | 2.1% | 24.1% | | | 4.0% |
| Cost of goods sold | 3,132.6 | 3,119.8 | 2,685.3 | 2,126.9 | 2,050.2 | 1,638.5 | 1,245.6 | 1,490.0 |
| Gross profit | 1,874.8 | 1,919.9 | 1,400.3 | 1,125.5 | 1,136.7 | 928.6 | 765.0 | 936.6 |
| Gross margin | 37.4% | 38.1% | 34.3% | 34.6% | 35.7% | 36.2% | 38.0% | 38.6% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 198.7 | 183.0 | | | | | | |
| Sales and marketing | | | 637.0 | 521.2 | 536.5 | 466.8 | 363.1 | 506.4 |
| Research and development | | | 43.3 | 33.1 | 32.9 | 31.0 | 21.4 | 25.3 |
| General and administrative | | | 284.7 | 214.5 | 240.9 | 199.0 | 145.2 | 188.9 |
| EBITA | 569.8 | 661.9 | 513.1 | 420.4 | 384.0 | 231.7 | 220.0 | -617.6 |
| EBITA margin | 11.4% | 13.1% | 12.6% | 12.9% | 12.1% | 9.0% | 10.9% | -25.4% |
| Amortization of intangibles | | | 77.8 | 63.7 | 57.7 | | 19.1 | 27.7 |
| EBIT | 569.8 | 661.9 | 435.3 | 356.7 | 326.3 | 231.7 | 200.9 | -645.2 |
| EBIT margin | 11.4% | 13.1% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 10.2% | 9.0% | 10.0% | -26.6% |
| Pre-tax income | 352.6 | 403.3 | -20.2 | 113.2 | 17.7 | -123.8 | 1,123.4 | -914.8 |
| Income taxes | 51.4 | 51.0 | 27.4 | 60.4 | 92.3 | 63.2 | 22.6 | -9.5 |
| Tax rate | 14.6% | 12.6% | | 53.4% | 522.4% | | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 301.2 | 352.3 | -47.4 | 52.8 | -74.6 | -187.0 | 1,100.7 | -905.4 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | | | | | | -86.8 | -26.2 |
| Net income | 301.2 | 352.3 | -47.4 | 52.8 | -74.6 | -189.8 | 1,013.9 | -931.5 |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 7.0% | -1.2% | 1.6% | -2.3% | -7.4% | 50.4% | -38.4% |
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| Diluted EPS | | | | | | | $21.45 | |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | | | | | | | 51.3 | |
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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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