Values in US Thousands
  08-2023 08-2022 08-2021 08-2020
Sales $ 8,799,533 $ 8,913,481 $ 6,729,760 $ 5,476,486
Cost of Goods 6,987,618 7,057,085 5,623,903 4,531,688
Gross Profit 1,811,915 1,856,396 1,105,857 944,798
Operating Expenses 644,153 545,069 506,020 509,473
Operating Income 1,168,380 1,311,413 600,740 436,013
Interest Expense 40,127 50,709 51,904 61,837
Other Income/Expenses -6,286 254,443 -14,818 -3,398
Pre-tax Income 1,121,967 1,515,147 534,018 370,778
Income Taxes 262,207 297,885 121,153 92,476
Net Income from Cont. Operations 859,760 1,217,262 412,865 278,302
Net Income from Discont. Operations - - - 1,201
Total Net Income $ 859,760 $ 1,217,262 $ 412,865 $ 279,503
Basic EPS from Cont. Ops. 7.34 10.09 3.43 2.34
Basic EPS from Discont. Operations - - - 0.01
Basic EPS from Total Ops. 7.34 10.09 3.43 2.35
Diluted EPS from Cont. Ops 7.25 9.95 3.38 2.31
Diluted EPS from Discont. Operations - - - 0.01
Diluted EPS from Total Operations 7.25 9.95 3.38 2.32
EBITDA 1,387,210 1,486,437 762,318 572,404