| 1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
|
| (In thousands of dollars except per share items) | |||
| Sales of services | $3,302,303 | $2,689,799 | $2,362,561 |
| Cost of services | 2,689,523 |
2,148,406 |
1,899,552 |
| Gross profit | 612,780 | 541,393 | 463,009 |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 491,828 |
435,126 |
370,909 |
| Earnings from operations | 120,952 | 106,267 | 92,100 |
| Interest income, net | 1,957 |
7,024 |
6,357 |
| Earnings before income taxes | 122,909 | 113,291 | 98,457 |
| Income taxes: | |||
| Federal | 40,560 | 34,645 | 29,915 |
| State and other | 9,340 |
9,155 |
7,485 |
| Total income taxes | 49,900 |
43,800 |
37,400 |
| Net earnings | $73,009 |
$69,491 |
$61,057 |
| Earnings per share | $1.92 | $1.83 | $1.61 |
| Dividends per share | $.83 | $.78 | $.70 |
| Average shares outstanding (thousands) | 38,043 | 37,993 | 37,956 |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
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