Financial Highlights
(thousands, except share data

 

Year Ended December 31
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Sales(1)          
Construction services $1,586,509 $904,362 $498,052 $293,063 $147,363
Building products 1,325,651 1,186,663 917,019 868,431 945,504
Total sales  $2,912,160 $2,091,025 $1,415,071 $1,161,494 $1,092,867
Income from operations(2)  $239,356 $108,108 $40,429 $39,121 $42,629
Net Income(3) $129,507 $53,910(4) $19,929 $7,015(5) $20,844
Net income per share:          
Basic $9.22 $4.00 $1.50 $0.54 $1.61
Diluted $8.82 $3.87 $1.48 0.53 $1.60
Annual cash dividends declared per share(6)  $0.48 $0.28 $0.21 $0.05 NA
Working Capital $304,459 $284,173 $216,898 $170,492 $160,904
 Total assets $1,150,525 $743,044 $604,199 $503,074 $485,742
Long-term debt, net of current portion $278,169 $206,419 $186,773 $157,375 $167,417
Shareholders' equity $470,061 $327,678 $271,010 $251,300 $242,894
Cash flows provided by operations $199,280 33,677 $12,479 $35,726 $63,687

(1) Acquisitions provided sales of $403.9 million in 2005; $221.4 million in 2004; $155.2 million in 2003; $117.4 million in 2002 and $100.5 million in 2001.
(2) Acquisitions provided income (loss) from operations of $31.6 million in 2005; $2.8 million in 2004; ($3.6) million in 2003; $9.8 million in 2002 and $7.7 million in 2001.
(3) Impairments of assets net of tax were $0.8 million in 2005; $1.4 million in 2004; $0.5 million in 2003; $4.1 million in 2002 and $1.1 million in 2001.
(4) Includes a reduction of expenses for lower than expected insurance costs of $3.8 million net of tax.
(5) The transitional impairment analysis of goodwill resulted in an impairment of $11.7 million net of tax.
(6) In February 2006, our Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of our outstanding common shares and first quarter cash dividend. The first quarter cash dividend will be $0.10 per share after the split or $0.20 per share prior to the split of our common shares. The cash dividend was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2002.