Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Data

	First		Second		Third		Fourth
2018:
Sales	$	550,424	$	553,706	$	581,243	$	569,295
Gross margin		301,003		306,828		320,396		307,738
Net income		104,555		91,235		94,884		86,702
Earnings per share:
Basic		1.81		1.57		1.63		1.49
Diluted		1.78		1.55		1.61		1.47
2017:
Sales	$	407,470	$	496,137	$	589,438	$	573,938
Gross margin		225,138		275,512		326,265		312,088
Net income		49,988		64,523		101,456		79,835
Earnings per share:
Basic		0.87		1.12		1.76		1.38
Diluted		0.86		1.11		1.74		1.37