Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for Income Taxes and Effective Tax Rates

The following table presents the provision (benefit) for income taxes and the effective tax rates:

	Three Months Ended   January 31,
	2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	64,342		$	76,615
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	4,307		$	11,426
Effective tax rate	6.7		%	14.9		%