Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2021

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities as well as the reissuance of treasury stock for employee stock-based compensation purposes are as follows:

	Three Months Ended   July 31,				Nine Months Ended   July 31,
	2021(1)		2020(2)		2021(1)		2020(2)
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased	521		149		2,114		1,380
Total cost of the repurchased shares	$	140,000	$	20,000	$	538,082	$	200,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	564		999		2,093		2,807

(1) Does not include the 99,573 shares and $35.0 million equity forward contract from the June 2021 ASR.

(2) The third quarter of fiscal 2020 includes the settlement of the 148,953 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract from the February 2020 ASR settled in May 2020.