Values in US Thousands
  12-2015 12-2014 12-2013 12-2012
Sales $ 810,933 $ 748,709 $ 713,840 $ 658,181
Cost of Goods 161,388 159,211 155,855 144,224
Gross Profit 649,545 589,498 557,985 513,957
Operating Expenses 330,366 250,851 254,104 274,752
Operating Income 319,567 338,858 304,736 239,429
Interest Expense 96,765 68,098 80,235 74,031
Other Income/Expenses -21,214 -15,027 -6,413 -3,397
Pre-tax Income 201,588 255,733 218,088 162,001
Income Taxes 96,359 80,170 71,784 54,377
Net Income from Cont. Operations 105,229 175,563 146,304 107,624
Minority Interest 2 -794 -599 -684
Total Net Income $ 105,227 $ 176,357 $ 146,903 $ 108,308
Basic EPS from Cont. Ops. 1.10 1.67 1.37 0.94
Basic EPS from Total Ops. 1.10 1.67 1.38 0.94
Diluted EPS from Cont. Ops 1.08 1.65 1.35 0.92
Diluted EPS from Total Operations 1.08 1.65 1.36 0.93
EBITDA 370,780 388,365 358,808 301,183