Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2023

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 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended   January 31,
	2023(1)		2022(2)(3)
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased	806		701
Total cost of the repurchased shares	$	260,724	$	245,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	811		895

(1) Excluded the 107,020 shares and $45.0 million equity forward contract from the December 2022 ASR settled in February 2023.

(2) Included the 107,701 shares and $35.0 million equity forward contract from the August 2021 ASR settled in November 2021.

(3) Excluded the 161,215 shares and $40.0 million equity forward contract from the December 2021 ASR settled in February 2022.