Values in US Thousands
  08-2019 08-2018 08-2017 08-2016
Sales $ 5,829,002 $ 4,643,723 $ 3,844,069 $ 3,596,068
Cost of Goods 5,025,514 4,021,558 3,322,711 3,021,862
Gross Profit 803,488 622,165 521,358 574,206
Operating Expenses 463,785 402,010 410,737 396,090
Operating Income 340,217 220,713 111,332 178,978
Interest Expense 71,373 40,957 44,151 62,973
Other Income/Expenses -384 -14,372 -1,730 -40,028
Pre-tax Income 268,460 165,384 65,451 75,977
Income Taxes 69,681 30,147 15,276 13,976
Net Income from Cont. Operations 198,779 135,237 50,175 62,001
Net Income from Discont. Operations -686 3,269 -3,843 -7,239
Total Net Income $ 198,093 $ 138,506 $ 46,332 $ 54,762
Basic EPS from Cont. Ops. 1.69 1.16 0.43 0.54
Basic EPS from Discont. Operations -0.01 0.03 -0.03 -0.06
Basic EPS from Total Ops. 1.68 1.19 0.40 0.48
Diluted EPS from Cont. Ops 1.67 1.14 0.43 0.53
Diluted EPS from Discont. Operations -0.01 0.03 -0.03 -0.06
Diluted EPS from Total Operations 1.66 1.17 0.39 0.47
EBITDA 424,104 352,372 224,746 298,321