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Rank #250

Rank #250 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.28) · ROE 18.3% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0001090872 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilitystable
  • Net cashimproving
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equityimproving
  • Share count (dilution)improving

Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2017-10-31filed 2017-12-212016-10-31filed 2016-12-202015-10-31filed 2015-12-212014-10-31filed 2015-12-21
Income statement
Revenue4,472.04,202.04,038.04,048.0
Revenue growth (YoY)6.4%4.1%-0.2%-0.2%
Gross profit2,409.02,197.02,041.02,041.0
Gross margin53.9%52.3%50.5%50.5%
Net income684.0462.0401.0549.0
Net margin15.3%11.0%9.9%9.9%
EPS (diluted)$2.10$1.40$1.20$1.62
EPS growth (YoY)50.0%16.7%-25.9%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow889.0793.0491.0711.0
Capital expenditures176.0139.098.0
Free cash flow713.0654.0393.0393.0

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?