Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2022

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   July 31,				Nine Months Ended   July 31,
	2022 (1)		2021(2)		2022(1)		2021(2)
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased	715		521		2,400		2,114
Total cost of the repurchased shares	$	217,266	$	140,000	$	752,266	$	538,082
Reissuance of treasury stock	764		564		2,342		2,093

(1) Excluded the 101,821 shares and $40.0 million equity forward contract from the May 2022 ASR settled in August 2022.

(2) Excluded the 99,573 shares and $35.0 million equity forward contract from the June 2021 ASR settled in August 2021.