| First Quarter |
Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
Fourth Quarter |
Year |
|
| (In thousands of dollars except per share items) | |||||
| Sales of services | |||||
| 1997 | $880,846 | $959,726 | $1,001,209 | $1,011,154 | $3,852,935 |
| 1996 | 733,931 | 804,262 | 873,242 | 890,868 | 3,302,303 |
| 1995 | 620,685 | 652,417 | 698,453 | 718,244 | 2,689,799 |
| Cost of services | |||||
| 1997 | 724,508 | 789,618 | 824,820 | 832,643 | 3,171,589 |
| 1996 | 596,245 | 652,007 | 711,950 | 729,321 | 2,689,523 |
| 1995 | 498,667 | 519,739 | 555,968 | 574,032 | 2,148,406 |
| Selling, general and administrative | |||||
| 1997 | 132,219 | 137,636 | 136,464 | 139,263 | 545,582 |
| 1996 | 117,302 | 123,778 | 125,101 | 125,647 | 491,828 |
| 1995 | 104,083 | 107,510 | 110,809 | 112,724 | 435,126 |
| Net earnings | |||||
| 1997 | 14,228 | 19,443 | 23,587 | 23,522 | 80,780 |
| 1996 | 12,903 | 17,448 | 21,430 | 21,228 | 73,009 |
| 1995 | 12,262 | 16,660 | 20,373 | 20,196 | 69,491 |
| Basic earnings per share | |||||
| 1997 | .37 | .51 | .62 | .62 | 2.12 |
| 1996 | .34 | .46 | .56 | .56 | 1.92 |
| 1995 | .32 | .44 | .54 | .53 | 1.83 |
| Diluted earnings per share | |||||
| 1997 | .37 | .51 | .62 | .61 | 2.12 |
| 1996 | .34 | .46 | .56 | .56 | 1.91 |
| 1995 | .32 | .44 | .54 | .53 | 1.83 |
| Dividends per share | |||||
| 1997 | .21 | .22 | .22 | .22 | .87 |
| 1996 | .20 | .21 | .21 | .21 | .83 |
| 1995 | .18 | .20 | .20 | .20 | .78 |