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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc
(NYSE:AIT) 

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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial products in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. The company offers its products for maintenance, repair, and operational, as well as original equipment manufacturing customers. It operates in two segments, Service Center ...

Founded: 1923
Full Time Employees: 6,141
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Industrial Distribution

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      net sales
    1,251,453,000 1,163,023,000 1,199,523,000 1,224,730,000 1,166,749,000 1,073,001,000 1,098,944,000 1,160,675,000 1,146,390,000 1,077,153,000 1,095,188,000 1,158,074,000 1,132,035,000 1,060,280,000 1,062,405,000 1,061,459,000 980,662,000 876,874,000 891,681,000 895,888,000 840,937,000 751,287,000 747,807,000 725,076,000 830,797,000 833,375,000 856,404,000 882,743,000 885,443,000 840,038,000 864,515,000 897,721,000 827,665,000 667,187,000 680,701,000 681,471,000 679,304,000 608,123,000 624,848,000   610,346,000 641,904,000 677,540,000 679,994,000 691,702,000 702,325,000 654,618,000 618,006,000 581,949,000 605,305,000 640,481,000 621,654,000 589,517,000 610,519,000 620,013,000 605,461,000 570,397,000 579,574,000 589,861,000 565,970,000 529,517,000 527,501,000 523,071,000 486,141,000 446,253,000 437,743,000 451,647,000 502,412,000 543,906,000 529,745,000 530,156,000 511,008,000 518,547,000 528,025,000 521,129,000 472,365,000 492,590,000 
      yoy
    7.26% 8.39% 9.15% 5.52% 1.78% -0.39% 0.34% 0.22% 1.27% 1.59% 3.09% 9.10% 15.44% 20.92% 19.15% 18.48% 16.62% 16.72% 19.24% 23.56% 1.22% -9.85% -12.68% -17.86% -6.17% -0.79% -0.94% -1.67% 6.98% 25.91% 27.00% 31.73% 21.84% 9.71% 8.94%   -0.36% -2.66%   -11.76% -8.60% 3.50% 10.03% 18.86% 16.03% 2.21% -0.59% -1.28% -0.85% 3.30% 2.67% 3.35% 5.34% 5.11% 6.98% 7.72% 9.87% 12.77% 16.42% 18.66% 20.50% 15.81% -3.24% -17.95% -17.37% -14.81% -1.68% 4.89% 0.33% 1.73% 8.18% 5.27%     
      qoq
    7.60% -3.04% -2.06% 4.97% 8.74% -2.36% -5.32% 1.25% 6.43% -1.65% -5.43% 2.30% 6.77% -0.20% 0.09% 8.24% 11.84% -1.66% -0.47% 6.53% 11.93% 0.47% 3.13% -12.73% -0.31% -2.69% -2.98% -0.30% 5.41% -2.83% -3.70% 8.46% 24.05% -1.99% -0.11% 0.32% 11.71% -2.68%    -4.92% -5.26% -0.36% -1.69% -1.51% 7.29% 5.92% 6.20% -3.86% -5.49% 3.03% 5.45% -3.44% -1.53% 2.40% 6.15% -1.58% -1.74% 4.22% 6.88% 0.38% 0.85% 7.60% 8.94% 1.94% -3.08% -10.10% -7.63% 2.67% -0.08% 3.75% -1.45% -1.79% 1.32% 10.32% -4.11%  
      cost of sales
    870,649,000 809,689,000 838,094,000 849,993,000 811,459,000 744,951,000 773,862,000 804,440,000 808,144,000 760,063,000 770,106,000 819,515,000 798,917,000 751,775,000 755,622,000 754,832,000 693,338,000 619,249,000 636,341,000 632,904,000 593,712,000 541,753,000 532,026,000 516,786,000 594,045,000 592,141,000 604,944,000 625,392,000 629,884,000 597,178,000 612,662,000 634,034,000 588,141,000 478,827,000 488,277,000 485,364,000 488,502,000 435,667,000 446,518,000 1,353,627,000 458,379,000 437,179,000 460,892,000 485,734,000 492,631,000 495,989,000 507,393,000 472,090,000 446,786,000 418,566,000 435,510,000 459,371,000 447,254,000 426,598,000 445,986,000 447,327,000 437,848,000 414,928,000 420,870,000 420,718,000 409,404,000 385,236,000 384,381,000 370,054,000 355,785,000 329,348,000 322,299,000 329,401,000 366,943,000 397,848,000 386,509,000 385,656,000 371,517,000 376,491,000 385,830,000 380,557,000 342,214,000 357,456,000 
      gross profit
    380,804,000 353,334,000 361,429,000 374,737,000 355,290,000 328,050,000 325,082,000 356,235,000 338,246,000 317,090,000 325,082,000 338,559,000 333,118,000 308,505,000 306,783,000 306,627,000 287,324,000 257,625,000 255,340,000 262,984,000 247,225,000 209,534,000 215,781,000 208,290,000 236,752,000 241,234,000 251,460,000 257,351,000 255,559,000 242,860,000 251,853,000 263,687,000 239,524,000 188,360,000 192,424,000 196,107,000 190,802,000 172,456,000 178,330,000 532,629,000 174,793,000 173,167,000 181,012,000 191,806,000 187,363,000 195,713,000 194,932,000 182,528,000 171,220,000 163,383,000 169,795,000 181,110,000 174,400,000 162,919,000 164,533,000 172,686,000 167,613,000 155,469,000 158,704,000                    
      yoy
    7.18% 7.71% 11.18% 5.19% 5.04% 3.46% 0.00% 5.22% 1.54% 2.78% 5.96% 10.41% 15.94% 19.75% 20.15% 16.60% 16.22% 22.95% 18.33% 26.26% 4.42% -13.14% -14.19% -19.06% -7.36% -0.67% -0.16% -2.40% 6.69% 28.93% 30.88% 34.46% 25.54% 9.22% 7.90% -63.18% 9.16% -0.41% -1.48% 177.69% -6.71% -11.52% -7.14% 5.08% 9.43% 19.79% 14.80% 0.78% -1.82% 0.28% 3.20% 4.88% 4.05% 4.79% 3.67%                        
      qoq
    7.77% -2.24% -3.55% 5.47% 8.30% 0.91% -8.75% 5.32% 6.67% -2.46% -3.98% 1.63% 7.98% 0.56% 0.05% 6.72% 11.53% 0.89% -2.91% 6.37% 17.99% -2.90% 3.60% -12.02% -1.86% -4.07% -2.29% 0.70% 5.23% -3.57% -4.49% 10.09% 27.16% -2.11% -1.88% 2.78% 10.64% -3.29% -66.52% 204.72% 0.94% -4.33% -5.63% 2.37% -4.27% 0.40% 6.80% 6.60% 4.80% -3.78% -6.25% 3.85% 7.05% -0.98% -4.72% 3.03% 7.81% -2.04%                     
      gross margin %
    30.43% 30.38% 30.13% 30.60% 30.45% 30.57% 29.58% 30.69% 29.51% 29.44% 29.68% 29.23% 29.43% 29.10% 28.88% 28.89% 29.30% 29.38% 28.64% 29.35% 29.40% 27.89% 28.86% 28.73% 28.50% 28.95% 29.36% 29.15% 28.86% 28.91% 29.13% 29.37% 28.94% 28.23% 28.27% 28.78% 28.09% 28.36% 28.54% Infinity% Infinity% 28.37% 28.20% 28.31% 27.55% 28.29% 27.76% 27.88% 27.71% 28.08% 28.05% 28.28% 28.05% 27.64% 26.95% 27.85% 27.68% 27.26% 27.38% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      selling, distribution and administrative expense, including depreciation
    242,879,000 230,125,000 232,399,000 161,244,500 225,888,000 207,180,000 211,910,000 216,892,000 217,040,000 202,496,000 204,402,000 211,744,000 206,207,000 195,612,000 200,251,000 197,403,000 191,481,000 179,448,000 180,726,000 181,883,000 172,758,000 162,428,000 163,473,000 161,262,000 183,702,000 182,489,000 190,294,000 139,216,250 189,456,000 181,895,000 185,514,000                                                
      operating income
    137,925,000 123,209,000 129,030,000 135,085,000 129,402,000 120,870,000 113,172,000 139,343,000 121,206,000 114,594,000 120,680,000 126,815,000 126,911,000 112,893,000 106,532,000 109,224,000 95,843,000 78,177,000 74,614,000 81,101,000 74,467,000 -2,422,000 52,308,000 47,028,000 -77,950,000 58,745,000 61,166,000 71,975,000 34,509,000 60,965,000 66,339,000 70,831,000 56,444,000 46,715,000 51,837,000 48,249,000 45,467,000 37,656,000 43,218,000   38,362,000 41,026,000 47,875,000 43,772,000 46,807,000 46,165,000 44,809,000 40,173,000 39,837,000 39,539,000 48,035,000 43,477,000 40,569,000 44,318,000 49,774,000 42,019,000 33,335,000 43,267,000 44,615,000 38,201,000 33,056,000 34,891,000 46,469,000 27,037,000 18,903,000 17,641,000 21,019,000 28,807,000 37,375,000 38,655,000 37,685,000 37,268,000 39,216,000 38,600,000 34,105,000 28,929,000 33,377,000 
      yoy
    6.59% 1.94% 14.01% -3.06% 6.76% 5.48% -6.22% 9.88% -4.50% 1.51% 13.28% 16.11% 32.42% 44.41% 42.78% 34.68% 28.71% -3327.79% 42.64% 72.45% -195.53% -104.12% -14.48% -34.66% -325.88% -3.64% -7.80% 1.62% -38.86% 30.50% 27.98% 46.80% 24.14% 24.06% 19.94%   -1.84% 5.34%   -18.04% -11.13% 6.84% 8.96% 17.50% 16.76% -6.72% -7.60% -1.80% -10.78% -3.49% 3.47% 21.70% 2.43% 11.56% 9.99% 0.84% 24.01% -3.99% 41.29% 74.87% 97.78% 121.08% -6.14% -49.42% -54.36% -44.22% -22.70% -4.69% 0.14% 10.50% 28.83% 17.49%     
      qoq
    11.94% -4.51% -4.48% 4.39% 7.06% 6.80% -18.78% 14.96% 5.77% -5.04% -4.84% -0.08% 12.42% 5.97% -2.46% 13.96% 22.60% 4.78% -8.00% 8.91% -3174.61% -104.63% 11.23% -160.33% -232.69% -3.96% -15.02% 108.57% -43.40% -8.10% -6.34% 25.49% 20.83% -9.88% 7.44% 6.12% 20.74% -12.87%    -6.49% -14.31% 9.37% -6.48% 1.39% 3.03% 11.54% 0.84% 0.75% -17.69% 10.48% 7.17% -8.46% -10.96% 18.46% 26.05% -22.96% -3.02% 16.79% 15.56% -5.26% -24.92% 71.87% 43.03% 7.15% -16.07% -27.04% -22.92% -3.31% 2.57% 1.12% -4.97% 1.60% 13.18% 17.89% -13.33%  
      operating margin %
    11.02% 10.59% 10.76% 11.03% 11.09% 11.26% 10.30% 12.01% 10.57% 10.64% 11.02% 10.95% 11.21% 10.65% 10.03% 10.29% 9.77% 8.92% 8.37% 9.05% 8.86% -0.32% 6.99% 6.49% -9.38% 7.05% 7.14% 8.15% 3.90% 7.26% 7.67% 7.89% 6.82% 7.00% 7.62% 7.08% 6.69% 6.19% 6.92% NaN% NaN% 6.29% 6.39% 7.07% 6.44% 6.77% 6.57% 6.85% 6.50% 6.85% 6.53% 7.50% 6.99% 6.88% 7.26% 8.03% 6.94% 5.84% 7.47% 7.56% 6.75% 6.24% 6.61% 8.88% 5.56% 4.24% 4.03% 4.65% 5.73% 6.87% 7.30% 7.11% 7.29% 7.56% 7.31% 6.54% 6.12% 6.78% 
      interest expense
    2,447,000 942,000 993,000 18,924,000 853,000 -936,000 -627,000 17,042,000 265,000 1,917,000 1,320,000 7,352,000 4,773,000 6,185,000 6,480,000 6,536,000 5,852,000 7,007,000 7,390,000 7,888,000 7,608,000 7,658,000 7,653,000 8,817,000 8,805,000 9,583,000 10,059,000 10,787,000 9,947,000 9,578,000 10,476,000 11,621,000 8,216,000 2,139,000 2,166,000 2,420,000 2,165,000 2,100,000 2,146,000 6,645,000 2,359,000 2,158,000 2,187,000 2,383,000 2,121,000 1,955,000 1,662,000 1,002,000 -11,000 -152,000 61,000 474,000 107,000 15,000 25,000 346,000 54,000 10,000 47,000 447,000 52,000 458,000 1,124,000 1,817,000 1,374,000 1,333,000 1,214,000 1,183,000 1,302,000 685,000 4,423,000 241,000 1,000 274,000 3,792,000 749,000 610,000 647,000 
      other expense
    350,000   -1,281,000 1,267,000  -2,281,000 -921,000 -1,724,000 -2,924,000 431,000 77,000 -142,000 758,000 1,008,000 2,517,000 469,000 -869,000    88,000    -215,000    946,000  -505,500 -1,291,000   -164,000 -47,000 -211,000 -398,000   55,000 1,004,000 1,142,000 -887,000 380,000 244,000 -437,250 -388,000  -1,091,000 -478,250 -1,027,000 -427,000 -459,000 755,000 -1,887,000 778,000         -303,000 83,000           
      income before income taxes
    135,128,000 122,772,000 128,585,000 135,044,000 127,282,000 122,561,000 116,080,000 140,935,000 122,665,000 115,601,000 118,929,000 122,537,000 122,280,000 105,950,000 99,044,000 100,693,000 89,522,000 72,039,000 67,536,000 73,882,000 68,516,000 -10,168,000 44,832,000 40,079,000 -85,327,000 49,377,000 51,107,000 62,120,000 25,818,000 50,441,000 56,102,000 60,221,000 49,519,000 44,596,000 50,382,000 46,380,000 43,349,000 35,767,000 41,470,000   36,149,000 37,835,000 44,602,000 42,538,000 44,472,000 44,259,000 44,862,000 40,572,000 40,259,000 40,569,000 47,535,000 44,397,000 40,981,000 44,752,000 49,139,000 43,852,000 32,547,000 41,288,000 44,965,000 40,794,000 33,019,000 34,110,000 44,715,000 26,060,000 17,512,000 16,730,000 19,753,000 25,280,000 35,875,000 38,615,000 37,282,000 37,106,000 38,712,000 38,328,000 33,664,000 29,039,000 32,799,000 
      income tax expense
    35,359,000 27,423,000 27,778,000 27,208,000 27,483,000 29,271,000 24,017,000 37,444,000 25,448,000 24,373,000 25,103,000 30,322,000 25,093,000 25,493,000 22,164,000 21,580,000 21,216,000 15,013,000 14,567,000 14,638,000 12,453,000 -4,834,000 10,048,000 10,090,000 -2,550,000 11,346,000 12,308,000 22,317,000 9,283,000 11,724,000 7,164,000 19,859,000 12,927,000 13,646,000 16,661,000 -6,580,000 13,855,000 11,682,000 14,099,000 40,129,000 9,272,000 12,202,000 13,544,000 16,557,000 13,928,000 14,765,000 15,137,000 15,188,000 10,178,000 14,350,000 13,725,000 15,263,000 15,095,000 13,938,000 15,220,000 17,095,000 14,434,000 11,612,000 14,906,000 16,690,000 14,258,000 11,826,000 13,355,000 17,011,000 9,535,000 7,025,000 5,543,000 8,193,000 9,086,000 13,339,000    14,255,000     
      net income
    99,769,000 95,349,000 100,807,000 107,836,000 99,799,000 93,290,000 92,063,000 103,491,000 97,217,000 91,228,000 93,826,000 92,215,000 97,187,000 80,457,000 76,880,000 79,113,000 68,306,000 57,026,000 52,969,000 59,244,000 56,063,000 -5,334,000 34,784,000 29,989,000 -82,777,000 38,031,000 38,799,000 39,803,000 16,535,000 38,717,000 48,938,000 40,362,000 36,592,000 30,950,000 33,721,000 52,960,000 29,494,000 24,085,000 27,371,000   23,947,000 24,291,000 28,045,000 28,610,000 29,707,000 29,122,000 29,674,000 30,394,000 25,909,000 26,844,000 32,272,000 29,302,000 27,043,000 29,532,000 32,044,000 29,418,000 20,935,000 26,382,000 28,275,000 26,536,000 21,193,000 20,755,000 27,704,000 16,525,000 10,487,000 11,187,000 11,560,000 16,194,000 22,536,000 24,437,000 23,595,000 22,967,000 24,457,000 24,640,000 21,697,000 18,568,000 21,117,000 
      yoy
    -0.03% 2.21% 9.50% 4.20% 2.66% 2.26% -1.88% 12.23% 0.03% 13.39% 22.04% 16.56% 42.28% 41.09% 45.14% 33.54% 21.84% -1169.10% 52.28% 97.55% -167.73% -114.03% -10.35% -24.66% -600.62% -1.77% -20.72% -1.38% -54.81% 25.10% 45.13% -23.79% 24.07% 28.50% 23.20%   0.58% 12.68%   -19.39% -16.59% -5.49% -5.87% 14.66% 8.49% -8.05% 3.73% -4.19% -9.10% 0.71% -0.39% 29.18% 11.94% 13.33% 10.86% -1.22% 27.11% 2.06% 60.58% 102.09% 85.53% 139.65% 2.04% -53.47% -54.22% -51.01% -29.49% -7.85% -0.82% 8.75% 23.69% 15.82%     
      qoq
    4.64% -5.41% -6.52% 8.05% 6.98% 1.33% -11.04% 6.45% 6.56% -2.77% 1.75% -5.12% 20.79% 4.65% -2.82% 15.82% 19.78% 7.66% -10.59% 5.67% -1151.05% -115.33% 15.99% -136.23% -317.66% -1.98% -2.52% 140.72% -57.29% -20.89% 21.25% 10.30% 18.23% -8.22% -36.33% 79.56% 22.46% -12.01%    -1.42% -13.39% -1.97% -3.69% 2.01% -1.86% -2.37% 17.31% -3.48% -16.82% 10.14% 8.35% -8.43% -7.84% 8.93% 40.52% -20.65% -6.69% 6.55% 25.21% 2.11% -25.08% 67.65% 57.58% -6.26% -3.23% -28.62% -28.14% -7.78% 3.57% 2.73% -6.09% -0.74% 13.56% 16.85% -12.07%  
      net income margin %
    7.97% 8.20% 8.40% 8.80% 8.55% 8.69% 8.38% 8.92% 8.48% 8.47% 8.57% 7.96% 8.59% 7.59% 7.24% 7.45% 6.97% 6.50% 5.94% 6.61% 6.67% -0.71% 4.65% 4.14% -9.96% 4.56% 4.53% 4.51% 1.87% 4.61% 5.66% 4.50% 4.42% 4.64% 4.95% 7.77% 4.34% 3.96% 4.38% NaN% NaN% 3.92% 3.78% 4.14% 4.21% 4.29% 4.15% 4.53% 4.92% 4.45% 4.43% 5.04% 4.71% 4.59% 4.84% 5.17% 4.86% 3.67% 4.55% 4.79% 4.69% 4.00% 3.93% 5.30% 3.40% 2.35% 2.56% 2.56% 3.22% 4.14% 4.61% 4.45% 4.49% 4.72% 4.67% 4.16% 3.93% 4.29% 
      net income per share
    2.68 2.54 2.67 2.83 2.6 2.43 2.4 2.69 2.51 2.35 2.42 2.38 2.52 2.09 2.06 1.78 1.48 1.38 1.52 1.44 -0.14 0.9 0.77 -2.14 0.98 1.03 0.43 1.26 1.04 0.95 0.8 0.87 1.35 0.76 0.62 0.7   0.61 0.61 0.7 0.7 0.72 0.7 0.71 0.73 0.62 0.64 0.77 0.7 0.64 0.7 0.76 0.7 0.5 0.62 0.67 0.63 0.5 0.49 0.66 0.39 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.38 0.53 0.58 0.55 0.53 0.57 0.57 0.5 0.43 0.48 
      weighted-average common shares outstanding for basic computation
    37,223 37,595 37,757  38,322 38,427 38,398  38,675 38,744 38,700  38,617 38,579 38,526  38,453 38,456 38,502  38,835 38,781 38,722  38,682 38,649 38,611  38,643 38,743 38,714  38,674 38,716 38,932  38,999 38,985 39,044  39,107 39,262 39,613  40,800 41,228 41,467  41,880 42,076 42,157  42,098 42,052 41,966  42,109 41,965 42,397  42,446 42,411 42,370  42,321 42,298 42,277 42,244 42,316 42,316  42,558 43,143 43,182  43,616 43,684 43,937 
      dilutive effect of potential common shares
    461 460 514 134.25 525 536 546 146 577 558 610 157.25 651 629 585 158 645 666 582 120.5 577  366   398 350 130.25 396 504 650 124.25 612 490 404 93.75 463 386 338   223 229 77.25 267 305 362 99.75 362 386 480 119.75 472 442 511 170.25 670 669 564 211.25 893 887 716 128.5 581 532 510            
      weighted-average common shares outstanding for diluted computation
    37,684 38,055 38,271  38,847 38,963 38,944  39,252 39,302 39,310  39,268 39,208 39,111  39,098 39,122 39,084  39,412 38,781 39,088  38,682 39,047 38,961  39,039 39,247 39,364  39,286 39,206 39,336  39,462 39,371 39,382  39,107 39,485 39,842  41,067 41,533 41,829  42,242 42,462 42,637  42,570 42,494 42,477  42,779 42,634 42,961  43,339 43,298 43,086  42,902 42,830 42,787 42,662 42,798   43,259 43,949   44,414 44,630  
      other income
     -505,000 -548,000   -755,000             -312,000 -454,000 -1,657,000  -177,000 -410,750 -1,428,000   -137,250 -1,256,000  -239,000   -20,000 -711,000     16,250 65,000         -270,000         1,932,000 -384,000 -2,645,000 -421,000 -343,000 -160,500 -397,000 58,000   2,225,000 815,000 -326,000 162,000 161,000 230,000 -82,000 -308,000 -720,000 -69,000 
      impairment expense
                                                                                  
      intangible and other impairment
                         49,528,000                                                         
      goodwill & intangible impairment
                           32,750,000 131,000,000                                                      
      intangible impairment
                                31,594,000                                                  
      cash dividends per common share
                                 0.3 0.3 0.22 0.3 0.29 0.29 0.213 0.29 0.28 0.28   0.27 0.27 0.193 0.27 0.25 0.25 0.178 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.163 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.148 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.128 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.113 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.113 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.09 0.12 0.12 0.12 
      selling, distribution and administrative, including depreciation
                                   192,856,000 183,080,000 141,645,000 140,587,000 147,858,000 145,335,000 134,800,000 135,112,000 410,796,000 143,031,000 134,805,000 139,986,000 143,931,000 143,591,000 148,906,000 148,767,000 137,719,000 131,047,000 123,546,000 130,256,000 133,075,000 130,923,000 122,350,000 120,215,000 122,912,000 125,594,000 122,134,000 115,437,000 124,528,000 118,365,000 111,225,000 108,229,000 106,548,000 103,319,000 98,002,000 97,803,000 101,227,000 106,662,000 108,683,000 104,581,000 106,815,000 102,223,000 102,840,000     
      goodwill impairment
                                            64,794,000                                      
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      signatures
                                                                                  
      dilutive effect of common stock equivalents
                                                                       418 482 666   806 870 218.75 798   
      weighted-average common shares outstanding for dilutive computation
                                                                         42,982    44,052     
      income taxes
                                                                          10,520,250 13,687,000 14,139,000  8,530,000 11,967,000 10,471,000 11,682,000 
      dilutive effect of stock options and awards
                                                                          197 701     946 908 
      selling, distribution and administrative expenses
                                                                              77,361,500 106,467,000 101,222,000 101,757,000 
      adjusted average common shares outstanding for diluted computation
                                                                                 44,845 
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        assets
                                                                                     
        current assets
                                                                                     
        cash and cash equivalents
      171,576,000 405,986,000 418,716,000 388,417,000 352,842,000 303,441,000 538,520,000 460,617,000 456,533,000 412,855,000 360,415,000 344,036,000 182,127,000 165,538,000 147,575,000 184,474,000 188,084,000 154,843,000 247,313,000 257,745,000 304,016,000 288,775,000 271,060,000 268,551,000 165,464,000 128,149,000 98,204,000 108,219,000 47,367,000 79,827,000 56,408,000 54,150,000 43,523,000 85,324,000 77,769,000 105,057,000 67,313,000 62,857,000 58,022,000 59,861,000 62,932,000 55,634,000 63,966,000 69,470,000 55,165,000 33,184,000 52,033,000 71,189,000 69,086,000 66,584,000 76,877,000 73,164,000 43,083,000 51,845,000 56,673,000 78,442,000 79,408,000 70,512,000 73,218,000 91,092,000 88,559,000 53,915,000 94,593,000 175,777,000 156,266,000 104,203,000 65,687,000 27,642,000 48,216,000 46,620,000 56,749,000 101,830,000 70,580,000 79,995,000 143,654,000 119,665,000 85,018,000 84,410,000 102,276,000 
        accounts receivable
      792,849,000 706,902,000 753,443,000  754,638,000 696,239,000 691,512,000 724,878,000 710,195,000 659,196,000 694,922,000 708,395,000 705,638,000 654,510,000 674,136,000 656,429,000 618,079,000 520,134,000 530,824,000 516,322,000 510,080,000 444,200,000 447,032,000 449,998,000 524,081,000 502,894,000 529,330,000 540,902,000                                                    
        inventories
      526,324,000 529,003,000 521,675,000 505,337,000 500,562,000 518,044,000 497,568,000 488,258,000 503,910,000 520,155,000 507,641,000 501,184,000 526,978,000 523,021,000 490,099,000 449,821,000 425,373,000 399,763,000 377,978,000 362,547,000 358,237,000 363,757,000 365,355,000 389,150,000 421,201,000 463,609,000 465,165,000 447,555,000 454,555,000 445,881,000 431,658,000 422,069,000 432,449,000 386,943,000 364,979,000 345,145,000 344,743,000 349,020,000 342,044,000 338,221,000 346,979,000 359,726,000 350,807,000 362,419,000 381,085,000 401,474,000 367,291,000 335,747,000 320,045,000 323,257,000 302,404,000 281,417,000 281,198,000 294,651,000 268,960,000 228,506,000 230,035,000 222,626,000 215,013,000 204,066,000 196,427,000 194,991,000 190,758,000 173,253,000 174,330,000 201,872,000 226,028,000 254,690,000 249,217,000 265,659,000 239,387,000 210,723,000 219,265,000 229,673,000 207,138,000 199,886,000 206,991,000 215,208,000 192,523,000 
        other current assets
      90,457,000 106,568,000 71,457,000 84,020,000 83,311,000 96,972,000 81,950,000 96,148,000 97,044,000 89,786,000 81,287,000 93,192,000 92,002,000 79,183,000 78,686,000 68,805,000 63,504,000 68,878,000 54,452,000 59,961,000 54,023,000 54,864,000 52,887,000 52,070,000 51,773,000 47,903,000 52,224,000 51,462,000 49,380,000 44,041,000 35,555,000 32,990,000 41,735,000 37,538,000 28,559,000 41,409,000 33,181,000 33,839,000 30,009,000 35,687,000 39,377,000 36,177,000 42,527,000 51,111,000 55,359,000 57,773,000 51,915,000 53,480,000 41,284,000 54,702,000 34,174,000 52,819,000 42,355,000 46,820,000 35,709,000 51,771,000 31,897,000 36,113,000 27,532,000 33,005,000 26,791,000 29,392,000 24,822,000 23,428,000 21,179,000 28,859,000 33,495,000 44,470,000 33,835,000 40,867,000 35,953,000 48,525,000 34,407,000 28,504,000 28,187,000 32,284,000 27,334,000 31,402,000 19,720,000 
        total current assets
      1,581,206,000 1,748,459,000 1,765,291,000 1,747,473,000 1,691,353,000 1,614,696,000 1,809,550,000 1,769,901,000 1,767,682,000 1,681,992,000 1,644,265,000 1,646,807,000 1,506,745,000 1,422,252,000 1,390,496,000 1,359,529,000 1,295,040,000 1,143,618,000 1,210,567,000 1,196,575,000 1,226,356,000 1,151,596,000 1,136,334,000 1,159,769,000 1,162,519,000 1,142,555,000 1,144,923,000 1,148,138,000 1,125,770,000 1,081,783,000 1,089,083,000 1,058,020,000 1,051,240,000 903,511,000 876,879,000 882,542,000 836,111,000 782,432,000 777,361,000 781,626,000 803,841,000 780,824,000 813,906,000 859,305,000 886,017,000 877,757,000 874,760,000 836,148,000 774,511,000 750,479,000 733,736,000 737,280,000 702,881,000 697,944,000 687,095,000 665,762,000 649,000,000 609,951,000 605,213,000 618,914,000 592,483,000 528,969,000 571,215,000 618,860,000 590,488,000 546,854,000 528,401,000 525,594,000 540,461,000 574,873,000 597,625,000 606,197,000 569,115,000 559,201,000 628,230,000 600,533,000 569,679,000 551,480,000 555,166,000 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 262,959 and 256,016, respectively
      128,037,000                                                                               
        operating lease assets
      181,830,000 181,831,000 185,730,000  191,099,000 195,318,000 145,043,000 133,289,000 95,569,000 104,517,000 102,144,000 100,677,000 101,960,000 105,797,000 103,037,000 108,052,000 95,049,000 90,996,000 94,476,000 87,111,000 84,062,000 86,977,000 89,622,000 90,636,000 86,617,000 85,418,000 86,557,000                                                     
        identifiable intangibles
      322,689,000 328,787,000 338,895,000  350,946,000 360,748,000 242,744,000 245,870,000 220,840,000 227,831,000 237,102,000 235,549,000 243,133,000 246,739,000 242,741,000 250,590,000 258,501,000 266,314,000 274,410,000 279,628,000 287,686,000 294,581,000 333,613,000 343,215,000 352,864,000 364,519,000 374,871,000 368,866,000 378,844,000 413,093,000 425,801,000 435,947,000 448,089,000 153,432,000 159,848,000 163,562,000 168,404,000 173,460,000 181,465,000 191,240,000 195,726,000 185,009,000 191,708,000 198,828,000 203,978,000 216,305,000 208,497,000 159,508,000                                
        goodwill
      704,998,000 701,422,000 699,862,000 699,374,000 694,193,000 686,148,000 624,217,000 619,395,000 588,713,000 589,356,000 586,478,000 578,418,000 577,235,000 572,319,000 561,477,000 563,205,000 563,751,000 562,811,000 562,791,000 560,077,000 559,196,000 557,257,000 541,357,000 540,594,000 539,495,000 673,175,000 671,476,000 661,991,000 661,195,000 651,206,000 647,529,000 646,643,000 629,783,000 209,001,000 209,834,000 206,135,000 205,341,000 203,963,000 205,537,000 202,700,000 199,236,000 249,267,000 248,580,000 254,406,000 252,717,000 260,256,000 259,156,000 193,494,000 111,201,000 111,356,000 106,973,000 106,849,000 108,060,000 105,026,000 94,626,000 83,080,000 84,690,000 75,517,000 76,783,000 76,981,000 75,605,000 74,587,000 73,743,000 63,405,000 63,230,000 63,100,000 62,610,000 63,108,000 96,878,000 98,634,000 90,294,000 64,685,000 61,760,000 60,458,000 57,663,000 57,550,000 56,676,000 56,966,000 57,248,000 
        other assets
      69,951,000 69,292,000 66,164,000 63,289,000 61,033,000 62,395,000 62,596,000 64,928,000 66,814,000 65,363,000 66,818,000 66,840,000 64,182,000 63,007,000 65,884,000 59,316,000 60,064,000 49,857,000 47,123,000 32,827,000 31,137,000 30,076,000 28,042,000 27,436,000 24,264,000 27,082,000 26,811,000 28,399,000 33,761,000 21,901,000 23,494,000 23,788,000 21,353,000 18,433,000 17,791,000 18,303,000 17,410,000 16,958,000 16,991,000 16,921,000 17,295,000 16,887,000 17,216,000 17,885,000 18,271,000 18,525,000 19,563,000 20,257,000 19,945,000 20,136,000 19,702,000 19,041,000 19,019,000 21,937,000 19,533,000 18,974,000 18,662,000 16,314,000 16,054,000 17,024,000 17,874,000 17,771,000 16,690,000 16,375,000 66,284,000 65,317,000 65,207,000 62,059,000 49,912,000 46,273,000 44,471,000 43,728,000 56,634,000 58,751,000 53,266,000 51,498,000 47,027,000 46,805,000 45,642,000 
        total assets
      2,988,711,000 3,159,322,000 3,185,474,000 3,175,544,000 3,115,663,000 3,044,641,000 3,003,211,000 2,951,910,000 2,854,943,000 2,782,765,000 2,750,511,000 2,743,332,000 2,608,638,000 2,522,904,000 2,474,174,000 2,452,588,000 2,383,571,000 2,225,709,000 2,303,180,000 2,271,807,000 2,305,388,000 2,241,017,000 2,249,253,000 2,283,551,000 2,289,529,000 2,418,997,000 2,429,732,000 2,331,697,000 2,322,810,000 2,289,988,000 2,305,688,000 2,285,741,000 2,272,323,000 1,405,882,000 1,384,907,000 1,387,595,000 1,346,691,000 1,294,516,000 1,299,439,000 1,312,529,000 1,334,339,000 1,350,395,000 1,376,260,000 1,434,968,000 1,466,153,000 1,480,450,000 1,468,919,000 1,334,169,000 1,096,651,000 1,074,159,000 1,050,089,000 1,058,706,000 1,035,937,000 1,037,626,000 1,001,767,000 962,183,000 954,336,000 898,013,000 900,227,000 914,931,000 891,858,000 829,630,000 872,709,000 891,520,000 866,707,000 826,140,000 810,505,000 809,328,000 847,847,000 887,728,000 914,195,000 798,771,000 752,667,000 744,267,000 805,356,000 777,369,000 741,002,000 724,372,000 727,811,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                     
        current liabilities
                                                                                     
        accounts payable
      303,057,000 258,235,000 276,855,000 280,124,000 282,191,000 240,889,000 265,136,000 266,949,000 271,185,000 253,739,000 259,790,000 301,685,000 276,024,000 250,407,000 277,224,000 259,463,000 247,639,000 203,563,000 210,987,000 208,162,000 217,252,000 196,468,000 181,627,000 186,270,000 214,253,000 212,312,000 229,368,000 237,289,000 240,339,000 232,558,000 241,885,000 256,886,000 217,852,000 165,634,000 165,233,000 180,614,000 150,255,000 137,499,000 149,007,000 148,543,000 134,871,000 114,824,000 142,636,000 179,825,000 143,881,000 150,938,000 145,614,000 172,401,000 145,352,000 140,869,000 131,195,000 136,575,000 140,865,000 123,796,000 145,932,000 120,890,000 124,614,000 105,591,000 109,928,000 108,509,000 110,143,000 86,957,000 109,266,000 94,529,000 97,421,000 82,354,000 78,876,000 80,655,000 77,831,000 106,386,000 127,591,000 109,822,000 85,928,000 95,264,000 103,326,000 97,166,000 99,702,000 91,377,000 110,402,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
      18,000,000      25,003,000 25,055,000 25,107,000 25,159,000 25,171,000 25,170,000 25,196,000 25,189,000 181,000 40,174,000 40,166,000 40,182,000 88,401,000 43,525,000 78,644,000 78,638,000 78,651,000 78,646,000 78,642,000 73,771,000 93,912,000 49,036,000    19,183,000 19,182,000 6,378,000  4,814,000 4,012,000 3,248,000  3,352,000                                        
        compensation and related benefits
      88,529,000 84,396,000 73,284,000 99,630,000 82,350,000 75,240,000 69,505,000 93,204,000 75,443,000 72,929,000 62,448,000 98,740,000 80,545,000 73,873,000 61,230,000 91,166,000 81,518,000 64,689,000 65,509,000 77,657,000 80,660,000 67,253,000 65,168,000 61,887,000 69,051,000 56,772,000 63,973,000 67,978,000 69,324,000 56,882,000 62,995,000 73,370,000 67,994,000 48,726,000 49,774,000 58,785,000 57,615,000 44,427,000 46,327,000 57,187,000 51,401,000 40,310,000 43,466,000 63,780,000 54,010,000 54,139,000 47,687,000 55,760,000 46,849,000 48,769,000 45,373,000 63,899,000 54,044,000 52,935,000 46,355,000 63,149,000 56,234,000 51,930,000 44,443,000 65,413,000 55,007,000 42,134,000 37,999,000 50,107,000 44,836,000 34,404,000 34,271,000 34,695,000 39,711,000 39,619,000 43,371,000 56,172,000 53,292,000 46,288,000 43,274,000 59,536,000    
        other current liabilities
      127,036,000 132,851,000 147,616,000 146,397,000 109,649,000 113,311,000 118,656,000 115,892,000 96,671,000 97,299,000 119,149,000 114,749,000 98,827,000 97,736,000 112,628,000 108,824,000 95,033,000 91,421,000 101,930,000 98,356,000 89,190,000 83,508,000 88,605,000 99,280,000 85,915,000 77,846,000 91,469,000 69,491,000 62,731,000 60,164,000 70,109,000 83,112,000 64,936,000 50,889,000 59,658,000 65,540,000 58,683,000 52,048,000 65,719,000 65,306,000 62,852,000 62,890,000 68,220,000 63,118,000 68,456,000 63,854,000 75,839,000 60,074,000 46,022,000 46,216,000 49,007,000 45,426,000 45,881,000 45,763,000 49,720,000 46,130,000 44,847,000 41,443,000 52,582,000 40,766,000 43,493,000 43,049,000 63,292,000 51,696,000 55,374,000 50,831,000 38,378,000 36,206,000    31,017,000    27,913,000 78,125,000   
        total current liabilities
      536,622,000 475,482,000 497,755,000 526,151,000 474,190,000 429,440,000 478,300,000 501,100,000 468,406,000 449,126,000 466,558,000 540,344,000 480,592,000 447,205,000 451,263,000 499,627,000 464,356,000 399,855,000 466,827,000 427,700,000 465,746,000 425,867,000 414,051,000 426,083,000 447,861,000 420,701,000 478,722,000 423,794,000 416,557,000 393,788,000 394,173,000 432,551,000 369,964,000 271,627,000 280,260,000 309,753,000 270,565,000 237,222,000 264,301,000 274,388,000 252,475,000 221,374,000 258,297,000 310,072,000 269,067,000 271,651,000 271,982,000 290,955,000 268,223,000 250,854,000 225,575,000 245,900,000 240,790,000 255,494,000 242,007,000 230,169,000 225,695,000 198,964,000 206,953,000 214,688,000 208,643,000 172,140,000 235,557,000 271,332,000 272,631,000 242,589,000 201,525,000 156,556,000 201,617,000 240,104,000 253,523,000 197,011,000 171,799,000 171,111,000 235,930,000 235,010,000 228,420,000 209,412,000 177,526,000 
        long-term debt
      347,300,000 572,300,000 572,300,000 572,300,000 572,300,000 572,300,000 572,288,000 572,279,000 571,862,000 571,854,000 596,883,000 596,926,000 597,006,000 624,052,000 649,103,000 649,150,000 681,197,000 681,266,000 730,307,000 784,855,000 773,404,000 783,076,000 792,827,000 855,143,000 864,758,000 874,423,000 859,172,000 908,850,000 937,536,000 923,410,000 953,216,000 944,522,000 1,017,327,000 306,579,000 285,175,000 286,769,000 317,382,000 323,940,000 301,771,000 324,982,000 367,820,000 363,640,000 351,340,000 317,646,000 386,956,000 346,636,000 321,418,000 167,992,000                   25,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 75,988,000 
        other liabilities
      244,746,000 237,132,000 231,664,000 232,573,000 241,692,000 249,389,000 200,546,000 189,750,000 145,651,000 153,757,000 150,954,000 147,625,000 150,380,000 155,771,000 152,368,000 154,456,000 139,624,000 122,899,000 129,476,000 126,706,000 131,331,000 151,367,000 156,969,000 158,783,000 146,350,000 161,632,000 164,613,000 102,019,000 77,497,000 73,675,000 78,281,000 81,720,000 65,769,000 34,392,000 30,201,000 29,102,000 32,648,000 31,342,000 31,629,000 33,921,000 37,920,000 38,195,000 36,877,000 46,295,000 55,005,000 61,439,000 65,741,000 51,303,000 22,159,000 24,421,000 24,552,000 22,272,000 22,243,000 24,982,000 21,721,000 20,133,000 21,158,000 16,625,000 16,549,000 18,950,000 20,241,000 18,878,000 19,108,000 16,589,000 17,325,000 18,041,000 28,308,000 26,484,000 25,218,000 28,313,000 32,635,000 36,939,000 34,712,000 36,341,000 35,737,000 29,824,000  53,033,000 53,166,000 
        total liabilities
      1,128,668,000 1,284,914,000 1,301,719,000 1,331,024,000 1,288,182,000 1,251,129,000 1,251,134,000 1,263,129,000 1,185,919,000 1,174,737,000 1,214,395,000 1,284,895,000 1,227,978,000 1,227,028,000 1,252,734,000 1,303,233,000 1,285,177,000 1,204,020,000 1,326,610,000 1,339,261,000 1,370,481,000 1,360,310,000 1,363,847,000 1,440,009,000 1,458,969,000 1,456,756,000 1,502,507,000 1,434,663,000 1,439,962,000 1,400,073,000 1,434,882,000 1,470,778,000 1,466,295,000 626,620,000 611,239,000 642,339,000 640,821,000 613,107,000 618,991,000 654,613,000 677,497,000 642,828,000 666,137,000 693,640,000 729,842,000 698,784,000 678,214,000 533,861,000 315,579,000 300,680,000 275,467,000 299,091,000 297,957,000 315,514,000 298,668,000 290,052,000 282,127,000 251,827,000 267,413,000 281,368,000 278,661,000 240,389,000 303,631,000 336,481,000 333,826,000 303,984,000 297,624,000 301,226,000 342,529,000 382,828,000 399,297,000 296,696,000 269,888,000 270,670,000 333,630,000 326,386,000 309,266,000 287,445,000 306,680,000 
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                     
        preferred stock—no par value; 2,500 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                     
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
      10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000                10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000                     
        additional paid-in capital
      202,368,000 200,168,000 198,241,000 198,970,000 196,610,000 193,557,000 191,325,000 193,778,000 191,133,000 188,636,000 185,986,000 188,646,000 186,187,000 184,795,000 183,348,000 183,822,000 183,100,000 180,248,000 179,574,000 177,014,000 177,231,000 175,016,000 176,007,000 176,492,000 174,830,000 173,677,000 172,223,000 172,931,000 171,734,000 170,385,000 168,618,000 169,383,000 167,848,000 166,008,000 164,998,000 164,655,000 163,448,000 162,639,000 162,518,000 162,529,000 161,735,000 160,668,000 160,407,000 160,072,000 158,923,000 158,623,000 158,001,000 156,999,000 156,495,000 155,299,000 154,492,000 153,893,000 152,676,000 151,508,000 150,900,000 150,070,000 149,943,000 151,704,000 150,153,000 148,307,000 148,112,000 146,804,000 145,366,000 143,185,000 141,003,000 139,261,000 138,426,000 136,895,000 136,200,000 135,916,000 134,518,000 133,078,000 131,848,000 130,760,000 129,438,000 127,569,000 125,988,000 124,932,000 123,734,000 
        retained earnings
      2,707,720,000 2,626,827,000 2,548,791,000 2,447,931,000 2,375,017,000 2,292,902,000 2,213,868,000 2,121,838,000 2,046,956,000 1,964,090,000 1,886,432,000 1,792,632,000 1,727,534,000 1,643,874,000 1,576,551,000 1,499,676,000 1,446,847,000 1,391,655,000 1,347,375,000 1,294,413,000 1,260,761,000 1,217,582,000 1,235,351,000 1,200,570,000 1,195,411,000 1,290,685,000 1,264,648,000 1,229,148,000 1,213,314,000 1,208,748,000 1,181,683,000 1,129,678,000 1,112,136,000 1,087,156,000 1,067,473,000 1,033,751,000 1,003,480,000 985,297,000 972,174,000 944,821,000 940,696,000 996,392,000 983,072,000 969,548,000 952,355,000 934,821,000 915,482,000 896,776,000                                
        treasury shares—at cost
      -964,523,000 -870,256,000 -779,702,000  -647,384,000 -597,113,000 -576,608,000  -514,576,000 -495,052,000 -483,932,000  -477,417,000 -475,407,000 -474,529,000  -470,697,000 -467,279,000 -462,556,000  -414,214,000 -414,527,000 -414,031,000  -414,174,000 -414,561,000 -414,513,000  -415,206,000 -404,586,000 -404,619,000  -403,956,000 -404,288,000 -395,253,000  -381,646,000 -378,905,000 -376,441,000  -374,393,000 -365,179,000 -355,715,000  -320,744,000 -283,622,000 -272,075,000  -249,086,000 -239,358,000 -228,528,000  -225,322,000 -225,751,000 -226,425,000  -215,394,000 -216,557,000 -216,190,000                     
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -95,522,000 -92,331,000 -93,575,000 -91,686,000 -106,762,000 -105,834,000 -86,508,000 -77,566,000 -64,489,000 -59,646,000 -62,370,000 -55,296,000 -65,644,000 -67,386,000 -73,930,000 -72,295,000 -70,856,000 -92,935,000 -97,823,000 -93,092,000 -98,871,000 -107,364,000 -121,921,000  -135,507,000 -97,560,000 -105,133,000  -96,994,000 -94,632,000 -84,876,000  -80,000,000 -79,614,000 -73,550,000  -89,412,000 -97,622,000 -87,803,000  -81,196,000  -87,641,000                   -3,877,000 -8,211,000 -6,048,000 -6,207,000 -6,568,000 -10,333,000        -1,198,000     
        total shareholders’ equity
      1,860,043,000 1,874,408,000 1,883,755,000 1,844,520,000 1,827,481,000 1,793,512,000 1,752,077,000 1,688,781,000 1,669,024,000 1,608,028,000 1,536,116,000 1,458,437,000 1,380,660,000 1,295,876,000 1,221,440,000 1,149,355,000 1,098,394,000 1,021,689,000 976,570,000 932,546,000 934,907,000 880,707,000 885,406,000 843,542,000 830,560,000 962,241,000 927,225,000 897,034,000 882,848,000 889,915,000 870,806,000 814,963,000 806,028,000 779,262,000 773,668,000 745,256,000 705,870,000 681,409,000 680,448,000 657,916,000 656,842,000 707,567,000 710,123,000 741,328,000 736,311,000 781,666,000 790,705,000 800,308,000 781,072,000 773,479,000 774,622,000 759,615,000 737,980,000 722,112,000 703,099,000 672,131,000 672,209,000 646,186,000 632,814,000 633,563,000 613,197,000 589,241,000 569,078,000 555,039,000 532,881,000 522,156,000 512,881,000 508,102,000 505,318,000 504,900,000 514,898,000 502,075,000 482,779,000 473,597,000 471,726,000 450,983,000 431,736,000 436,927,000 421,131,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      2,988,711,000 3,159,322,000 3,185,474,000 3,175,544,000 3,115,663,000 3,044,641,000 3,003,211,000 2,951,910,000 2,854,943,000 2,782,765,000 2,750,511,000 2,743,332,000 2,608,638,000 2,522,904,000 2,474,174,000 2,452,588,000 2,383,571,000 2,225,709,000 2,303,180,000 2,271,807,000 2,305,388,000 2,241,017,000 2,249,253,000 2,283,551,000 2,289,529,000 2,418,997,000 2,429,732,000 2,331,697,000 2,322,810,000 2,289,988,000 2,305,688,000 2,285,741,000 2,272,323,000 1,405,882,000 1,384,907,000 1,387,595,000 1,346,691,000 1,294,516,000 1,299,439,000 1,312,529,000 1,334,339,000 1,350,395,000 1,376,260,000 1,434,968,000 1,466,153,000 1,480,450,000 1,468,919,000 1,334,169,000 1,096,651,000 1,074,159,000 1,050,089,000 1,058,706,000 1,035,937,000 1,037,626,000 1,001,767,000 962,183,000 954,336,000 898,013,000 900,227,000 914,931,000 891,858,000 829,630,000 872,709,000 891,520,000 866,707,000 826,140,000 810,505,000 809,328,000 847,847,000 887,728,000 914,195,000 798,771,000 752,667,000 744,267,000 805,356,000 777,369,000 741,002,000 724,372,000 727,811,000 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 265,192 and 256,016
       129,531,000                                                                              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 260,805 and 256,016
        129,532,000                                                                             
        accounts receivable — net
         769,699,000                                                                            
        property — at cost
                                                                                     
        land
         14,083,000    14,160,000    14,219,000    14,319,000    14,399,000    14,339,000    14,452,000    14,411,000    14,250,000    14,214,000    12,950,000    13,212,000    10,125,000    10,245,000    10,428,000    10,569,000    10,577,000    10,639,000    10,850,000    
        buildings
         116,733,000    115,262,000    109,884,000    108,119,000    107,142,000    104,396,000    101,338,000    104,419,000    97,529,000    97,521,000    89,325,000    89,886,000    75,463,000    74,477,000    73,399,000    73,099,000    72,481,000    71,142,000    69,938,000    
        equipment, including computers and software
         253,354,000    233,745,000    219,979,000    204,473,000    198,374,000    195,220,000    189,579,000    177,813,000    162,432,000    157,496,000    166,515,000    157,370,000    155,161,000    147,004,000    129,117,000                    
        total property — at cost
         384,170,000    363,167,000    344,082,000    326,911,000    319,915,000    313,955,000    305,369,000    296,643,000    274,211,000    269,231,000    268,790,000    260,468,000    240,749,000    231,726,000    212,944,000                    
        less accumulated depreciation
         256,016,000    244,640,000    229,041,000    215,015,000    204,326,000    192,054,000    181,066,000    175,300,000    166,143,000    161,466,000    164,343,000    156,872,000    157,506,000    148,623,000    143,930,000    138,790,000    131,274,000    124,946,000    119,006,000    
        property — net
         128,154,000    118,527,000    115,041,000    111,896,000    115,589,000    121,901,000    124,303,000    121,343,000    108,068,000    107,765,000    104,447,000    103,596,000    83,243,000    83,103,000    69,014,000                    
        operating lease assets — net
         188,654,000                                                                            
        identifiable intangibles — net
         348,600,000                                                                            
        liabilities
                                                                                     
        preferred stock — no par value; 2,500 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                     
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 37,868 and 38,409 shares outstanding, respectively
         10,000,000                                                                            
        treasury shares — at cost
         -720,695,000    -559,269,000    -477,545,000    -471,848,000    -455,789,000                                        -198,224,000 -196,478,000 -192,598,000 -192,996,000  -191,947,000 -190,395,000 -190,928,000  -191,935,000 -191,517,000 -190,455,000      -160,456,000   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 251,431 and 244,640
          127,039,000                                                                           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 249,890 and 244,640
           125,336,000                                                                          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 247,597 and 244,640
            119,061,000                                                                         
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,409 and 38,657 shares outstanding, respectively
             10,000,000                                                                        
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 242,620 and 229,041
              115,325,000                                                                       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 238,935 and 229,041
               113,706,000                                                                      
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 233,340 and 229,041
                113,704,000                                                                     
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,657 and 38,499 shares outstanding, respectively
                 10,000,000                                                                    
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 225,379 and 215,015
                  115,383,000                                                                   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 222,086 and 215,015
                   112,790,000                                                                  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 218,280 and 215,015
                    110,539,000                                                                 
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,499 and 38,516 shares outstanding, respectively
                     10,000,000                                                                
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 212,463 and 204,326
                      111,166,000                                                               
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 212,160 and 204,326
                       112,113,000                                                              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 208,991 and 204,326
                        113,813,000                                                             
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,516 and 38,710 shares outstanding, respectively
                         10,000,000                                                            
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 200,039 and 192,054
                          116,951,000                                                           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 198,572 and 192,054
                           120,530,000                                                          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 197,143 and 192,054
                            120,285,000                                                         
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,710 and 38,597 shares outstanding, respectively
                             10,000,000                                                        
        treasury shares — at cost (15,503 and 15,616 shares), respectively
                                                                                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 187,292 and 181,066
                              123,770,000                                                       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 188,970 and 181,066
                               126,248,000                                                      
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,678 and 38,597 outstanding, respectively
                               10,000,000                                                      
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 184,989 and 181,066
                                125,094,000                                                     
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,655 and 38,597 outstanding, respectively
                                10,000,000                                                     
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,597 and 38,703 shares outstanding, respectively
                                 10,000,000                                                    
        treasury shares — at cost (15,616 and 15,510 shares), respectively
                                                                                     
        accounts receivable, less allowances
                                  574,468,000 512,034,000 565,462,000 548,811,000 533,533,000 393,706,000 405,572,000 390,931,000 390,874,000 336,716,000 347,286,000 347,857,000 354,553,000 329,287,000 356,606,000 376,305,000 394,408,000 385,326,000 403,521,000 375,732,000 344,096,000 305,936,000 320,281,000 329,880,000 336,245,000 304,628,000 325,753,000 307,043,000 307,660,000 280,700,000 289,450,000 290,751,000 280,706,000 250,671,000 261,042,000 246,402,000 238,713,000 211,920,000 203,191,000 198,792,000 209,193,000 221,727,000 265,536,000 245,119,000 244,863,000 221,029,000 249,251,000 248,698,000 250,336,000 220,460,000 240,647,000 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 177,383 and 175,300
                                  123,240,000                                                   
        current portion of long term debt
                                  44,163,000 44,184,000 19,184,000    5,595,000    3,248,000  3,351,000 3,350,000 3,975,000 3,349,000 2,720,000 2,720,000 2,842,000 2,720,000                                
        post-employment benefits
                                  8,372,000 9,200,000 9,212,000 11,985,000   15,603,000 16,715,000   21,290,000 21,322,000   19,623,000 19,627,000    23,611,000                                
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,593 and 38,703 outstanding, respectively
                                  10,000,000                                                   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 182,812 and 175,300
                                   122,005,000                                                  
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,758 and 38,703 outstanding, respectively
                                   10,000,000                                                  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 179,972 and 175,300
                                    119,781,000                                                 
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,754 and 38,703 outstanding, respectively
                                    10,000,000                                                 
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,703 and 39,041 shares outstanding, respectively
                                     10,000,000                                                
        treasury shares — at cost (15,510 and 15,172 shares), respectively
                                                                                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 172,263 and 166,143
                                      121,858,000                                               
        postemployment benefits
                                      13,235,000 14,022,000   20,226,000 20,603,000   19,282,000 19,619,000   18,814,000 19,058,000 19,073,000  25,197,000 25,405,000 25,340,000 30,919,000 34,924,000 35,038,000 34,940,000 39,750,000 35,274,000 36,238,000 43,911,000 47,730,000 49,777,000 49,371,000 48,966,000 48,560,000 43,870,000 43,354,000 42,791,000 43,186,000 40,694,000 39,411,000 38,139,000 37,746,000 38,377,000 38,218,000 36,963,000 36,552,000    
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,696 and 39,041 outstanding, respectively
                                      10,000,000                                               
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 171,604 and 166,143
                                       111,962,000                                              
        deferred tax assets
                                       9,543,000 9,242,000 8,985,000 12,652,000 12,424,000 11,802,000 12,277,000 10,109,000 11,938,000 90,000 97,000 490,000 255,000 260,000 21,166,000 23,792,000 20,463,000 20,568,000 21,026,000 26,407,000 26,209,000 26,069,000 26,424,000 34,752,000 36,604,000 42,437,000 43,447,000 47,623,000 47,557,000 48,346,000 48,493,000                
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,674 and 39,041 outstanding, respectively
                                       10,000,000                                              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 170,163 and 166,143
                                        111,313,000                                             
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 38,815 and 39,041 outstanding, respectively
                                        10,000,000                                             
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 39,041 and 39,057 shares outstanding, respectively
                                         10,000,000                                            
        treasury shares — at cost (15,172 and 15,156 shares), respectively
                                                                                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 165,956 and 161,466
                                          106,773,000                                           
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 39,030 and 39,057 outstanding, respectively
                                          10,000,000                                           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 164,742 and 161,466
                                           105,279,000                                          
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 39,010 and 39,057 outstanding, respectively
                                           10,000,000                                          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 163,245 and 161,466
                                            106,283,000                                         
        common stock—no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 39,031 and 39,057 outstanding, respectively
                                            10,000,000                                         
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued; 39,057 and 39,905 shares outstanding, respectively
                                             10,000,000                                        
        treasury shares — at cost (15,156 and 14,308 shares), respectively
                                                                                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 162,425 and 164,343
                                              108,132,000                                       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 168,344 and 164,343
                                               106,470,000                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                               -94,314,000   -64,223,000 -38,156,000 -20,703,000  -13,884,000 -10,100,000 -2,790,000  -1,186,000 4,119,000 4,579,000  7,458,000 1,427,000 2,164,000 5,059,000 3,331,000       -7,849,000 -23,892,000 -19,222,000 955,000 6,249,000 6,093,000 3,540,000  -682,000 1,774,000 3,494,000 4,788,000 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 166,060 and 164,343
                                                104,760,000                                     
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
                                                 10,000,000    10,000,000    10,000,000    10,000,000    10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000   10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000   10,000,000  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 160,619 and 156,872
                                                  104,680,000                                   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 163,007 and 156,872
                                                   107,352,000                                  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 160,063 and 156,872
                                                    106,683,000                                 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 157,454 and 157,506
                                                      78,834,000                               
        intangibles
                                                      88,368,000 91,669,000 87,961,000 91,267,000 95,215,000 100,914,000 90,087,000 84,840,000 88,768,000 82,968,000 86,661,000 89,551,000 90,324,000 93,389,000 95,671,000 85,916,000 88,505,000 91,024,000 93,293,000 95,832,000 97,002,000 101,653,000 113,718,000         
        short-term debt
                                                      30,000,000 15,000,000    33,000,000         25,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 50,000,000 5,000,000 50,000,000 61,000,000 33,000,000         
        income retained for use in the business
                                                      877,547,000 857,638,000 841,448,000 824,362,000 801,812,000 782,236,000 764,045,000 743,360,000 720,202,000 699,612,000 686,687,000 668,421,000 648,232,000 628,912,000 614,919,000 601,370,000 580,032,000 569,858,000 565,716,000 560,574,000 574,945,000 569,723,000 559,880,000 543,692,000 525,601,000 508,410,000 491,947,000 473,899,000 454,430,000 437,977,000 424,667,000 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 163,179 and 157,506
                                                       80,056,000                              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 160,592 and 157,506
                                                        81,149,000                             
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 155,533 and 148,623
                                                          84,355,000                           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 155,455 and 148,623
                                                           85,596,000                          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 152,184 and 148,623
                                                            84,357,000                         
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 147,944 and 143,930
                                                              78,464,000                       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 146,132 and 143,930
                                                               76,659,000                      
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 144,532 and 143,930
                                                                73,079,000                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 142,445 and 138,790
                                                                  67,949,000                   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 140,278 and 138,790
                                                                   67,357,000                  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 141,048 and 138,790
                                                                    67,044,000                 
        preferred stock -no par value; 2,500 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                     
        common stock -no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
                                                                    10,000,000                 
        property - at cost
                                                                                     
        equipment
                                                                     113,593,000    110,951,000    108,162,000    106,006,000    
        total property - at cost
                                                                     197,261,000    194,009,000            
        property - net
                                                                     58,471,000    62,735,000            
        preferred stock - no par value; 2,500 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                     
        common stock - no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
                                                                     10,000,000    10,000,000            
        treasury shares - at cost
                                                                     -193,468,000    -191,518,000            
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 137,248 and
                                                                                     
        131,274
                                                                      58,200,000               
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 136,873 and 131,274
                                                                       59,845,000              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 133,834 and 131,274
                                                                        60,994,000             
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 126,935 and 124,946
                                                                          63,594,000           
        other accrued liabilities
                                                                          34,075,000 33,099,000 49,561,000  32,579,000 29,559,000 39,132,000   67,244,000 67,124,000 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 126,193 and 124,946
                                                                           66,295,000          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 126,989 and 124,946
                                                                            68,087,000         
        property – at cost
                                                                                     
        property – net
                                                                             64,997,000    67,788,000    
        other intangibles
                                                                             19,164,000        
        long-term debt payable within one year
                                                                                50,198,000 50,395,000 50,593,000 50,791,000  
        preferred stock – no par value; 2,500 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
                                                                                     
        common stock – no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
                                                                             10,000,000    10,000,000    
        treasury shares – at cost
                                                                             -190,944,000    -159,803,000    
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 124,801 and 119,006
                                                                              65,158,000       
        treasury shares — at cost, 11,940 and 11,097 shares
                                                                              -190,763,000       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 123,618 and 119,006
                                                                               65,857,000      
        treasury shares — at cost, 11,550 and 11,097 shares
                                                                               -179,113,000      
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 120,762 and 119,006
                                                                                66,197,000     
        treasury shares — at cost, 10,941 and 11,097 shares
                                                                                -158,461,000     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 121,733 and 115,488
                                                                                  67,620,000   
        other long-term liabilities
                                                                                  55,846,000   
        preferred stock — no par value; 2,500
                                                                                     
        shares authorized; none issued or oustanding
                                                                                     
        common stock — no par value; 80,000
                                                                                     
        shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
                                                                                  10,000,000   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 121,082 and 115,488
                                                                                   69,121,000  
        treasury shares — at cost, 10,329 and 10,146 shares
                                                                                   -139,476,000  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 118,730 and 115,488
                                                                                    69,755,000 
        common stock — no par value; 80,000 and 50,000 shares authorized; 54,213 shares issued
                                                                                    10,000,000 
        treasury shares — at cost, 10,563 and 10,146 shares
                                                                                    -142,058,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 
                                                                                       
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                       
          net income
        99,769,000 95,349,000 100,807,000 107,836,000 99,799,000 93,290,000 92,063,000 103,491,000 97,217,000 91,228,000 93,826,000 92,215,000 97,187,000 80,457,000 76,880,000 79,113,000 68,306,000 57,026,000 52,969,000 59,244,000 56,063,000 -5,334,000 34,784,000 29,989,000 -82,777,000 38,031,000 38,799,000 39,803,000 16,535,000 38,717,000 48,938,000 40,362,000 36,592,000 30,950,000 33,721,000 52,960,000 29,494,000 24,085,000 27,371,000 26,067,000 -44,728,000 23,947,000 24,291,000 28,045,000 28,610,000 29,707,000 29,122,000 29,674,000 30,394,000 25,909,000 26,844,000 32,272,000 29,302,000 27,043,000 29,532,000 32,044,000 29,418,000 20,935,000 26,382,000 28,275,000 26,536,000 21,193,000 20,755,000 27,704,000 16,525,000 10,487,000 11,187,000 -8,030,000 11,560,000 16,194,000 22,536,000 24,437,000 23,595,000 22,967,000 24,457,000 24,640,000 21,697,000 18,568,000 21,117,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                       
          depreciation and amortization of property
        6,396,000 6,590,000 6,486,000 6,466,000 6,583,000 5,926,000 5,924,000 5,864,000 5,802,000 6,048,000 5,717,000 5,668,000 5,565,000 5,552,000 5,481,000 5,461,000 5,352,000 5,436,000 5,427,000 5,139,000 5,080,000 5,209,000 5,352,000 5,199,000 5,380,000 5,394,000 5,223,000 5,191,000 5,026,000 5,038,000 4,981,000 5,077,000 4,713,000 4,081,000 3,927,000 3,942,000 3,877,000 3,837,000 3,650,000 3,925,000 4,031,000 4,080,000 3,930,000 3,786,000 4,461,000 4,120,000 4,211,000 3,858,000 3,327,000 3,361,000 3,431,000 3,267,000 3,198,000 3,014,000 3,022,000 2,848,000 2,790,000 2,780,000 2,818,000                     
          amortization of intangibles
        9,884,000 10,126,000 10,203,000 10,196,000 10,218,000 7,567,000 7,600,000 7,322,000 6,951,000 7,257,000 7,393,000 7,616,000 7,670,000 7,814,000 7,705,000 7,783,000 7,891,000 8,084,000 8,121,000 8,127,000 8,236,000 8,276,000 9,726,000 9,882,000 11,102,000 10,195,000 10,374,000 10,060,000 9,911,000 10,991,000 10,921,000 10,739,000 9,800,000 5,695,000 5,831,000 5,984,000 6,056,000 6,094,000 6,237,000 6,515,000 6,740,000 6,242,000 6,083,000 6,385,000 6,353,000 6,568,000 6,491,000 4,505,000 3,188,000 3,081,000 3,249,000 3,517,000 3,509,000 3,152,000 3,055,000 3,010,000 2,911,000 2,735,000 2,809,000 2,914,000 2,790,000 2,891,000 2,787,000 2,596,000 2,508,000 2,571,000 2,476,000 2,703,000 2,817,000 2,734,000 1,401,000         
          provision for losses on accounts receivable
            -953,000 2,549,000 1,056,000  -25,000 159,000 867,000 943,000 -4,897,000 5,579,000 3,994,000                                                                 
          amortization of stock appreciation rights
        1,287,000 1,393,000 1,494,000 1,143,000 1,117,000                                                                           
          other share-based compensation expense
        2,134,000 1,449,000 1,831,000 1,465,000 2,723,000 1,426,000 1,675,000 1,988,000 3,271,000 2,261,000 1,976,000 2,157,000 3,418,000 2,062,000 1,939,000 2,494,000 2,796,000 1,705,000 1,563,000 1,794,000 2,493,000 1,490,000 677,000 1,954,000 209,000 918,000 919,000 758,000 1,365,000 1,308,000 1,043,000 1,185,000 1,904,000 799,000 778,000 793,000 1,558,000 723,000 555,000 451,000 1,119,000 326,000 628,000 1,728,000 444,000 87,000 592,000 -243,000 660,000 1,532,000 754,000 571,000 891,000 947,000 1,035,000 1,122,000 947,000 1,263,000 1,260,000                     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
        -29,080,000 -25,646,000 -584,000  3,920,000 -15,136,000 16,587,000  -29,548,000 -2,610,000 -45,245,000  -30,550,000 -39,471,000 -72,071,000  -45,070,000 -40,662,000 -20,404,000  -18,431,000 27,446,000 24,559,000  13,066,000 -2,978,000 -8,682,000      -26,635,000    -9,123,000 -30,087,000 2,835,000  22,859,000 -15,576,000 -23,514,000  -2,738,000 -21,972,000 -58,891,000  -23,455,000    2,979,000          -24,301,000  37,374,000 27,926,000 31,779,000  6,022,000 -41,344,000 20,458,000  -16,884,000 -5,690,000 457,000     
          other
        8,385,000 8,967,000 751,000 1,423,000 -954,000 -1,612,000 1,516,000 1,647,000 -336,000 -3,451,000 831,000 3,754,000 -3,640,000 440,000 591,000 -14,138,000 12,903,000 424,000 -941,000  -9,990,000 -9,736,000 6,051,000  -9,962,000 2,493,000 2,612,000  -3,016,000 121,000 -1,553,000  -403,000 -91,000 430,000 -749,000 365,000 -740,000 1,227,000  1,646,000 -565,000 2,016,000  404,000 733,000 374,000  -3,327,000 186,000 312,000  -441,000 -505,000 353,000  1,531,000 1,577,000 256,000 -1,532,000 2,135,000 802,000 317,000  -31,000 404,000 127,000 84,000 -2,622,000   2,382,000 -74,000 -4,000 -73,000    
          net cash from operating activities
        100,110,000 99,659,000 119,317,000  122,453,000 95,137,000 127,747,000  84,192,000 101,758,000 66,209,000  75,204,000 62,880,000 25,943,000  52,559,000 32,622,000 48,642,000  44,053,000 77,514,000 81,842,000  64,725,000 54,881,000 50,018,000  11,586,000 53,783,000 11,797,000  26,694,000 11,744,000 9,440,000  32,848,000 3,794,000 41,864,000  57,416,000 18,355,000 14,588,000  38,139,000 19,274,000 -18,101,000  11,663,000 15,707,000 16,956,000 42,341,000 40,170,000 4,939,000 23,947,000 28,451,000 31,755,000 13,815,000 16,401,000 12,860,000 44,016,000 15,450,000 4,516,000 28,304,000 60,357,000 45,414,000 50,249,000 26,801,000 22,031,000 -16,417,000 48,885,000 48,353,000 11,259,000 21,766,000 28,925,000 39,270,000 27,766,000 -12,231,000 16,120,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                       
          net cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        -9,000,000 -145,000 -2,280,000    -10,498,000    -21,440,000        -7,094,000                                                             
          capital expenditures
        -4,734,000 -6,277,000 -7,301,000  -7,549,000 -5,197,000 -5,549,000  -7,491,000 -5,523,000 -4,340,000  -7,992,000 -7,263,000 -5,554,000  -4,164,000 -3,889,000 -3,621,000  -3,728,000        
          free cash flows
        95,376,000 93,382,000 112,016,000  114,904,000 89,940,000 122,198,000  76,701,000 96,235,000 61,869,000  67,212,000 55,617,000 20,389,000  48,395,000 28,733,000 45,021,000  40,325,000 77,514,000 81,842,000  64,725,000 54,881,000 50,018,000  11,586,000 53,783,000 11,797,000  26,694,000 11,744,000 9,440,000  32,848,000 3,794,000 41,864,000  57,416,000 18,355,000 14,588,000  38,139,000 19,274,000 -18,101,000  11,663,000 15,707,000 16,956,000 42,341,000 40,170,000 4,939,000 23,947,000 28,451,000 31,755,000 13,815,000 16,401,000 12,860,000 44,016,000 15,450,000 4,516,000 28,304,000 60,357,000 45,414,000 50,249,000 26,801,000 22,031,000 -16,417,000 48,885,000 48,353,000 11,259,000 21,766,000 28,925,000 39,270,000 27,766,000 -12,231,000 16,120,000 
          proceeds from property sales
        344,000 607,000 35,000 819,000 100,000 91,000 831,000 62,000 43,000 348,000 123,000 1,202,000 98,000 72,000 56,000 613,000 52,000 394,000 48,000 461,000 399,000 99,000 193,000 139,000 1,484,000 237,000 88,000 354,000 405,000 167,000 77,000 264,000 118,000 313,000 283,000 200,000 76,000 901,000 1,747,000 231,000 178,000 81,000 113,000 1,481,000 264,000 184,000 3,000 529,000 24,000 141,000 183,000 242,000 308,000 186,000 243,000 49,000 228,000 344,000 637,000 247,000 955,000 83,000 41,000 89,000 22,000 381,000 40,000 341,000 93,000 14,000 309,000 -509,000 268,000 588,000 1,025,000 276,000 605,000 289,000 105,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -13,390,000 -5,815,000 -9,546,000  -7,619,000 -267,750,000 -15,216,000  -7,448,000 -5,175,000 -25,657,000  -18,045,000 -32,707,000 -5,498,000  -953,000 -3,375,000 -25,502,000  -2,274,000 -35,831,000 -3,404,000  -3,621,000 -7,469,000 -40,561,000  -34,836,000 -10,265,000 -3,096,000  -779,455,000 -4,811,000 -11,067,000  -7,779,000 -2,810,000 -1,252,000  -36,418,000 -14,544,000 -14,249,000  -3,772,000 -40,358,000 -132,907,000  -2,342,000 -19,414,000 -1,388,000  -4,221,000 -33,411,000 -39,058,000  -17,101,000 -6,536,000 -7,746,000 -6,503,000 35,000 -12,890,000 -28,529,000 -2,964,000 -1,190,000 -1,380,000 -1,250,000 -1,299,000 -1,170,000 -7,471,000 -168,490,000 -11,406,000 -3,545,000 -11,253,000 -635,000 -2,864,000 -866,000 -3,422,000 -3,067,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                       
          net payments under revolving credit facility
                                                                                       
          long-term debt repayments
           -25,043,000 -63,000 -63,000 -63,000 -25,063,000 -62,000 -62,000 -62,000 -62,000 -40,061,000 -61,000 -61,000 -540,560,000 -9,811,000 -49,813,000 -9,810,000 -9,810,000 -62,450,000  -4,935,000 -29,934,000 -4,934,000  -4,935,000 -4,934,000 -146,934,000  -118,809,000 -840,000 -839,000  -819,000 -857,000 -838,000  -820,000 -96,325,000 -681,000  -677,000 -907,000 -690,000                                
          interest rate swap settlement receipts
        682,000 2,385,000 2,698,000 2,660,000 2,638,000 3,059,000 3,738,000 3,631,000 3,645,000 3,636,000 3,558,000 3,299,000 2,817,000 2,390,000 294,000                                                                 
          payment of debt issuance costs
                      -162,000       -6,000    -90,000 -685,000                                                 
          purchases of treasury shares
        -92,978,000 -90,226,000 -53,175,000 -73,043,000 -49,710,000 -20,104,000 -9,980,000 -44,513,000 -18,198,000   -716,000 -180,000 -3,540,000 -3,527,000 -6,537,000              -9,017,000 -13,761,000  -2,764,000 -2,430,000 -3,048,000  -9,697,000 -9,811,000 -17,956,000  -37,386,000 -11,449,000 -10,400,000  -10,154,000 -10,837,000 -3,001,000      -812,000 -18,178,000 -1,594,000    -1,191,000      -12,205,000   -21,579,000 -12,409,000 
          dividends paid
        -19,004,000 -17,340,000 -17,383,000 -17,543,000 -17,690,000 -14,251,000 -14,218,000 -14,355,000 -14,369,000 -13,604,000 -13,551,000 -13,617,000 -13,570,000 -13,159,000 -13,100,000 -13,193,000 -13,147,000 -12,753,000 -12,712,000 -12,892,000 -12,873,000 -12,484,000 -12,415,000  -12,418,000 -12,017,000 -11,985,000  -11,979,000 -11,941,000 -11,334,000  -11,619,000 -11,244,000 -11,327,000  -11,343,000 -10,950,000 -10,943,000  -10,973,000 -10,624,000 -10,745,000  -11,065,000 -10,340,000 -10,402,000  -10,490,000 -9,725,000 -9,746,000  -9,731,000 -8,870,000 -8,867,000  -8,862,000 -7,978,000 -8,099,000 -8,102,000 -7,227,000 -7,216,000 -7,206,000 -6,362,000 -6,355,000 -6,348,000 -6,351,000 -6,341,000 -6,338,000 -6,351,000 -6,348,000 -6,346,000 -6,404,000 -6,505,000 -6,473,000 -5,171,000 -5,244,000 -5,258,000 -5,297,000 
          acquisition holdback payments
        -183,000 -1,210,000 -1,210,000 -119,000 -562,000 -850,000 -660,000 -1,291,000 -935,000 -135,000 -1,000 -1,206,000 -617,000 -521,000  -1,663,000 -576,000 -201,000  -334,000 -2,056,000 -219,000  1,000 -319,000  -625,000 -2,625,000 -4,444,000  -44,000 -2,757,000 -7,857,000  -708,000    -792,000 -426,000 -606,000  -1,731,000 -1,085,000 -760,000                         
          taxes paid for shares withheld
        -1,621,000 -1,696,000 -9,495,000                              -200,000    -1,292,000                                           
          net cash from financing activities
        -320,103,000 -108,489,000 -78,565,000  -66,057,000 -57,062,000 -34,047,000  -31,945,000 -46,748,000 -22,483,000  -42,389,000 -13,619,000 -55,518,000  -19,923,000 -121,463,000 -31,980,000  -26,280,000 -27,071,000 -77,183,000  -19,638,000 -17,447,000 -18,874,000  -9,549,000 -19,046,000 -6,875,000  710,580,000 1,657,000 -27,302,000  -21,732,000 5,131,000 -42,152,000  -15,656,000 -11,145,000 -2,298,000  -9,095,000 3,490,000 133,302,000  -5,970,000 -5,350,000 -11,837,000  -44,204,000 23,799,000 -8,423,000  -6,998,000 -8,300,000 -26,044,000 -4,358,000 -11,107,000 -44,387,000 -56,671,000 -5,978,000 -7,293,000 -6,311,000 -10,932,000 -50,709,000 -18,382,000 20,492,000 77,101,000 -5,532,000 -17,705,000 -76,029,000 -4,261,000 -3,660,000 -25,866,000 -1,725,000 -17,159,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        -1,027,000 1,915,000 -907,000 5,135,000 624,000 -5,404,000 -581,000 -2,731,000 -1,121,000 2,605,000 -1,690,000 1,915,000 1,819,000 1,409,000 -1,826,000 -1,866,000 1,558,000 -254,000 -1,592,000 1,365,000 -258,000 3,103,000 1,254,000  -4,151,000 -20,000 -598,000 391,000 339,000 -1,053,000 432,000  380,000 -1,035,000 1,641,000 1,280,000 1,119,000 -1,280,000 -299,000   -998,000 -3,545,000   -1,255,000 -1,450,000  -849,000 -1,236,000 -18,000 -928,000 -507,000 -155,000 1,765,000  1,240,000 -1,685,000 -485,000 534,000 1,700,000 1,149,000 -500,000 149,000 189,000 793,000 -22,000 4,633,000 -883,000 -6,733,000 -2,577,000 -165,000 576,000 1,857,000 -40,000 1,901,000 -426,000 -488,000 -46,000 
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                    16,589,000 17,963,000 -36,899,000                    -27,288,000    -1,839,000  7,298,000 -8,332,000 -5,504,000  21,981,000    2,502,000    -8,762,000 -4,828,000 -21,769,000  8,896,000 -2,706,000 -17,874,000          1,596,000    -9,415,000    608,000 -17,866,000 -4,152,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        388,417,000  460,617,000  344,036,000  184,474,000  257,745,000  268,551,000  108,219,000  54,150,000  105,057,000  59,861,000  69,470,000  71,189,000  73,164,000  78,442,000  91,092,000  175,777,000  27,642,000  101,830,000  119,665,000  106,428,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -234,410,000 -12,730,000 418,716,000  49,401,000 -235,079,000 538,520,000  43,678,000 52,440,000 360,415,000  16,589,000 17,963,000 147,575,000  33,241,000 -92,470,000 247,313,000  15,241,000 17,715,000 271,060,000  37,315,000 29,945,000 98,204,000  -32,460,000 23,419,000 56,408,000  -41,801,000 7,555,000 77,769,000  4,456,000 4,835,000 58,022,000  7,298,000 -8,332,000 63,966,000  21,981,000 -18,849,000 52,033,000  2,502,000 -10,293,000 76,877,000  -8,762,000 -4,828,000 56,673,000  8,896,000 -2,706,000 73,218,000  34,644,000 -40,678,000 94,593,000  52,063,000 38,516,000 65,687,000  1,596,000 -10,129,000 56,749,000  -9,415,000 -63,659,000 143,654,000  608,000 -17,866,000 102,276,000 
          (recovery of) provision for losses on accounts receivable
         1,431,000 -1,671,000                                                                             
          exercise of stock appreciation rights and options
                   1,000 126,000                                                                 
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
         -12,730,000 30,299,000 35,575,000 49,401,000 -235,079,000 77,903,000 4,084,000 43,678,000 52,440,000 16,379,000     -3,610,000 33,241,000 -92,470,000 -10,432,000 -46,271,000 15,241,000 17,715,000 2,509,000 103,087,000 37,315,000 29,945,000 -10,015,000   23,419,000 2,258,000  -41,801,000   37,744,000 4,456,000          -19,156,000    3,713,000         2,533,000 34,644,000 -40,678,000 -81,184,000 19,511,000 52,063,000 38,516,000 38,045,000    -45,081,000    23,989,000     
          deferred income taxes
                                                                                       
          provision for (recoveries of) losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                       
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                       
          accounts receivable
                                                                                       
          inventories
                                                                                       
          other operating assets
                                                                                       
          accounts payable
                                                                                       
          other operating liabilities
                                                                                       
          cash from operating activities
                                                                                       
          cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                       
          life insurance proceeds
                       -1,000                                                                
          cash from investing activities
                                                                                       
          repayments under revolving credit facility
                                                                    -50,000,000                 
          borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                5,000,000 -17,000,000 35,000,000  41,000,000 -24,000,000 34,000,000  15,000,000                               
          cash from financing activities
                                                                                       
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                       
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                       
          supplemental cash flow information
                                                                                       
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                                       
          income taxes
                                                                                       
          interest
                                                                                       
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
            -170,000       -10,151,000       1,055,000    -847,000 -687,000 -35,703,000  -30,626,000    -773,135,000 -5,014,000      -32,892,000 -12,000,000 -11,250,000  -833,000 -35,836,000 -129,810,000                                 
          taxes paid for shares withheld for equity awards
            -1,295,000 -723,000 -12,314,000  -2,960,000 -1,048,000 -11,866,000  -4,574,000 -1,939,000 -1,401,000  -312,000 -2,952,000 -1,141,000  -419,000 -3,774,000 -1,797,000  -616,000 -234,000 -1,754,000  -53,000 -115,000 -3,203,000    -1,056,000    -987,000                                         
          amortization of stock appreciation rights and options
              1,326,000 878,000 860,000 866,000 844,000   447,000 1,424,000                                                                 
          (recoveries of) provision for losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                       
          cash payments for loans on company-owned life insurance
                       -14,835,000                                                             
          net repayments under revolving credit facility
                                      -19,500,000                                                 
          impairment expense
                                                                                      
          net borrowings under revolving credit facility
                       -32,000,000                64,500,000                                               
          borrowings under long-term debt facilities
                                                                                       
          amortization of stock options and appreciation rights
                        381,000 609,000 1,907,000  602,000 635,000 693,000  723,000 721,000 773,000  574,000 606,000 651,000  466,000 436,000 577,000  353,000 371,000 809,000  302,000 309,000 630,000  556,000 248,000 577,000  772,000 295,000 636,000  762,000 388,000 809,000  671,000 506,000 633,000 304,000 600,000 310,000 1,259,000 376,000                
          net (repayments) borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                    19,000,000          -22,000,000                                         
          exercise of stock options and appreciation rights
                        108,000                  111,000 87,000 108,000      112,000    -2,000    1,000 461,000 36,000  170,000 70,000 84,000 184,000 139,000 195,000 143,000 466,000 668,000 9,000 196,000             
          interest rate swap settlement payments
                       -891,000 -1,518,000 -1,650,000 -1,644,000 -1,615,000 -1,573,000                                                           
          unrealized foreign exchange transaction losses
                                                                                       
          gain on sale of property
                                -1,109,000    -153,000    87,000 -135,000 -198,000                  -30,000 -76,000 -117,000  -134,000 -106,000 -386,000 -78,000 -667,000   -94,000 12,000   -105,000 -6,000 -5,000 -204,000 -22,000 -97,000 -343,000 -752,000 15,000 -103,000 -224,000 -22,000 
          long-term debt borrowings
                                   175,000,000             -3,000 50,003,000 120,238,000                                 
          intangible and other impairment
                                                                                       
          property purchases
                              -3,597,000  -4,258,000 -7,019,000 -4,946,000  -4,615,000 -3,923,000 -3,173,000  -6,438,000 -5,124,000 -6,336,000  -5,077,000 -3,711,000 -2,999,000  -3,704,000 -2,625,000 -3,112,000  -3,203,000 -4,706,000 -3,100,000  -2,366,000 -2,555,000 -1,571,000  -2,993,000 -2,951,000 -3,892,000  -4,273,000 -6,880,000 -7,142,000 -3,985,000 -2,642,000 -12,931,000 -873,000 -3,053,000 -1,212,000 -1,661,000 -1,290,000 -1,611,000 -1,112,000 -2,588,000 -1,677,000 -2,302,000 -2,359,000 -2,093,000 -1,656,000 -3,067,000 -2,768,000 -2,837,000 -2,520,000 
          goodwill & intangible impairment
                                                                                      
          unrealized foreign exchange transactions loss
                                -2,907,000        170,000 -9,000 -601,000  227,000 24,000 248,000  429,000 -369,000 434,000  -218,000 -572,000                                 
          intangible impairment
                                                                                      
          unrealized foreign exchange transactions gain
                                    195,000                     370,000 -291,000    -286,000                         
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition
                                     -2,738,000 -53,184,000    -35,025,000                                             
          goodwill impairment
                                                                                      
          loss on sale of property
                                            41,000 -513,000 -1,068,000 62,000 224,000 -39,000 90,000    -5,000    35,000                31,000             
          net borrowings (repayments) under revolving credit facility, classified as long term
                                                                                       
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                       
          excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
                                                   504,000 -368,000 350,000 556,000 149,000 468,000 541,000 1,516,000 848,000 257,000 293,000 1,168,000 1,432,000 1,694,000 420,000 149,000 5,154,000 472,000 386,000 392,000 1,109,000 1,132,000 28,000 223,000 494,000 47,000 23,000 238,000 608,000 545,000 1,228,000 1,380,000 1,171,000 584,000 1,913,000 217,000 
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                           -1,536,000 -30,646,000 -35,409,000  -13,056,000 -1,241,000  -42,000 -27,697,000     -151,000 -4,897,000 -167,122,000         
          net repayments under revolving credit facility, classified as long term
                                                                                       
          deferred financing costs
                                                                                       
          tax shortfall from share-based compensation
                                                                                       
          shares issued for deferred compensation plans
                                                                                       
          net (repayments) borrowings under revolving credit facility, classified as long term
                                                                                       
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                       
          excess tax (shortfall) benefits from share-based compensation
                                                  -59,000                                     
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 0, 1,369, and 0 in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively
                                                                                       
          borrowings under long term debt facilities
                                                                                       
          long term debt repayments
                                                                                       
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 1,369, 0 and 38 in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                                                                                       
          net borrowings under revolving credit facility classified as long term
                                                                                       
          long term debt repayment
                                                                                       
          (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                       
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
                                                          -18,014,000    -13,456,000  -6,379,000 -15,875,000 -17,371,000  8,659,000                   
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 0, 38 and 168 in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                                                       
          long-term debt repayment
                                                                                     
          settlements of cross-currency swap agreements
                                                                                       
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                       
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 38 and 168 in 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                                                       
          non-cash investing activities:
                                                                                       
          property purchases, unpaid at september 30
                                                                      10,000,000                 
          benefit from losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                       
          unrealized foreign exchange transaction (gains) losses
                                                                                       
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 168 and 185 in 2011 and 2009, respectively
                                                                                       
          net short-term (repayments) borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                                       -5,000,000             
          (repayments) borrowings under revolving credit facility originally classified as long-term
                                                                                       
          depreciation
                                                                    2,970,000 2,783,000 2,713,000 2,852,000 2,843,000 2,841,000 2,929,000 3,114,000 3,349,000 3,257,000 3,016,000 3,695,000 3,002,000 3,021,000 3,058,000 3,281,000 3,601,000 3,257,000 3,350,000 
          other share-based compensation
                                                                                       
          settlements of cross currency swap agreements
                                                                                      
          treasury shares contributed to employee benefit, deferred compensation and other share-based compensation plans
                                                                     1,114,000 996,000                 
          (gain) loss on sale of property
                                                                      -10,000                 
          amortization of gain on interest rate swap terminations
                                                                                       
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 185 and 2,355 in 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                                       
          borrowings under revolving credit facility classified as long-term
                                                                           50,000,000         
          treasury shares contributed to employee benefit and deferred compensation plans and other share-based compensation
                                                                                       
          share-based compensation
                                                                         1,265,000 1,633,000 510,000 838,000 1,363,000 1,381,000         
          treasury shares contributed to employee benefit and deferred compensation plans
                                                                         67,000 87,000 74,000 73,000 117,000 146,000 129,000 142,000 117,000 424,000 143,000 248,000 163,000 1,367,000 
          net short-term borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                                           -45,000,000 -11,000,000 28,000,000 33,000,000         
          exercise of stock options
                                                                            28,000 30,000 211,000 206,000 359,000 267,000 832,000 340,000 373,000 1,620,000 330,000 
          other — net
                                                                              151,000  189,000 613,000 -175,000  -1,824,000 207,000 -75,000 
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 2,355 and 968 in 2008 and 2006, respectively
                                                                                       
          share-based compensation and amortization of intangibles
                                                                                1,312,000 1,081,000 1,456,000     
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses
                                                                                -1,454,000       
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                       
          stock-based compensation
                                                                                       
          accrued expenses
                                                                                       
          net cash paid for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired of 968 in 2006
                                                                                       
          stock based compensation and amortization of intangibles and other assets
                                                                                    1,283,000   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisition of business
                                                                                    2,864,000 -35,321,000 -11,104,000 
          deposits and other
                                                                                     -874,000 -652,000 
          share-based compensation and amortization of intangibles and other assets
                                                                                      1,487,000