financial
highlights |
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in thousands
except per share data |
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1997 |
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1996 |
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1995 |
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1993 |
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| Revenues |
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$ 954,002 |
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730,088 |
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584,691 |
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450,607 |
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361,487 |
| Net earnings |
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38,411 |
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24,263 |
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17,395 |
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13,217 |
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10,167 |
| Basic earnings per
share |
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1.57 |
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1.00 |
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.73 |
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.56 |
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.43 |
| Diluted earnings
per share |
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1.46 |
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.95 |
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.69 |
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.54 |
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.42 |
| Cash dividends
paid per share |
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.10 |
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.08 |
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.06 |
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.05 |
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.05 |
| Working capital |
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87,252 |
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83,468 |
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81,431 |
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68,464 |
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60,847 |
| Total assets |
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342,176 |
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271,986 |
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204,128 |
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162,788 |
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144,314 |
| Shareholders'
equity |
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169,924 |
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140,011 |
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117,192 |
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101,110 |
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87,641 |
| Basic shares
outstanding |
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24,429 |
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24,161 |
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23,972 |
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23,775 |
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23,636 |
| Diluted shares
outstanding |
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26,324 |
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25,644 |
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25,166 |
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24,550 |
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24,051 |
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All share and per share information has been adjusted to reflect two 2-for-1
stock splits effected in November 1993 and November 1996. |
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1997 |
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1997 |
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94 |
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revenues
in millions |
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net
revenues
in millions |
| 361.5 |
450.6 |
584.7 |
730.1 |
$ 954.0 |
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93.4 |
119.1 |
154.1 |
202.3 |
290.5 |
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operating
income
in millions |
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net
earnings
in millions |
| 16.3 |
21.4 |
26.9 |
37.4 |
$ 59.9 |
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10.2 |
13.2 |
17.4 |
24.3 |
$ 38.4 |
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