Summary Consolidated Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) Summary Consolidated Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

Summary Consolidated Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block]

The table below provides summary income statement data for each quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017 (amounts in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	October 31		July 31		April 30		January 31
Fiscal 2018:
Revenue	$	2,455,238	$	1,913,353	$	1,599,199	$	1,175,468
Gross profit	$	524,487	$	403,734	$	301,042	$	240,988
Income before income taxes	$	396,473	$	253,097	$	152,748	$	131,598
Net income	$	310,976	$	193,258	$	111,810	$	132,107
Earnings per share (a)
Basic	$	2.10	$	1.28	$	0.73	$	0.85
Diluted	$	2.08	$	1.26	$	0.72	$	0.83
Weighted-average number of shares
Basic	148,066		151,257		152,731		155,882
Diluted	149,603		153,173		155,129		158,897
Fiscal 2017:
Revenue	$	2,027,907	$	1,502,909	$	1,363,512	$	920,730
Gross profit	$	452,075	$	326,881	$	286,071	$	187,728
Income before income taxes	$	301,747	$	203,574	$	199,209	$	109,781
Net income	$	191,878	$	148,563	$	124,638	$	70,416
Earnings per share (a)
Basic	$	1.20	$	0.91	$	0.76	$	0.43
Diluted	$	1.17	$	0.87	$	0.73	$	0.42
Weighted-average number of shares
Basic	159,232		163,478		163,492		162,588
Diluted	164,565		171,562		171,403		170,417

(a) Due to rounding, the sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts may not equal the reported earnings per share for the year.