Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2019

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   April 30,						Six Months Ended   April 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
	(in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	133,917		$	119,299		$	280,972		$	239,402
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	15,707		$	16,827		$	9,248		$	140,621
Effective tax rate	11.7		%	14.1		%	3.3		%	58.7		%