Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 95.9	$ 115.9
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $9.2 at October 31, 2021 and $10.2 at October 31, 2020	515.3	435.4
Inventories (Note 1)	585.6	570.4
Prepaid expense and other current assets	179.3	152.5
Assets held-for-sale (Note 3)	89.2	0.0
Total current assets	1,465.3	1,274.2
Property, plant and equipment, at cost (Note 1)	2,655.7	2,474.8
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,308.1	1,192.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,347.6	1,281.9
Operating lease right-of-use assets (Note 2)	257.0	260.2
Goodwill (Note 4)	2,574.0	2,447.3
Other intangibles, net (Note 4)	1,271.5	1,289.0
Deferred tax assets	2,546.6	80.1
Other assets	144.2	104.8
Total assets	9,606.2	6,737.5
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt (Note 5)	82.9	409.3
Accounts payable	161.4	176.0
Employee compensation and benefits	148.7	119.0
Operating lease liabilities (Note 2)	35.7	33.3
Other current liabilities	301.7	266.8
Liabilities held-for-sale (Note 3)	1.7	0.0
Total current liabilities	732.1	1,004.4
Long-term debt (Note 5)	1,396.1	1,383.9
Deferred tax liabilities	24.1	25.8
Long-term tax payable	139.6	162.0
Operating lease liabilities (Note 2)	231.7	236.8
Accrued pension liability and other	140.6	99.8
Total liabilities	2,664.2	2,912.7
Contingencies (see Note 12)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $10 cents par value, 1.0 shares authorized, zero shares issued or outstanding	0.0	0.0
Common stock, $10 cents par value, 120.0 shares authorized, 53.7 issued and 49.3 outstanding at October 31, 2021 and 53.4 issued and 49.1 outstanding at October 31, 2020	5.4	5.3
Additional paid-in capital	1,715.2	1,646.8
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(341.3)	(472.0)
Retained earnings	6,202.1	3,261.8
Treasury stock at cost: 4.4 shares at October 31, 2021 and 4.3 shares at October 31, 2020	(639.6)	(617.3)
Total Cooper stockholders' equity	6,941.8	3,824.6
Noncontrolling interests	0.2	0.2
Stockholders’ equity (Note 8)	6,942.0	3,824.8
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 9,606.2	$ 6,737.5