Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2017
Revenues	$ 1,175,468	$ 920,730
Cost of revenues	934,480	733,002
Selling, general and administrative	157,267	137,095
Total	1,091,747	870,097
Income from operations	83,721	50,633
Other:
Income from unconsolidated entities	38,880	46,445
Other income - net	8,997	12,703
Income before income taxes	131,598	109,781
Income tax (benefit) provision	(509)	39,365
Net income	132,107	70,416
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net	171	169
Total comprehensive income	$ 132,278	$ 70,585
Per share:
Basic earnings	$ 0.85	$ 0.43
Diluted earnings	0.83	0.42
Cash dividends declared	$ 0.08
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic	155,882	162,588
Diluted	158,897	170,417