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Earnings Per Share Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Calculation of income per share | Information pertaining to the calculation of earnings per share for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, is as follows (amounts in thousands):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income as reported | $ | 446,624 |  |  | $ | 590,007 |  |  | $ | 748,151 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |
Basic weighted-average shares | 130,095 |  |  | 145,008 |  |  | 151,984 |
Common stock equivalents (a) | 1,152 |  |  | 1,493 |  |  | 2,217 |
Diluted weighted-average shares | 131,247 |  |  | 146,501 |  |  | 154,201 |
Other information: |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units (b) | 2,141 |  |  | 1,156 |  |  | 813 |
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans | 1,541 |  |  | 1,394 |  |  | 1,066 |
(a)Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method and shares expected to be issued under our restricted stock units programs. (b)Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units are based upon the average of the average quarterly closing prices of our common stock on the NYSE for the year.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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