Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Aug-28-21 | Aug-29-20 | Aug-31-19 | Aug-25-18 | Aug-26-17 | Aug-27-16 | Aug-29-15 | Aug-30-14 |
| Revenues | 14,629.6 | 12,632.0 | 11,863.7 | 11,221.1 | 10,888.7 | 10,635.7 | 10,187.3 | 9,475.3 |
| Revenue growth | 15.8% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 4.4% | 7.5% | 3.6% |
| Cost of goods sold | 6,911.8 | 5,861.2 | 5,498.7 | 5,247.3 | 5,149.1 | 5,026.9 | 4,860.3 | 4,540.4 |
| Gross profit | 7,717.8 | 6,770.8 | 6,365.0 | 5,973.7 | 5,739.6 | 5,608.7 | 5,327.0 | 4,934.9 |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | 53.6% | 53.7% | 53.2% | 52.7% | 52.7% | 52.3% | 52.1% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 4,773.3 | 4,353.1 | 4,148.9 | 4,162.9 | 3,659.6 | 3,548.3 | 3,374.0 | 3,104.7 |
| EBITA | 2,944.5 | 2,417.7 | 2,216.1 | 1,810.9 | 2,080.1 | 2,060.4 | 1,961.8 | 1,830.2 |
| EBITA margin | 20.1% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 16.1% | 19.1% | 19.4% | 19.3% | 19.3% |
| Amortization of intangibles | | | | | | | 8.7 | |
| EBIT | 2,944.5 | 2,417.7 | 2,216.1 | 1,810.9 | 2,080.1 | 2,060.4 | 1,953.1 | 1,830.2 |
| EBIT margin | 20.1% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 16.1% | 19.1% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 19.3% |
| Pre-tax income | 2,749.2 | 2,216.5 | 2,031.3 | 1,636.3 | 1,925.5 | 1,912.7 | 1,802.6 | 1,662.7 |
| Income taxes | 578.9 | 483.5 | 414.1 | 298.8 | 644.6 | 671.7 | 642.4 | 593.0 |
| Tax rate | 21.1% | 21.8% | 20.4% | 18.3% | 33.5% | 35.1% | 35.6% | 35.7% |
| Net income | 2,170.3 | 1,733.0 | 1,617.2 | 1,337.5 | 1,280.9 | 1,241.0 | 1,160.2 | 1,069.7 |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 13.7% | 13.6% | 11.9% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.4% | 11.3% |
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| Diluted EPS | $95.19 | $71.93 | $63.43 | $48.77 | $44.07 | $40.70 | $36.03 | $31.57 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 22.8 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 27.4 | 29.1 | 30.5 | 32.2 | 33.9 |
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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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