Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 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   July 31,						Nine Months Ended   July 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	85,231		$	65,193		$	246,796		$	225,692
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	20,513		$	9,806		$	52,667		$	49,520
Effective tax rate	24.1		%	15.0		%	21.3		%	21.9		%