| First Quarter |
Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
Fourth Quarter |
Year |
|
| (In thousands of dollars except per share items) | |||||
| Sales of services | |||||
| 1996 | $733,931 | $804,262 | $873,242 | $890,868 | $3,302,303 |
| 1995 | 620,685 | 652,417 | 698,453 | 718,244 | 2,689,799 |
| 1994 | 530,191 | 570,813 | 630,196 | 631,361 | 2,362,561 |
| Cost of services | |||||
| 1996 | 596,245 | 652,007 | 711,950 | 729,321 | 2,689,523 |
| 1995 | 498,667 | 519,739 | 555,968 | 574,032 | 2,148,406 |
| 1994 | 428,374 | 461,093 | 505,668 | 504,417 | 1,899,552 |
| Selling, general and administrative | |||||
| 1996 | 117,302 | 123,778 | 125,101 | 125,647 | 491,828 |
| 1995 | 104,083 | 107,510 | 110,809 | 112,724 | 435,126 |
| 1994 | 88,381 | 88,050 | 94,979 | 99,499 | 370,909 |
| Net earnings | |||||
| 1996 | 12,903 | 17,448 | 21,430 | 21,228 | 73,009 |
| 1995 | 12,262 | 16,660 | 20,373 | 20,196 | 69,491 |
| 1994 | 9,233 | 14,420 | 19,289 | 18,115 | 61,057 |
| Earnings per share | |||||
| 1996 | .34 | .46 | .56 | .56 | 1.92 |
| 1995 | .32 | .44 | .54 | .53 | 1.83 |
| 1994 | .24 | .38 | .51 | .48 | 1.61 |
| Dividends per share | |||||
| 1996 | .20 | .21 | .21 | .21 | .83 |
| 1995 | .18 | .20 | .20 | .20 | .78 |
| 1994 | .16 | .18 | .18 | .18 | .70 |