NORDSON CORPORATION Cash Flow Breakdown
Cash flow breakdown shows where NORDSON CORPORATION's cash came from and where it went: from running the business, from investing (buying or selling equipment, companies and investments) and from financing (borrowing, paying back loans, buying back shares, paying dividends). One row per year or quarter. A minus sign means cash went out. Financing is shown line by line: buybacks, dividends, debt paid back, new debt and the rest. All amounts are the filed figures for that period.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-10-31: from running the business, $719.17M came in.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-10-31: from investing, $26.69M went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-10-31: from financing, $706.43M went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-10-31: change in cash, $7.51M went out.
A minus sign means cash went out. * = worked out from the filed year-to-date figures (hover to see how); greyed = already counted inside another line.
Each year (12 month)
| Fiscal year end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
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| 2025-10-31 | $719.17M | -$26.69M | -$306.37M | -$179.07M | -$249.76M | $25.61M | $9.01M | | -$5.87M* | -$7.51M |
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| 2024-10-31 | $556.19M | -$844.40M | -$33.34M | -$161.44M | -$318.69M | $783.04M | $31.07M | | -$6.15M* | $273.00K |
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| 2023-10-31 | $641.28M | -$1.44B | -$89.71M | -$150.36M | -$1.20B | $2.18B | $21.37M | | -$6.84M* | -$47.78M |
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| 2022-10-31 | $513.13M | -$222.76M | -$262.87M | -$125.91M | -$96.97M | $63.07M | $12.12M | | -$5.44M* | -$136.51M |
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| 2021-10-31 | $545.93M | -$33.17M | -$60.97M | -$97.68M | -$298.83M | $9.41M | $31.78M | | -$6.62M* | $91.68M |
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| 2020-10-31 | $502.42M | -$194.11M | -$52.61M | -$88.35M | -$319.55M | $165.73M | $50.85M | | -$7.61M* | $57.13M |
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| 2019-10-31 | $382.89M | -$76.29M | -$120.51M | -$82.14M | -$254.47M | $186.63M | $26.02M | | -$6.60M* | $55.49M |
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| 2018-10-31 | $504.64M | -$139.92M | -$24.01M | -$72.44M | -$854.54M | $585.66M | $18.81M | | -$7.17M* | $5.29M |
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| 2017-10-31 | $356.75M | -$877.96M | -$3.22M | -$63.84M | -$237.18M | $841.54M | $14.09M | | -$10.63M* | $23.14M |
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| 2016-10-31 | $334.63M | -$102.20M | -$33.42M | -$56.44M | -$392.77M | $261.16M | $11.48M | | -$3.76M* | $16.97M |
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| 2015-10-31 | $261.95M | -$138.53M | -$383.85M | -$54.85M | -$289.20M | $719.53M | $5.37M | $3.66M | -$111.64M* | $7.95M |
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| 2014-10-31 | $288.15M | -$230.53M | -$166.43M | -$48.39M | -$107.59M | $158.83M | $7.01M | $6.38M | $96.73M* | -$61.00K |
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| 2013-10-31 | $268.38M | -$220.54M | -$33.40M | -$40.48M | -$208.07M | $270.28M | $6.02M | $5.53M | -$52.31M* | $1.14M |
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| 2012-10-31 | $274.40M | -$466.77M | -$88.45M | -$33.80M | -$136.59M | $401.18M | $4.93M | $4.79M | $44.77M* | $3.83M |
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| 2011-10-31 | $246.73M | -$305.51M | -$137.99M | -$29.84M | -$830.94M | $1.04B | $9.65M | $6.92M* | | -$4.92M |
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| 2010-10-31 | $140.19M | -$41.32M | -$24.93M | -$26.44M | -$162.29M | $116.00M | $13.83M | $7.80M | -$3.24M* | $23.55M |
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| 2009-10-31 | $168.68M | -$3.94M | -$7.12M | -$24.75M | | | $2.99M | $284.00K | -$132.43M* | $7.03M |
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| 2008-10-31 | $114.04M | -$31.92M | -$35.62M | -$24.64M | | | $16.14M | $9.00M | -$67.59M* | -$19.38M |
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Each quarter (3 month)
| Quarter end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
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| 2026-07-31 | $249.37M* | -$15.45M* | -$29.49M* | -$45.74M* | -$344.94M* | $2.02M* | $6.13M* | | $190.12M* | |
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| 2026-04-30 | $180.67M* | -$22.35M* | -$43.30M* | -$45.86M* | -$109.47M* | $0.00* | $24.21M* | | -$2.14M* | |
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| 2026-01-31 | $140.43M | -$17.67M | -$86.00M | -$45.79M | -$264.99M | $267.36M | $18.80M | | -$1.62M* | $11.95M |
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| 2025-10-31 | $202.91M* | $18.04M* | -$88.17M* | -$46.06M* | -$130.14M* | $663.00K* | $3.60M* | | -$1.78M* | |
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| 2025-07-31 | $237.97M* | -$17.63M* | -$71.94M* | -$44.07M* | -$89.17M* | $307.00K* | $2.62M* | | -$1.46M* | |
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| 2025-04-30 | $119.17M* | -$12.82M* | -$86.15M* | -$44.34M* | -$6.23M* | $22.99M* | $1.80M* | | | |
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| 2025-01-31 | $159.12M | -$14.28M | -$60.10M | -$44.60M | -$24.22M | $1.66M* | $1.00M | | | $14.47M |
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| 2024-10-31 | $96.38M* | -$809.51M* | $766.00K* | -$44.65M* | -$70.00M* | $778.71M* | $1.93M* | | | |
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| 2024-07-31 | $164.85M* | -$19.71M* | -$26.18M* | -$38.99M* | -$40.64M* | $660.00K* | $1.92M* | | | |
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| 2024-04-30 | $122.61M* | -$9.45M* | -$556.00K* | -$38.94M* | -$100.05M* | $2.87M* | $12.80M* | | -$1.39M* | |
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| 2024-01-31 | $172.36M | -$5.72M | -$7.37M | -$38.85M | -$108.00M | $805.00K | $14.42M | | -$1.49M* | $20.52M |
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| 2023-10-31 | $163.21M* | -$1.03B* | -$11.54M* | -$38.81M* | $2.64M* | $899.45M* | $2.92M* | | -$2.07M* | |
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| 2023-07-31 | $190.17M* | -$8.84M* | -$23.80M* | -$37.08M* | -$604.01M* | $493.35M* | $6.64M* | | -$1.99M* | |
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| 2023-04-30 | $164.57M* | -$6.02M* | -$47.49M* | -$37.26M* | -$286.48M* | $218.82M* | $3.00M* | | -$1.46M* | |
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| 2023-01-31 | $123.34M | -$387.14M | -$6.88M | -$37.20M | -$314.70M | $566.98M | $8.81M | | -$1.32M* | -$41.46M |
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| 2022-10-31 | $173.44M* | -$12.19M* | -$29.10M* | -$37.24M* | -$56.81M* | $0.00* | $3.28M* | | -$1.71M* | |
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| 2022-07-31 | $125.19M* | -$14.20M* | -$93.30M* | -$29.37M* | -$33.38M* | $54.63M* | $1.05M* | | | |
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| 2022-04-30 | $96.41M* | -$12.28M* | -$105.46M* | -$29.58M* | -$5.17M* | $8.08M* | $2.08M* | | -$980.00K* | |
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| 2022-01-31 | $118.09M | -$184.10M | -$35.00M | -$29.72M | -$1.62M | $361.00K | $5.72M | | -$1.64M* | -$129.43M |
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| 2021-10-31 | $170.47M* | -$10.17M* | -$14.13M* | -$29.66M* | -$789.00K* | $3.66M* | $7.64M* | | -$1.51M* | |
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| 2021-07-31 | $127.74M* | -$9.32M* | -$16.57M* | -$22.68M* | -$43.04M* | $852.00K* | $5.35M* | | -$1.71M* | |
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| 2021-04-30 | $104.42M* | -$5.79M* | -$24.96M* | -$22.67M* | -$155.00M* | $4.90M* | $11.35M* | | -$1.67M* | |
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| 2021-01-31 | $143.29M | -$7.89M | -$5.31M | -$22.67M | -$100.00M | $0.00 | $7.44M | | -$1.73M* | $17.45M |
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| 2020-10-31 | $192.46M* | -$30.92M* | -$717.00K* | -$22.61M* | -$155.56M* | $0.00* | $4.55M* | | -$1.79M* | |
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| 2020-07-31 | $91.78M* | -$135.46M* | -$9.97M* | -$21.86M* | -$38.04M* | -$39.00K* | $27.76M* | | -$2.27M* | |
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| 2020-04-30 | $101.90M* | -$13.91M* | -$37.62M* | -$21.96M* | $0.00* | | $2.17M* | | $164.65M* | |
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| 2020-01-31 | $116.28M | -$13.82M | -$4.31M | -$21.91M | -$125.95M | | $16.38M | | -$2.42M* | -$36.07M |
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| 2019-10-31 | $146.46M* | -$18.37M* | -$2.39M* | -$21.82M* | -$105.59M* | $1.74M* | $8.74M* | | | |
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| 2019-07-31 | $74.52M* | -$32.23M* | -$35.00K* | -$20.09M* | -$23.08M* | -$1.19M* | $2.82M* | | -$1.48M* | -$1.34M* |
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| 2019-04-30 | $105.06M* | -$11.81M* | -$10.42M* | -$20.03M* | -$125.77M* | $115.59M* | $10.85M* | | -$1.48M* | $63.64M* |
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| 2019-01-31 | $56.85M | -$13.88M | -$107.67M | -$20.21M | -$34.00K | $70.49M | $3.61M | | -$1.48M* | -$10.13M |
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| 2018-10-31 | $161.71M* | -$48.88M* | -$18.95M* | -$20.33M* | -$350.77M* | $111.29M* | $1.46M* | | -$2.92M* | -$171.12M* |
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| 2018-07-31 | $130.62M* | -$14.05M* | -$58.00K* | -$17.41M* | -$332.70M* | $348.47M* | $1.76M* | | | $110.86M* |
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| 2018-04-30 | $103.03M* | -$17.09M* | -$16.00K* | -$17.38M* | -$139.71M* | $92.92M* | $5.29M* | | -$1.41M* | $23.10M* |
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| 2018-01-31 | $109.28M | -$59.90M | -$4.99M | -$17.32M | -$31.36M | $32.98M | $10.31M | | -$1.43M* | $42.46M |
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| 2017-10-31 | $134.96M* | -$22.13M* | -$102.00K* | -$17.29M* | -$113.43M* | $3.22M* | $877.00K* | $1.48M* | -$6.64M* | -$20.32M* |
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| 2017-07-31 | $71.92M* | -$22.09M* | -$16.00K* | -$15.55M* | -$39.46M* | $21.03M* | $1.17M* | $692.00K* | $1.44M* | $22.30M* |
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| 2017-04-30 | $63.12M* | -$810.57M* | -$18.00K* | -$15.52M* | -$40.65M* | $802.26M* | $3.79M* | $1.76M* | -$4.30M* | $748.00K* |
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| 2017-01-31 | $81.15M | -$23.18M | -$3.08M | -$15.47M | -$43.64M | $15.03M | $8.25M | | $535.00K* | $20.42M |
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| 2016-10-31 | $136.42M* | -$57.79M* | $0.00* | -$15.43M* | -$285.88M* | $233.54M* | $3.61M* | $681.00K* | -$5.59M* | $6.95M* |
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| 2016-07-31 | $67.85M* | -$19.76M* | $0.00* | -$13.69M* | -$29.64M* | $2.82M* | $4.96M* | $1.84M* | | $12.38M* |
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| 2016-04-30 | $78.35M* | -$13.64M* | -$13.00K* | -$13.66M* | -$65.84M* | $0.00* | $2.01M* | $761.00K* | -$3.23M* | -$12.82M* |
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| 2016-01-31 | $48.54M | -$11.01M | -$33.41M | -$13.65M | -$11.40M | $24.80M | $900.00K | $198.00K | $6.60M* | $10.47M |
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| 2015-10-31 | $94.66M* | -$73.71M* | -$196.10M* | -$14.38M* | -$30.01M* | $212.59M* | $699.00K* | $1.12M* | -$5.96M* | -$10.73M* |
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| 2015-07-31 | $49.86M* | -$28.69M* | -$48.89M* | -$13.35M* | -$92.66M* | $196.89M* | $1.50M* | $724.00K* | -$54.20M* | $9.55M* |
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| 2015-04-30 | $91.52M* | -$19.22M* | -$65.78M* | -$13.48M* | -$112.69M* | $233.71M* | $2.34M* | $1.50M* | -$107.37M* | $10.53M* |
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| 2015-01-31 | $25.91M | -$16.92M | -$73.08M | -$13.63M | -$53.84M | $76.35M | $832.00K | $319.00K | $55.89M* | -$1.39M |
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| 2014-10-31 | $105.20M* | -$202.01M* | -$72.02M* | -$13.87M* | -$33.56M* | $109.56M* | $1.14M* | $2.26M* | $95.47M* | -$10.91M* |
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| 2014-07-31 | $80.77M* | -$12.12M* | -$36.34M* | -$11.42M* | -$32.21M* | $11.55M* | $2.37M* | $2.33M* | -$648.00K* | $3.49M* |
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| 2014-04-30 | $54.50M* | -$8.52M* | -$53.50M* | -$11.54M* | -$12.93M* | $32.72M* | $1.27M* | $707.00K* | | $2.87M* |
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| 2014-01-31 | $47.69M | -$7.88M | -$4.56M | -$11.56M | -$28.89M | $5.00M | $2.22M | $1.09M | $2.75M* | $4.48M |
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| 2013-10-31 | $73.79M* | -$187.67M* | -$4.57M* | -$11.55M* | -$59.33M* | $151.36M* | $894.00K* | $2.34M* | -$3.35M* | -$32.99M* |
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| 2013-07-31 | $91.95M* | -$7.13M* | -$3.66M* | -$9.62M* | -$36.25M* | $32.92M* | $1.07M* | $639.00K* | -$56.24M* | $12.58M* |
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| 2013-04-30 | $62.87M* | -$17.02M* | -$22.58M* | -$9.67M* | -$91.00M* | $75.00M* | $915.00K* | $477.00K* | $8.61M* | $8.36M* |
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| 2013-01-31 | $39.76M | -$8.73M | -$2.59M | -$9.64M | -$21.48M | $11.00M | $3.14M | $2.08M | -$1.33M* | $13.19M |
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| 2012-10-31 | $96.82M* | -$43.46M* | -$1.47M* | -$9.62M* | -$88.13M* | $28.20M* | $1.74M* | $3.54M* | | -$12.40M* |
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| 2012-07-31 | $78.61M* | -$411.60M* | -$12.63M* | -$8.00M* | -$33.50M* | $335.00M* | $339.00K* | $269.00K* | $48.79M* | -$3.90M* |
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| 2012-04-30 | $54.66M* | -$3.15M* | -$27.33M* | -$8.06M* | -$14.93M* | $5.47M* | $2.32M* | $736.00K* | -$1.25M* | $8.05M* |
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| 2012-01-31 | $44.31M | -$8.57M | -$47.02M | -$8.13M | -$27.00K | $32.50M | $534.00K | $243.00K | -$1.21M* | $12.07M |
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| 2011-10-31 | $66.44M* | -$264.25M* | -$91.65M* | -$8.40M* | -$723.13M* | $990.30M* | $32.00K* | -$226.00K* | -$1.56M* | -$31.65M* |
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| 2011-07-31 | $68.23M* | -$16.92M* | -$27.21M* | -$7.15M* | -$14.29M* | -$6.00K* | $338.00K* | $231.00K* | -$1.53M* | $2.27M* |
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| 2011-04-30 | $56.14M* | -$5.10M* | -$9.61M* | -$7.15M* | -$60.02M* | $24.01M* | $2.25M* | $2.81M* | -$842.00K* | $5.66M* |
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| 2011-01-31 | $55.92M | -$19.23M | -$9.52M | -$7.14M | -$33.50M | $25.50M | $7.04M | $4.10M | -$2.97M* | $18.79M |
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| 2010-10-31 | $73.66M* | -$13.44M* | -$11.32M* | -$7.12M* | | | $3.02M* | $1.69M* | -$56.52M* | -$5.71M* |
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| 2010-07-31 | $47.59M* | -$4.54M* | -$10.84M* | -$6.48M* | | | $216.00K* | $33.00K* | -$12.77M* | $14.14M* |
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| 2010-04-30 | -$30.51M* | -$2.16M* | -$1.58M* | -$6.44M* | | | $6.86M* | $3.83M* | $35.09M* | $5.44M* |
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| 2010-01-31 | $49.45M | -$21.18M | -$1.19M | -$6.40M | | | $3.73M | $2.25M | -$15.33M* | $9.69M |
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| 2009-10-31 | $49.40M* | -$2.77M* | -$136.00K* | -$6.39M* | | | $2.52M* | $254.00K* | -$46.32M* | -$1.74M* |
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