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Stock Repurchase Program, Prepayment During Period, Derivative Settlement

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of treasury shares or units reissued. Excludes reissuance of shares or units in treasury for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method.

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Stock Repurchase Program - Stock Repurchase Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2023	May 31, 2023	Feb. 28, 2023	Apr. 30, 2024	Apr. 30, 2023	Apr. 30, 2024	Apr. 30, 2023
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Total shares repurchased (in shares)				0	825,000	74,000	1,631,000
Total cost of the repurchased shares				$ 0	$ 300,000	$ 45,000	$ 560,724
Reissuance of treasury stock				668,000	696,000	1,225,000	1,507,000
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program February 2023
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Share repurchases settlement of equity forward (in shares)		105,792
Stock repurchase program, prepayment during period, derivative settlement		$ 45,000
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program December 2022
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Share repurchases settlement of equity forward (in shares)			107,020
Stock repurchase program, prepayment during period, derivative settlement			$ 45,000
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program August 2023
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Share repurchases settlement of equity forward (in shares)	73,903
Stock repurchase program, prepayment during period, derivative settlement	$ 45,000