Values in US Thousands
  10-2018 10-2017 10-2016 10-2015
Sales $ 1,777,721 $ 1,524,813 $ 1,376,258 $ 1,188,648
Cost of Goods 1,087,006 950,088 860,766 754,469
Gross Profit 690,715 574,725 515,492 434,179
Operating Expenses 314,476 268,155 250,913 204,992
Operating Income 376,245 306,658 265,345 229,656
Interest Expense 19,901 9,790 8,272 4,626
Other Income/Expenses -58 1,092 -23 -66
Pre-tax Income 356,286 297,960 257,050 224,964
Income Taxes 70,600 90,300 80,900 71,400
Net Income from Cont. Operations 285,686 207,660 176,150 153,564
Minority Interest 26,453 21,675 19,958 20,200
Total Net Income $ 259,233 $ 185,985 $ 156,192 $ 133,364
Basic EPS from Cont. Ops. 2.16 1.58 1.35 1.18
Basic EPS from Total Ops. 1.96 1.41 1.19 1.02
Diluted EPS from Cont. Ops 2.09 1.53 1.32 1.16
Diluted EPS from Total Operations 1.90 1.37 1.17 1.00
EBITDA 453,436 371,481 325,622 277,563