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AutoZone, Inc
(NYSE:AZO) 

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AutoZone, Inc. retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories. The company offers various products for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products. Its ...

Founded: 1979
Full Time Employees: 60,000
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Specialty Retail

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At a glance:
  • Strong DIY and DIFM Aftermarket Demand Supports Resilient Sales: AutoZone continues to benefit from steady demand for replacement parts and maintenance driven by an aging U.S. vehicle fleet and consumers holding onto cars longer, supporting resilient comparable sales.
  • Aggressive Share Repurchases Drive Per-Share Growth: The company has historically returned substantial capital via buybacks, reducing share count and boosting EPS even when revenue growth is moderate, making capital allocation a key part of the equity story.
  • Margin and Expense Management Remain Key Watch Items: Gross margin performance can be influenced by product mix, freight, and pricing, while operating margin depends on wage inflation, store labor, and supply-chain efficiency—areas investors track for sustained profitability.
  • Store Footprint Expansion and Commercial Business Growth Provide Upside: Ongoing domestic and international store openings, along with expansion of the commercial (DIFM) segment, can add incremental growth and diversify demand beyond the core DIY customer base.
  • Inventory and Working-Capital Discipline Important in a Volatile Macro Environment: Maintaining strong in-stock levels without overbuilding inventory is critical for service levels and cash generation, particularly amid shifting demand patterns and potential cost volatility in parts and logistics.
Bull Thesis:
  • Resilient Demand & Aging Vehicle Fleet: Auto parts are largely non-discretionary purchases, making demand resilient even during economic downturns. The average age of vehicles on the road continues to increase, leading to greater wear and tear and a sustained need for replacement parts and maintenance.
  • Strong Commercial Business Growth: AutoZone's commercial segment, serving professional mechanics and repair shops, continues to expand. This segment often offers higher average ticket sizes and more stable demand, diversifying revenue streams beyond the traditional DIY customer.
  • Shareholder-Friendly Capital Allocation: AutoZone has a long history of aggressive share repurchases, consistently reducing its outstanding share count. This strategy enhances earnings per share (EPS) and can provide a floor for the stock price, signaling confidence from management.
  • DIY Trend & Value Proposition: Economic pressures and inflation often encourage consumers to perform their own vehicle maintenance and repairs to save money. AutoZone's strong focus on the DIY market, coupled with its extensive product selection and competitive pricing, positions it well to capture this demand.
Bear Thesis:
  • Long-Term EV Transition Risk: The accelerating shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) poses a significant long-term threat. EVs have fewer moving parts, require different maintenance, and use fewer traditional auto parts, potentially eroding AutoZone's core market over decades.
  • Intense Competition & Pricing Pressure: AutoZone operates in a highly competitive market with rivals like O'Reilly Auto Parts, Advance Auto Parts, and online retailers such as Amazon and RockAuto. This intense competition can lead to pricing pressure and margin compression.
  • Inflationary Headwinds & Margin Compression: Rising costs for inventory, labor, and transportation can put significant pressure on AutoZone's gross and operating margins. While some costs can be passed to consumers, competitive pressures may limit this ability, impacting profitability.
  • Slowing Same-Store Sales Growth: After a period of elevated demand during and immediately following the pandemic, same-store sales growth may normalize or slow down. This could make it challenging for AutoZone to maintain the high growth rates seen in recent years, potentially disappointing investors.
Main Competitors:
  • O'Reilly Auto Parts ($ORLY) (Automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories.), A direct and primary competitor, O'Reilly competes with AutoZone by offering a similar extensive range of automotive aftermarket parts for both DIY (Do-It-Yourself) customers and professional service providers (DIFM). They focus on customer service, inventory availability, and store density to capture market share.
  • Advance Auto Parts ($AAP) (Automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items.), Another major direct competitor, Advance Auto Parts competes with AutoZone through its network of retail stores and professional sales channels, targeting both DIY and DIFM customers. They differentiate through brand selection, loyalty programs, and service offerings like free battery testing and wiper installation.
  • Genuine Parts Company (NAPA Auto Parts) ($GPC) (Automotive parts, industrial parts, office products, and electrical materials (NAPA Auto Parts division).), While GPC is a broader company, its NAPA Auto Parts division is a significant competitor, particularly strong in the professional (DIFM) segment. NAPA competes by offering a vast inventory, strong supply chain, and a reputation for quality parts, often catering to garages and mechanics with specialized needs and delivery services.
  • Amazon.com ($AMZN) (E-commerce platform selling a wide range of products, including automotive parts and accessories.), Amazon competes with AutoZone primarily in the DIY segment through its vast online marketplace. It offers convenience, competitive pricing, and a massive selection of parts and accessories, often with fast shipping, appealing to customers who prefer to research and purchase parts online rather than in a physical store.
Moat:
AutoZone operates in a highly competitive automotive aftermarket industry. Its primary competitors are other large national chains like O'Reilly Auto Parts and Advance Auto Parts, which directly compete across both the DIY and professional (DIFM) customer segments by offering similar product assortments, services, and store footprints. Genuine Parts Company (NAPA Auto Parts) is a formidable competitor, especially strong in the professional segment due to its extensive inventory and supply chain. Additionally, online retailers such as Amazon.com pose a significant competitive threat, particularly to the DIY market, by leveraging convenience, competitive pricing, and a vast selection with efficient delivery. Competition in this sector often revolves around price, product availability, customer service, and the convenience of obtaining parts quickly.
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      net sales
    4,840,950,000 4,274,098,000 4,628,630,000 6,242,726,000 4,464,339,000 3,952,012,000 4,279,641,000 6,205,380,000 4,235,485,000 3,859,126,000 4,190,277,000 5,690,618,000 4,090,541,000 3,369,750,000 3,369,750,000 3,668,904,000 3,668,904,000 5,348,355,000 3,865,222,000 3,369,750,000 3,668,904,000 4,913,484,000 3,651,023,000 2,910,818,000 3,154,261,000 4,545,968,000 2,779,299,000 2,513,663,000 2,793,038,000 3,988,436,000 2,783,006,000 2,450,568,000 2,641,733,000 3,558,768,000 2,660,152,000 2,413,026,000 2,589,131,000 3,512,605,000 2,619,007,000 2,289,219,000 2,467,845,000 3,398,769,000 2,593,672,000 2,257,192,000 2,386,043,000 3,290,404,000 2,493,021,000 2,143,651,000 2,260,264,000 3,049,696,000 2,341,545,000 1,990,494,000 2,093,578,000 3,095,414,000 2,205,878,000 1,855,198,000 1,991,040,000 2,763,586,000 2,111,866,000 1,804,069,000 1,924,341,000 2,641,996,000 1,978,369,000 1,660,946,000 1,791,662,000 2,445,159,000 1,821,990,000 1,506,225,000 1,589,244,000 2,232,494,000 1,658,160,000 1,447,877,000 1,478,292,000 2,210,514,000 1,517,293,000 1,339,244,000 1,455,655,000  
      yoy
    8.44% 8.15% 8.15% 0.60% 5.40% 2.41% 2.13% 9.05% 3.54% 14.52% 24.35% 55.10% 11.49% -36.99% -12.82% 8.88% 0.00% 8.85% 5.87% 15.77% 16.32% 8.08% 31.36% 15.80% 12.93% 13.98% -0.13% 2.57% 5.73% 12.07% 4.62% 1.56% 2.03% 1.31% 1.57% 5.41% 4.91% 3.35% 0.98% 1.42% 3.43% 3.29% 4.04% 5.30% 5.56% 7.89% 6.47% 7.69% 7.96% -1.48% 6.15% 7.29% 5.15% 12.01% 4.45% 2.83% 3.47% 4.60% 6.75% 8.62% 7.41% 8.05% 8.58% 10.27% 12.74% 9.53% 9.88% 4.03% 7.51% 0.99% 9.28% 8.11% 1.56%      
      qoq
    13.26% -7.66% -25.86% 39.84% 12.96% -7.66% -31.03% 46.51% 9.75% -7.90% -26.37% 39.12% 21.39% 0.00% -8.15% 0.00% -31.40% 38.37% 14.70% -8.15% -25.33% 34.58% 25.43% -7.72% -30.61% 63.57% 10.57% -10.00% -29.97% 43.31% 13.57% -7.24% -25.77% 33.78% 10.24% -6.80% -26.29% 34.12% 14.41% -7.24% -27.39% 31.04% 14.91% -5.40% -27.48% 31.98% 16.30% -5.16% -25.89% 30.24% 17.64% -4.92% -32.37% 40.33% 18.90% -6.82% -27.95% 30.86% 17.06% -6.25% -27.16% 33.54% 19.11% -7.30% -26.73% 34.20% 20.96% -5.22% -28.81% 34.64% 14.52% -2.06% -33.12% 45.69% 13.29% -8.00%   
      cost of sales, including warehouse and delivery expenses
    2,316,376,000 2,030,740,000 2,269,317,000 3,026,233,000 2,110,816,000 1,823,611,000 2,011,584,000 2,947,518,000 1,969,963,000 1,779,474,000 1,976,261,000 2,690,947,000 1,944,415,000  1,584,524,000  1,743,744,000 2,592,505,000 1,858,808,000 1,584,524,000 1,743,744,000 2,345,645,000 1,736,077,000 1,351,435,000 1,478,644,000 2,132,993,000 1,288,651,000 1,147,600,000 1,291,970,000 1,858,036,000 1,290,986,000 1,125,461,000 1,224,259,000 1,650,889,000 1,237,178,000 1,135,980,000 1,223,283,000 1,658,481,000 1,240,589,000 1,083,683,000 1,166,303,000 1,604,021,000 1,223,214,000 1,066,596,000 1,133,109,000 1,562,856,000 1,190,232,000 1,023,618,000 1,083,603,000 1,454,479,000 1,124,587,000 953,459,000 1,007,881,000 1,491,039,000 1,063,165,000 893,217,000 959,174,000 1,331,191,000 1,022,067,000 877,854,000 940,714,000 1,289,422,000 964,839,000 815,335,000 883,914,000 1,210,196,000 898,869,000 752,489,000 789,320,000 1,109,441,000 825,253,000 728,579,000 737,101,000 1,098,702,000 755,287,000 671,449,000   
      gross profit
    2,524,574,000 2,243,358,000 2,359,313,000 3,216,493,000 2,353,523,000 2,128,401,000 2,268,057,000 3,257,862,000 2,265,522,000 2,079,652,000 2,214,016,000 2,999,671,000 2,146,126,000 1,785,226,000 1,785,226,000 1,925,160,000 1,925,160,000 2,755,850,000 2,006,414,000 1,785,226,000 1,925,160,000 2,567,839,000 1,914,946,000 1,559,383,000 1,675,617,000 2,412,975,000 1,490,648,000 1,366,063,000 1,501,068,000 2,130,400,000 1,492,020,000 1,325,107,000 1,417,474,000 1,907,879,000 1,422,974,000 1,277,046,000 1,365,848,000 1,854,124,000 1,378,418,000 1,205,536,000 1,301,542,000 1,794,748,000 1,370,458,000 1,190,596,000 1,252,934,000 1,727,548,000 1,302,789,000 1,120,033,000 1,176,661,000 1,595,217,000 1,216,958,000 1,037,035,000 1,085,697,000 1,604,375,000 1,142,713,000 961,981,000 1,031,866,000 1,432,395,000 1,089,799,000 926,215,000 983,627,000 1,352,574,000 1,013,530,000 845,611,000 907,748,000 1,234,963,000 923,121,000 753,736,000 799,924,000 1,123,053,000 832,907,000        
      yoy
    7.27% 5.40% 4.02% -1.27% 3.88% 2.34% 2.44% 8.61% 5.56% 16.49% 24.02% 55.81% 11.48% -35.22% -11.02% 7.84% 0.00% 7.32% 4.78% 14.48% 14.89% 6.42% 28.46% 14.15% 11.63% 13.26% -0.09% 3.09% 5.90% 11.66% 4.85% 3.76% 3.78% 2.90% 3.23% 5.93% 4.94% 3.31% 0.58% 1.25% 3.88% 3.89% 5.19% 6.30% 6.48% 8.30% 7.05% 8.00% 8.38% -0.57% 6.50% 7.80% 5.22% 12.01% 4.86% 3.86% 4.90% 5.90% 7.53% 9.53% 8.36% 9.52% 9.79% 12.19% 13.48% 9.96% 10.83%            
      qoq
    12.54% -4.91% -26.65% 36.67% 10.58% -6.16% -30.38% 43.80% 8.94% -6.07% -26.19% 39.77% 20.22% 0.00% -7.27% 0.00% -30.14% 37.35% 12.39% -7.27% -25.03% 34.09% 22.80% -6.94% -30.56% 61.87% 9.12% -8.99% -29.54% 42.79% 12.60% -6.52% -25.70% 34.08% 11.43% -6.50% -26.33% 34.51% 14.34% -7.38% -27.48% 30.96% 15.11% -4.98% -27.47% 32.60% 16.32% -4.81% -26.24% 31.08% 17.35% -4.48% -32.33% 40.40% 18.79% -6.77% -27.96% 31.44% 17.66% -5.84% -27.28% 33.45% 19.86% -6.85% -26.50% 33.78% 22.47% -5.77% -28.77% 34.84%         
      gross margin %
    52.15% 52.49% 50.97% 51.52% 52.72% 53.86% 53.00% 52.50% 53.49% 53.89% 52.84% 52.71% 52.47% 52.98% 52.98% 52.47% 52.47% 51.53% 51.91% 52.98% 52.47% 52.26% 52.45% 53.57% 53.12% 53.08% 53.63% 54.35% 53.74% 53.41% 53.61% 54.07% 53.66% 53.61% 53.49% 52.92% 52.75% 52.78% 52.63% 52.66% 52.74% 52.81% 52.84% 52.75% 52.51% 52.50% 52.26% 52.25% 52.06% 52.31% 51.97% 52.10% 51.86% 51.83% 51.80% 51.85% 51.83% 51.83% 51.60% 51.34% 51.12% 51.20% 51.23% 50.91% 50.67% 50.51% 50.67% 50.04% 50.33% 50.30% 50.23% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%  
      operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
    1,600,818,000 1,544,902,000 1,575,108,000 2,020,427,000 1,487,349,000 1,421,634,000 1,426,908,000 1,961,181,000 1,365,341,000 1,336,410,000 1,365,412,000 1,777,175,000 1,287,645,000  1,158,466,000  1,170,675,000 1,652,036,000 1,220,744,000 1,158,466,000 1,170,675,000 1,523,809,000 1,111,441,000 1,077,616,000 1,060,392,000 1,394,930,000 998,975,000 958,125,000 1,001,045,000 1,349,625,000 944,497,000 925,087,000 929,656,000 1,316,640,000 877,209,000 1,071,948,000 897,094,000 1,146,497,000 848,848,000 821,567,000 842,640,000 1,091,382,000 834,084,000 807,936,000 814,939,000 1,058,276,000 788,840,000 758,764,000 768,099,000 965,016,000 738,006,000 699,691,000 701,971,000 968,155,000 686,683,000 644,410,000 668,590,000 872,339,000 662,549,000 625,564,000 642,693,000 828,565,000 620,605,000 573,863,000 601,627,000 762,224,000 567,256,000 523,355,000 539,496,000 705,457,000 527,675,000 504,602,000 502,652,000 694,973,000 488,972,000 470,910,000   
      operating profit
    923,756,000 698,456,000 784,205,000 1,196,066,000 866,174,000 706,767,000 841,149,000 1,296,681,000 900,181,000 743,242,000 848,604,000 1,222,496,000 858,481,000  626,760,000  754,485,000 1,103,814,000 785,670,000 626,760,000 754,485,000 1,044,030,000 803,505,000 481,767,000 615,225,000 1,018,045,000 491,673,000 407,938,000 500,023,000 780,775,000 547,523,000 400,020,000 487,818,000 591,239,000 545,765,000 205,098,000 468,754,000 707,627,000 529,570,000 383,969,000 458,902,000 703,366,000 536,374,000 382,660,000 437,995,000 669,272,000 513,949,000 361,269,000 408,562,000 630,201,000 478,952,000 337,344,000 383,726,000 636,220,000 456,030,000 317,571,000 363,276,000 560,056,000 427,250,000 300,651,000 340,934,000 524,009,000 392,925,000 271,748,000 306,121,000 472,739,000 355,865,000 230,381,000 260,428,000 417,596,000 305,232,000 214,696,000 238,539,000 416,839,000 273,034,000 196,885,000 237,375,000  
      yoy
    6.65% -1.18% -6.77% -7.76% -3.78% -4.91% -0.88% 6.07% 4.86%  35.40%  13.78%  -20.23%  0.00% 5.73% -2.22% 30.10% 22.64% 2.55% 63.42% 18.10% 23.04% 30.39% -10.20% 1.98% 2.50% 32.06% 0.32% 95.04% 4.07% -16.45% 3.06% -46.58% 2.15% 0.61% -1.27% 0.34% 4.77% 5.09% 4.36% 5.92% 7.20% 6.20% 7.31% 7.09% 6.47% -0.95% 5.03% 6.23% 5.63% 13.60% 6.74% 5.63% 6.55% 6.88% 8.74% 10.64% 11.37% 10.85% 10.41% 17.96% 17.55% 13.20% 16.59% 7.31% 9.18% 0.18% 11.79% 9.05% 0.49%      
      qoq
    32.26% -10.93% -34.43% 38.09% 22.55% -15.98% -35.13% 44.05% 21.12% -12.42% -30.58% 42.40%     -31.65% 40.49% 25.35% -16.93% -27.73% 29.93% 66.78% -21.69% -39.57% 107.06% 20.53% -18.42% -35.96% 42.60% 36.87% -18.00% -17.49% 8.33% 166.10% -56.25% -33.76% 33.62% 37.92% -16.33% -34.76% 31.13% 40.17% -12.63% -34.56% 30.22% 42.26% -11.58% -35.17% 31.58% 41.98% -12.09% -39.69% 39.51% 43.60% -12.58% -35.14% 31.08% 42.11% -11.82% -34.94% 33.36% 44.59% -11.23% -35.25% 32.84% 54.47% -11.54% -37.64% 36.81% 42.17% -10.00% -42.77% 52.67% 38.68% -17.06%   
      operating margin %
    19.08% 16.34% 16.94% 19.16% 19.40% 17.88% 19.65% 20.90% 21.25% 19.26% 20.25% 21.48% 20.99% 0% 18.60% 0% 20.56% 20.64% 20.33% 18.60% 20.56% 21.25% 22.01% 16.55% 19.50% 22.39% 17.69% 16.23% 17.90% 19.58% 19.67% 16.32% 18.47% 16.61% 20.52% 8.50% 18.10% 20.15% 20.22% 16.77% 18.60% 20.69% 20.68% 16.95% 18.36% 20.34% 20.62% 16.85% 18.08% 20.66% 20.45% 16.95% 18.33% 20.55% 20.67% 17.12% 18.25% 20.27% 20.23% 16.67% 17.72% 19.83% 19.86% 16.36% 17.09% 19.33% 19.53% 15.30% 16.39% 18.71% 18.41% 14.83% 16.14% 18.86% 17.99% 14.70% 16.31%  
      interest expense
    110,490,000 107,205,000 106,270,000 148,088,000 111,285,000 108,822,000 107,629,000 153,152,000 104,422,000 102,619,000 91,384,000 108,727,000 74,313,000  42,471,000  43,284,000 63,996,000 41,888,000 42,471,000 43,284,000 58,120,000 45,026,000 46,012,000 46,179,000 65,637,000 47,450,000 44,335,000 43,743,000 61,196,000 43,239,000 41,362,000 39,006,000 54,341,000 41,958,000 39,340,000 38,889,000 51,400,000 35,675,000 34,198,000 33,306,000 45,788,000 34,051,000 32,832,000 35,010,000 47,065,000 31,779,000 34,536,000 37,060,000 49,426,000 36,162,000 39,490,000 42,431,000 60,896,000 42,091,000 41,323,000 41,104,000 58,145,000 39,743,000 38,923,000 39,094,000 53,812,000 39,916,000 39,576,000 37,253,000 49,426,000 36,833,000 36,309,000 36,340,000 47,762,000 31,482,000 31,907,000 31,166,000 34,765,000 25,331,000 28,588,000 28,062,000  
      income before income taxes
    813,266,000 591,251,000 677,935,000 1,047,978,000 754,889,000 597,945,000 733,520,000 1,143,529,000 795,759,000 640,623,000 757,220,000 1,113,769,000 784,168,000 584,289,000 584,289,000 711,201,000 711,201,000 1,039,818,000 743,782,000 584,289,000 711,201,000 985,910,000 758,479,000 435,755,000 569,046,000 952,408,000 444,223,000 363,603,000 456,280,000 719,579,000 504,284,000 358,658,000 448,812,000 536,898,000 503,807,000 165,758,000 429,865,000 656,227,000 493,895,000 349,771,000 425,596,000 657,578,000 502,323,000 349,828,000 402,985,000 622,207,000 482,170,000 326,733,000 371,502,000 580,775,000 442,790,000 297,854,000 341,295,000 575,324,000 413,939,000 276,248,000 322,172,000 501,911,000 387,507,000 261,728,000 301,840,000 470,197,000 353,009,000 232,172,000 268,868,000 423,313,000 319,032,000 194,072,000 224,088,000 369,834,000 273,750,000 182,789,000 207,373,000 382,074,000 247,703,000 168,297,000 209,313,000  
      income tax expense
    171,775,000 122,391,000 147,112,000 211,028,000 146,449,000 110,022,000 168,587,000 241,321,000 144,033,000 125,593,000 163,757,000 248,928,000 136,445,000  112,534,000  155,966,000 229,775,000 151,211,000 112,534,000 155,966,000 200,139,000 162,315,000 89,809,000 126,613,000 211,951,000 101,327,000 64,321,000 105,942,000    97,406,000                                96,792,000              
      net income
    641,491,000 468,860,000 530,823,000 836,950,000 608,440,000 487,923,000 564,933,000 902,208,000 651,726,000 515,030,000 593,463,000 864,841,000 647,723,000 471,755,000 471,755,000 555,235,000 555,235,000 810,043,000 592,571,000 471,755,000 555,235,000 785,771,000 596,164,000 345,946,000 442,433,000 740,457,000 342,896,000 299,282,000 350,338,000 565,229,000 405,949,000 294,638,000 351,406,000 400,282,000 366,721,000 289,530,000 281,003,000 433,900,000 331,700,000 237,145,000 278,125,000 426,768,000 327,515,000 228,613,000 258,112,000 401,137,000 309,071,000 211,723,000 238,310,000 373,670,000 285,157,000 192,830,000 218,087,000 371,199,000 265,583,000 176,247,000 203,452,000 323,732,000 248,586,000 166,930,000 191,125,000 301,469,000 227,373,000 148,056,000 172,076,000 268,933,000 202,745,000 123,333,000 143,300,000 236,126,000 173,689,000 115,864,000 131,371,000 243,746,000 158,638,000 106,704,000 132,516,000  
      yoy
    5.43% -3.91% -6.04% -7.23% -6.64% -5.26% -4.81% 4.32% 0.62% 9.17% 25.80% 55.76% 16.66% -41.76% -20.39% 17.70% 0.00% 3.09% -0.60% 36.37% 25.50% 6.12% 73.86% 15.59% 26.29% 31.00% -15.53% 1.58% -0.30% 41.21% 10.70% 1.76% 25.05% -7.75% 10.56% 22.09% 1.03% 1.67% 1.28% 3.73% 7.75% 6.39% 5.97% 7.98% 8.31% 7.35% 8.39% 9.80% 9.27% 0.67% 7.37% 9.41% 7.19% 14.66% 6.84% 5.58% 6.45% 7.38% 9.33% 12.75% 11.07% 12.10% 12.15% 20.05% 20.08% 13.89% 16.73% 6.45% 9.08% -3.13% 9.49% 8.58% -0.86%      
      qoq
    36.82% -11.67% -36.58% 37.56% 24.70% -13.63% -37.38% 38.43% 26.54% -13.22% -31.38% 33.52% 37.30% 0.00% -15.04% 0.00% -31.46% 36.70% 25.61% -15.04% -29.34% 31.80% 72.33% -21.81% -40.25% 115.94% 14.57% -14.57% -38.02% 39.24% 37.78% -16.15% -12.21% 9.15% 26.66% 3.03% -35.24% 30.81% 39.87% -14.73% -34.83% 30.30% 43.26% -11.43% -35.65% 29.79% 45.98% -11.16% -36.22% 31.04% 47.88% -11.58% -41.25% 39.77% 50.69% -13.37% -37.15% 30.23% 48.92% -12.66% -36.60% 32.59% 53.57% -13.96% -36.02% 32.65% 64.39% -13.93% -39.31% 35.95% 49.91% -11.80% -46.10% 53.65% 48.67% -19.48%   
      net income margin %
    13.25% 10.97% 11.47% 13.41% 13.63% 12.35% 13.20% 14.54% 15.39% 13.35% 14.16% 15.20% 15.83% 14.00% 14.00% 15.13% 15.13% 15.15% 15.33% 14.00% 15.13% 15.99% 16.33% 11.88% 14.03% 16.29% 12.34% 11.91% 12.54% 14.17% 14.59% 12.02% 13.30% 11.25% 13.79% 12.00% 10.85% 12.35% 12.67% 10.36% 11.27% 12.56% 12.63% 10.13% 10.82% 12.19% 12.40% 9.88% 10.54% 12.25% 12.18% 9.69% 10.42% 11.99% 12.04% 9.50% 10.22% 11.71% 11.77% 9.25% 9.93% 11.41% 11.49% 8.91% 9.60% 11.00% 11.13% 8.19% 9.02% 10.58% 10.47% 8.00% 8.89% 11.03% 10.46% 7.97% 9.10%  
      weighted-average shares for basic earnings per share
    16,468 16,573 16,652 16,789 16,746 16,788 16,913 17,309 17,273 17,319 17,709 18,510 18,389 20,513 20,513 20,988 20,988 20,107 19,798 20,513 20,988 22,237 21,956 22,648 23,223 23,540 23,386 23,570 23,875 24,966 24,836 25,166 25,629 26,970 26,926 27,355 27,638 28,430 28,358 28,606 28,951 29,889 29,809 30,170 30,498 31,560 31,643 31,903 32,132 33,267 33,073 33,647 34,111 35,943 35,922 36,258 36,845 38,696 38,644 39,281 39,865 42,632 41,978 43,399 44,669 48,488 48,377 49,436 50,114 55,282 54,652 56,517 58,325 63,295 63,237 63,201   
      effect of dilutive stock equivalents
    384 396 450 -3 461 457 457 -13 488 509 525 -29 594  645  621 -1 616 645 621 17 559 520 555 442 590 618 31 558 477 468 -9 403 527 458 -76 647 734 752 -15 596 608 640 658 637 629 643 614 565 -28 607 646 741 -39 946 956 999 -2 977 979 965 38 835 750 710 29 804 648 590 19 555 539 589  
      weighted-average shares for diluted earnings per share
    16,852 16,969 17,102 17,245 17,207 17,245 17,370 17,803 17,761 17,828 18,234 19,103 18,983 21,158 21,158 21,609 21,609 20,733 20,414 21,158 21,609 22,799 22,515 23,168 23,778 24,093 23,828 24,160 24,493 25,498 25,394 25,643 26,097 27,424 27,329 27,882 28,096 29,065 29,005 29,340 29,703 30,488 30,405 30,778 31,138 32,206 32,301 32,540 32,761 33,882 33,716 34,261                           
      basic earnings per share
    38.95 28.29 31.88 50 36.33 29.06 33.4 52.86 37.73 29.74 33.51 47.64 35.22 23 23 26.45 26.45 41.57 29.93 23 26.45 36.36 27.15 15.27 19.05 31.58 14.66 12.7 14.67 23.05 16.35 11.71 13.71 15.27 13.62 10.58 10.17 15.48 11.7 8.29 9.61 14.52 10.99 7.58 8.46 12.96 9.77 6.64 7.42 11.45 8.62 5.73 6.39 10.52 7.39 4.86 5.52 8.59 6.43 4.25 4.79 7.28 5.42 3.41 3.85 5.71 4.19 2.49 2.86 4.44 3.18 2.05 2.25 3.9 2.51 1.69 2.04  
      diluted earnings per share
    38.07 27.63 31.04 48.7 35.36 28.29 32.52 51.44 36.69 28.89 32.55 46.26 34.12 22.3 22.3 25.69 25.69 40.29 29.03 22.3 25.69 35.39 26.48 14.93 18.61 30.85 14.39 12.39 14.3 22.51 15.99 11.49 13.47 15.02 13.42 10.38 10 15.21 11.44 8.08 9.36 14.24 10.77 7.43 8.29 12.7 9.57 6.51 7.27 11.23 8.46 5.63 6.29 10.35 7.27 4.78 5.41 8.4 6.28 4.15 4.68 7.12 5.29 3.34 3.77 5.6 4.12 2.46 2.82 4.37 3.13 2.03 2.23 3.85 2.49 1.67 2.02  
      ​
                                                                                  
      income taxes
                                 64,940,500 98,335,000 64,020,000  40,544,250 137,086,000 -123,772,000 148,862,000 105,573,250 162,195,000 112,626,000 147,471,000 110,224,250 174,808,000 121,215,000 144,873,000 105,325,250 173,099,000 115,010,000 133,192,000 96,466,250 157,633,000 105,024,000 123,208,000 91,769,500 148,356,000 100,001,000 118,720,000 86,108,500 138,921,000 94,798,000 110,715,000 76,636,000 125,636,000 84,116,000  66,953,500 116,287,000 70,739,000 80,788,000 133,708,000 100,061,000 66,925,000 76,002,000 138,328,000 89,065,000 61,593,000 76,797,000  
      adjusted weighted-average shares for diluted earnings per share
                                                        34,676 36,581 36,529 36,904 37,586 39,625 39,590 40,237 40,864 43,603 42,955 44,378 45,634 49,304 49,212 50,186 50,824 55,992 55,456 57,165 58,915 63,875 63,792 63,740   
      cost of sales, including warehouse
                                                                                  
      and delivery expenses
                                                                                729,207,000  
      operating, selling, general and
                                                                                  
      administrative expenses
                                                                                489,073,000  
      weighted average shares
                                                                                  
      for basic earnings per share
                                                                                64,855  
      adjusted weighted-average shares
                                                                                  
      for diluted earnings per share
                                                                                65,444  
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        assets
                                                                                  
        current assets:
                                                                                  
        cash and cash equivalents
      253,729,000 285,492,000 287,639,000 271,803,000 268,625,000 300,905,000 304,018,000 298,172,000 275,358,000 304,096,000 282,981,000 277,054,000 274,916,000 301,286,000 269,790,000 264,380,000 263,044,000 239,423,000 961,125,000 1,171,335,000 975,646,000 1,026,164,000 1,664,005,000 1,750,815,000 509,118,000 152,970,000 158,089,000 176,300,000 174,058,000 195,665,000 252,086,000 217,824,000 218,386,000 288,522,000 257,677,000 293,270,000 227,141,000 210,649,000 195,538,000 189,734,000 213,380,000 207,958,000 165,486,000 175,309,000 153,288,000 151,539,000 117,192,000 124,485,000 145,349,000 139,755,000 125,852,000 142,191,000 133,685,000 115,548,000 99,864,000 103,093,000 103,100,000 103,207,000 96,676,000 97,606,000 100,367,000 107,881,000 98,013,000 98,280,000 95,762,000 105,161,000 79,603,000 92,706,000 94,287,000 107,973,000 85,756,000 242,461,000 81,654,000 93,465,000 79,813,000 86,654,000 
        accounts receivable
      764,924,000 698,376,000 637,839,000 670,137,000 588,514,000 597,404,000 533,485,000 545,575,000 586,775,000 501,117,000 511,907,000 520,385,000 471,009,000 484,767,000 501,798,000 504,886,000 439,820,000 405,585,000 379,276,000 378,392,000 359,669,000 352,517,000 350,915,000 364,774,000 266,920,000 340,280,000 333,246,000 308,995,000 281,610,000 298,319,000 275,194,000 258,136,000 261,299,000 282,532,000 272,450,000 280,733,000 276,110,000 246,882,000 270,768,000 287,680,000 294,529,000 295,792,000 248,120,000 247,872,000 212,068,000 196,650,000 195,521,000 200,899,000 190,848,000 191,115,000 173,114,000 171,638,000 155,550,000 160,420,000 173,338,000 161,375,000 133,941,000 144,790,000 135,695,000 140,690,000 136,369,000 140,227,000 116,645,000 125,802,000 121,325,000 147,466,000 142,721,000 126,514,000 140,754,000 125,312,000 67,440,000 71,241,000 74,965,000 65,270,000 53,900,000 59,876,000 
        merchandise inventories
      7,559,056,000 7,484,042,000 7,144,353,000 7,025,688,000 6,822,881,000 6,588,586,000 6,274,070,000 6,155,218,000 6,155,300,000 5,970,175,000 5,774,467,000 5,764,143,000 5,703,688,000 5,731,255,000 5,607,690,000 5,638,004,000 5,313,114,000 5,031,222,000 4,768,258,000 4,639,813,000 4,665,477,000 4,736,826,000 4,628,334,000 4,473,282,000 4,440,602,000 4,606,211,000 4,463,124,000 4,319,113,000 4,325,659,000 4,305,469,000 4,090,376,000 3,943,670,000 4,005,820,000 4,085,528,000 4,012,104,000 3,882,086,000 3,861,052,000 3,902,121,000 3,773,242,000 3,631,916,000 3,597,251,000 3,590,687,000 3,515,703,000 3,421,635,000 3,468,249,000 3,456,812,000 3,280,228,000 3,140,100,000 3,133,350,000 3,089,245,000 2,947,556,000 2,861,014,000 2,796,782,000 2,758,543,000 2,702,103,000 2,627,983,000 2,629,821,000 2,577,704,000 2,531,210,000 2,466,107,000 2,491,981,000 2,418,751,000 2,361,512,000 2,304,579,000 2,288,364,000 2,261,528,000 2,262,823,000 2,207,497,000 2,240,511,000 2,190,198,000 2,186,627,000 2,150,109,000 2,106,473,000 2,068,483,000 2,051,524,000 2,007,430,000 
        other current assets
      356,860,000 364,164,000 372,682,000 373,751,000 305,691,000 315,703,000 308,977,000 307,794,000 272,019,000 381,668,000 387,446,000 217,844,000 259,259,000 277,497,000 253,840,000 220,714,000 238,743,000 227,540,000 240,487,000 225,763,000 223,604,000 211,338,000 193,541,000 223,001,000 181,353,000 201,086,000 202,516,000 224,277,000 190,013,000 197,619,000 196,673,000 216,239,000 185,772,000 169,725,000 174,961,000 155,166,000 142,946,000 133,115,000 129,138,000 130,243,000 120,326,000 115,376,000 120,763,000 121,847,000 110,075,000 102,064,000 107,548,000 110,420,000 112,047,000 112,452,000 121,843,000 101,443,000 91,074,000 87,789,000 86,003,000 85,649,000 77,410,000 82,863,000 79,092,000 88,022,000 77,812,000 71,256,000 84,394,000 83,160,000 73,497,000 134,558,000 132,794,000 135,013,000 132,432,000 157,384,000 122,322,000 122,490,000 123,846,000 129,426,000 134,500,000 116,495,000 
        total current assets
      8,934,569,000 8,832,074,000 8,442,513,000 8,341,379,000 7,985,711,000 7,802,598,000 7,420,550,000 7,306,759,000 7,289,452,000 7,157,056,000 6,956,801,000 6,779,426,000 6,708,872,000 6,794,805,000 6,633,118,000 6,627,984,000 6,254,721,000 5,903,770,000 6,349,146,000 6,415,303,000 6,224,396,000 6,326,845,000 6,836,795,000 6,811,872,000 5,397,993,000 5,300,547,000 5,156,975,000 5,028,685,000 4,971,340,000 4,997,072,000 4,814,329,000 4,635,869,000 4,671,277,000 4,826,307,000 4,717,192,000 4,611,255,000 4,507,249,000 4,492,767,000 4,368,686,000 4,239,573,000 4,225,486,000 4,209,813,000 4,053,871,000 3,970,294,000 3,950,490,000 3,913,863,000 3,707,581,000 3,580,612,000 3,587,844,000 3,538,498,000 3,370,235,000 3,278,013,000 3,178,323,000 3,123,368,000 3,062,291,000 2,978,946,000 2,944,272,000 2,908,564,000 2,842,673,000 2,792,425,000 2,806,529,000 2,738,115,000 2,660,564,000 2,611,821,000 2,578,948,000 2,648,713,000 2,617,941,000 2,561,730,000 2,607,984,000 2,580,867,000 2,462,145,000 2,586,301,000 2,386,938,000 2,356,644,000 2,319,737,000 2,270,455,000 
        property and equipment:
                                                                                  
        property and equipment
      13,742,967,000 13,365,701,000 12,866,368,000 12,552,328,000 12,128,141,000 11,759,884,000 11,489,436,000 11,305,125,000 11,075,765,000 10,847,940,000 10,550,192,000 10,337,890,000 9,937,300,000 9,723,855,000 9,571,496,000 9,453,171,000 9,139,576,000 8,965,026,000 8,854,872,000 8,807,178,000 8,538,854,000 8,410,097,000 8,283,676,000 8,136,542,000 7,899,183,000 7,948,231,000 7,844,304,000  7,556,743,000 7,436,916,000 7,324,008,000  7,124,603,000 7,041,562,000 6,952,694,000  6,660,492,000 6,501,072,000 6,397,584,000  6,157,061,000 6,021,684,000 5,979,444,000  5,747,901,000 5,648,630,000 5,598,394,000  5,322,299,000 5,225,310,000 5,148,489,000  4,934,713,000 4,839,902,000 4,735,703,000  4,565,947,000 4,488,383,000 4,408,429,000  4,270,644,000 4,173,972,000 4,118,898,000  3,950,799,000 3,901,843,000 3,863,498,000  3,750,240,000 3,676,662,000 3,643,834,000  3,571,288,000 3,492,926,000 3,440,810,000  
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
      -5,945,979,000 -5,811,181,000 -5,630,125,000 -5,489,819,000 -5,400,923,000 -5,310,755,000 -5,208,333,000 -5,121,586,000 -5,026,706,000 -4,940,456,000 -4,837,035,000 -4,741,342,000 -4,603,277,000 -4,487,726,000 -4,376,950,000 -4,282,752,000 -4,167,950,000 -4,085,947,000 -3,996,944,000 -3,950,287,000 -3,855,705,000 -3,782,104,000 -3,697,674,000 -3,627,321,000 -3,514,597,000 -3,471,805,000 -3,393,648,000 3,314,445,000 -3,231,813,000 -3,166,993,000 3,095,207,000 3,073,223,000 -3,001,637,000 -2,960,261,000 -2,891,743,000 2,842,175,000 -2,756,340,000 -2,697,269,000 -2,647,073,000 2,596,861,000 -2,537,756,000 -2,476,802,000 -2,442,389,000 2,386,075,000 -2,321,513,000 -2,272,150,000 -2,240,330,000 2,190,199,000 -2,129,010,000 -2,090,055,000 -2,039,719,000 1,987,164,000 -1,931,890,000 -1,895,353,000 -1,845,434,000 1,803,833,000 -1,798,849,000 -1,763,987,000 -1,741,324,000 1,702,997,000 -1,655,620,000 -1,619,108,000 -1,586,693,000 1,547,315,000 1,525,756,000 1,518,700,000 1,494,652,000 1,455,057,000 1,448,446,000 1,409,258,000 1,376,636,000 1,349,621,000 1,315,547,000 1,288,824,000 1,252,275,000 1,217,703,000 
        property and equipment: - sum
      7,796,988,000 7,554,520,000 7,236,243,000  6,727,218,000 6,449,129,000 6,281,103,000  6,049,059,000 5,907,484,000 5,713,157,000  5,334,023,000 5,236,129,000 5,194,546,000  4,971,626,000 4,879,079,000 4,857,928,000  4,683,149,000 4,627,993,000 4,586,002,000  4,384,586,000 4,476,426,000 4,450,656,000 7,713,196,000 4,324,930,000 4,269,923,000  7,291,623,000 4,122,966,000 4,081,301,000 4,060,951,000 6,873,193,000 3,904,152,000 3,803,803,000 3,750,511,000 6,330,115,000 3,619,305,000 3,544,882,000 3,537,055,000 5,891,707,000 3,426,388,000 3,376,480,000 3,358,064,000 5,500,674,000 3,193,289,000 3,135,255,000 3,108,770,000 5,058,525,000 3,002,823,000 2,944,549,000 2,890,269,000 4,659,761,000 2,767,098,000 2,724,396,000 2,667,105,000 4,371,872,000 2,615,024,000 2,554,864,000 2,532,205,000 4,067,261,000    3,809,414,000    3,639,277,000    3,395,545,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      3,413,970,000 3,300,213,000 3,251,395,000 3,194,666,000 3,145,590,000 3,120,826,000 3,086,857,000 3,057,780,000 3,097,047,000 2,999,294,000 2,998,672,000 2,998,097,000 2,959,488,000 2,943,844,000 2,922,148,000 2,918,817,000 2,764,631,000 2,743,771,000 2,717,566,000 2,718,712,000 2,694,846,000 2,660,667,000 2,607,019,000 2,581,677,000 2,613,849,000 2,579,217,000 2,585,105,000                                                  
        goodwill
      302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 391,887,000 384,613,000 384,013,000 383,917,000 367,829,000 367,829,000 367,829,000 367,829,000 367,829,000 386,085,000 385,985,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000             
        deferred income taxes
      132,109,000 131,351,000 120,009,000 118,433,000 100,910,000 97,308,000 79,400,000 83,689,000 85,267,000 84,700,000 84,087,000 86,002,000 62,043,000 59,814,000 53,444,000 52,047,000 40,707,000 40,730,000 40,164,000 41,043,000 30,366,000 30,240,000 29,887,000 27,843,000 23,345,000 27,945,000 27,365,000 26,861,000 35,150,000 34,844,000 33,118,000 34,620,000 33,784,000 34,251,000 33,990,000 35,308,000 38,230,000 35,809,000 35,581,000    3,799,000 3,631,000 6,810,000 6,798,000 7,092,000 4,708,000 6,250,000 5,931,000 1,870,000 1,727,000 1,232,000 1,068,000 983,000 846,000 22,390,000 19,685,000 19,312,000 10,661,000 62,686,000 59,634,000 50,040,000 46,223,000 46,642,000 50,746,000 55,154,000 59,067,000 49,906,000 45,417,000 41,337,000 38,283,000 46,600,000 46,307,000 36,280,000 21,331,000 
        other long-term assets
      336,182,000 317,792,000 312,780,000 335,692,000 359,909,000 343,773,000 295,207,000 242,126,000 284,962,000 266,475,000 237,208,000 223,160,000 230,851,000 207,905,000 210,032,000 203,131,000 186,235,000 208,478,000 193,500,000 181,605,000 202,544,000 211,603,000 206,226,000 190,614,000 179,713,000 176,969,000 177,710,000 138,971,000 139,675,000 140,611,000 144,688,000 155,446,000 171,097,000 159,215,000 193,064,000 190,313,000 186,746,000 178,364,000 195,879,000 198,218,000 196,491,000 196,257,000 193,240,000 191,921,000 222,502,000 225,593,000 221,816,000 213,805,000 205,558,000 205,659,000 170,770,000 170,817,000 168,375,000 167,707,000 106,287,000 94,324,000 112,449,000 101,174,000 100,845,000 94,996,000 97,994,000 110,345,000 95,035,000 90,959,000 99,492,000 39,745,000 41,237,000 40,606,000 33,847,000 38,752,000 39,889,000 40,227,000 34,980,000 28,699,000 27,020,000 32,436,000 
        total assets
      20,916,463,000 20,438,595,000 19,665,585,000 19,355,324,000 18,621,983,000 18,116,279,000 17,465,762,000 17,176,538,000 17,108,432,000 16,717,654,000 16,292,570,000 15,985,878,000 15,597,922,000 15,545,142,000 15,315,933,000 15,275,043,000 14,520,565,000 14,078,473,000 14,460,949,000 14,516,199,000                                                         
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                                  
        current liabilities:
                                                                                  
        accounts payable
      8,401,277,000 8,297,536,000 8,262,343,000 8,025,590,000 7,887,417,000 7,784,717,000 7,498,696,000 7,355,701,000 7,369,673,000 7,149,882,000 7,182,948,000 7,201,281,000 7,215,566,000 7,321,551,000 7,345,981,000 7,301,347,000 6,793,205,000 6,378,606,000 6,171,344,000 6,013,924,000 5,778,222,000 5,351,096,000 5,282,313,000 5,156,324,000 4,806,329,000 4,869,914,000 4,922,148,000 4,864,912,000 4,693,094,000 4,669,568,000 4,455,330,000 4,409,372,000 4,296,677,000 4,365,666,000 4,326,737,000 4,168,940,000 4,140,690,000 4,114,960,000 4,162,316,000 4,095,854,000 3,991,030,000 3,912,107,000 3,889,849,000 3,864,168,000 3,845,129,000 3,716,519,000 3,690,754,000 3,609,199,000 3,574,921,000 3,477,697,000 3,407,286,000 3,307,535,000 3,116,557,000 3,034,017,000 3,021,916,000 2,926,740,000 2,866,580,000 2,824,873,000 2,843,741,000 2,755,853,000 2,710,081,000 2,524,539,000 2,519,943,000 2,433,050,000 2,235,766,000 2,144,995,000 2,187,347,000 2,118,746,000 2,098,308,000 1,974,747,000 2,002,128,000 2,043,271,000 1,873,706,000 1,842,951,000 1,844,940,000 1,870,668,000 
        current portion of operating lease liabilities
      336,340,000 329,115,000 287,244,000 283,564,000 314,919,000 306,185,000 270,077,000 266,855,000 303,179,000 296,509,000 288,854,000 257,256,000 281,964,000 275,269,000 271,667,000 243,407,000 268,975,000 268,921,000 263,899,000 236,568,000 256,382,000 252,523,000 246,332,000 223,846,000 236,759,000 234,506,000 232,549,000                                                  
        accrued expenses and other
      1,226,757,000 1,222,212,000 1,205,464,000 1,151,536,000 1,095,921,000 1,023,860,000 1,034,313,000 1,060,746,000 989,472,000 1,214,996,000 1,202,508,000 1,000,841,000 906,415,000 933,735,000 982,560,000 1,008,701,000 925,271,000 961,898,000 965,898,000 1,039,788,000 884,377,000 866,297,000 771,360,000 827,668,000 687,991,000 632,343,000 618,654,000 621,932,000 595,618,000 613,158,000 637,274,000 606,894,000 566,881,000 576,224,000 583,972,000 563,350,000 516,831,000 545,458,000 550,940,000 551,625,000 527,432,000 535,237,000 516,749,000 531,561,000 499,973,000 500,904,000 496,799,000 481,894,000 470,719,000 459,227,000 462,263,000 467,831,000 469,942,000 462,858,000 455,762,000 478,085,000 443,161,000 430,588,000 444,538,000 449,327,000 430,541,000 414,502,000 429,027,000 432,368,000   357,778,000 381,271,000   317,034,000 327,664,000 319,928,000 326,227,000 326,129,000 307,633,000 
        income taxes payable
      70,939,000 72,340,000 58,883,000 58,707,000 167,278,000 152,595,000 85,484,000 30,941,000 30,263,000 111,222,000 111,312,000 52,478,000 61,002,000 84,063,000 108,781,000 34,938,000 76,625,000 75,220,000 186,752,000 79,474,000 94,268,000 84,355,000 156,698,000 75,253,000 37,997,000 42,797,000 94,885,000 25,297,000 28,177,000 51,577,000 75,568,000 12,415,000 54,778,000 5,338,000 156,931,000 34,011,000 136,019,000 123,854,000 136,963,000 42,841,000 129,127,000 89,913,000 107,818,000 58,082,000 118,107,000 92,330,000 114,550,000 41,200,000 141,801,000 104,628,000 95,466,000 17,129,000 63,161,000 69,063,000 80,532,000 17,053,000 80,718,000 62,150,000 85,222,000 25,185,000 115,591,000 85,356,000 105,544,000 25,385,000 88,151,000 72,774,000 84,755,000 35,145,000 58,550,000  68,142,000 11,582,000 92,155,000 72,787,000 78,368,000 25,442,000 
        total current liabilities
      10,035,313,000 9,921,203,000 9,813,934,000 9,519,397,000 9,465,535,000 9,267,357,000 8,888,570,000 8,714,243,000 9,192,587,000 8,772,609,000 8,785,622,000 8,511,856,000 8,464,947,000 8,614,618,000 8,708,989,000 8,588,393,000 8,064,076,000 7,684,645,000 8,087,893,000 7,369,754,000 7,013,249,000 6,804,271,000 6,456,703,000 6,283,091,000 5,769,076,000 5,779,560,000 5,868,236,000 5,512,141,000 5,316,889,000 5,334,303,000 5,168,172,000 5,028,681,000 4,918,336,000 4,947,228,000 5,067,640,000 4,766,301,000 4,793,540,000 4,784,272,000 4,850,219,000 4,690,320,000 4,647,589,000 4,994,661,000 4,775,241,000 4,712,873,000 4,693,102,000 4,623,323,000 5,090,964,000 4,541,094,000 4,603,952,000 4,399,310,000 4,332,825,000 4,169,150,000 3,836,049,000 4,231,808,000 3,744,492,000 3,655,592,000 3,567,393,000 3,516,789,000 3,578,966,000 3,430,896,000 3,461,843,000 3,225,136,000 3,244,887,000 3,063,960,000 2,872,076,000 2,749,324,000 2,804,380,000 2,706,752,000 3,135,960,000 2,468,682,000 2,527,977,000 2,519,320,000 2,383,967,000 2,325,222,000 2,319,270,000 2,285,895,000 
        long-term debt
      9,016,477,000 8,907,052,000 8,623,112,000 8,799,775,000 8,853,110,000 9,052,099,000 9,012,539,000 9,024,381,000 8,496,288,000 8,630,553,000 8,583,523,000 7,668,549,000 7,340,484,000 7,042,302,000 6,328,344,000 6,122,092,000 6,057,444,000 5,840,884,000  5,269,820,000 5,267,896,000  5,514,874,000 5,513,371,000 5,418,272,000 5,451,471,000 5,287,324,000 5,206,344,000 5,151,917,000 5,111,201,000 5,156,037,000 5,005,930,000 4,954,697,000 5,043,541,000 4,982,984,000 5,081,238,000 5,152,843,000 5,151,862,000 4,997,446,000 4,924,119,000 4,953,697,000 4,387,811,000 4,754,101,000 4,624,876,000 4,533,329,000 4,361,144,000 3,862,865,000 4,162,890,000 4,163,244,000 4,163,244,000 4,013,244,000 4,013,267,000 4,001,100,000 3,513,273,000 3,802,705,000 3,718,302,000 3,599,000,000 3,434,800,000 3,318,900,000 3,317,600,000 3,171,100,000 3,208,300,000 2,845,700,000 2,882,300,000    2,726,900,000    2,250,000,000    1,935,618,000 
        operating lease liabilities, less current portion
      3,278,354,000 3,175,110,000 3,139,227,000 3,093,936,000 3,020,664,000 3,007,455,000 2,982,977,000 2,960,174,000 2,963,026,000 2,901,636,000 2,910,727,000 2,917,046,000 2,862,152,000 2,854,227,000 2,838,433,000 2,837,973,000 2,659,535,000 2,641,555,000 2,624,676,000 2,632,842,000 2,594,506,000 2,566,974,000 2,524,008,000 2,501,560,000 2,481,280,000 2,494,840,000 2,506,829,000                                                  
        other long-term liabilities
      887,153,000 839,818,000 785,774,000 836,019,000 844,650,000 771,862,000 758,594,000 780,287,000 751,722,000 710,266,000 691,897,000 702,043,000 693,652,000 682,063,000 729,008,000 731,614,000 707,871,000 669,690,000 746,554,000 704,194,000 659,190,000 687,764,000 729,893,000 649,641,000 540,320,000 523,734,000 498,555,000 579,299,000 593,367,000 603,327,000 569,550,000 547,520,000 552,316,000 520,565,000 489,315,000 469,508,000 497,556,000 502,962,000 496,863,000 488,386,000 480,805,000 476,602,000 466,307,000 465,990,000 449,254,000 434,177,000 426,082,000 435,731,000 412,836,000 410,600,000 398,574,000 396,991,000 478,234,000 467,216,000 442,211,000 439,770,000 399,290,000 400,399,000 381,813,000 375,338,000 371,476,000 370,579,000 367,070,000 364,099,000     256,035,000 262,950,000       
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                  
        stockholders’ deficit:
                                                                                  
        preferred stock, authorized 1,000 shares; no shares issued
                                                                                  
        common stock
      166,000 166,000 170,000 169,000 169,000 168,000 175,000 175,000 174,000 174,000 190,000 189,000 189,000 188,000 208,000 207,000 207,000 206,000 231,000 230,000 229,000 228,000 238,000 237,000 237,000 237,000 254,000 254,000 254,000 253,000 277,000 275,000 275,000 275,000 288,000 287,000 287,000 286,000 304,000 303,000 302,000 301,000 322,000 321,000 321,000 319,000 340,000 339,000 338,000 338,000 369,000 368,000 366,000 364,000 402,000 399,000 396,000 395,000 442,000 441,000 439,000 438,000 503,000 501,000 498,000   579,000    636,000    713,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      1,967,484,000 1,919,290,000 1,907,813,000 1,843,779,000 1,745,937,000 1,671,200,000 1,684,064,000 1,621,553,000 1,565,860,000 1,485,789,000 1,548,510,000 1,484,992,000 1,425,515,000 1,324,258,000 1,412,650,000 1,354,252,000 1,315,717,000 1,266,015,000 1,499,557,000 1,465,669,000 1,381,982,000 1,314,424,000 1,323,037,000 1,283,495,000 1,259,457,000 1,241,733,000 1,282,629,000 1,264,448,000 1,229,524,000 1,163,831,000 1,209,851,000 1,155,426,000 1,123,425,000 1,112,748,000 1,103,412,000 1,086,671,000 1,063,193,000 1,033,940,000 1,070,143,000 1,054,647,000 998,382,000 953,071,000 994,488,000 938,355,000 914,803,000 871,595,000 881,094,000 843,504,000 819,902,000 797,696,000 845,304,000 814,457,000 775,362,000 717,605,000 760,872,000 689,890,000 629,322,000 588,234,000 628,109,000 591,384,000 557,014,000 535,945,000 593,970,000 557,955,000 515,865,000   549,326,000    537,005,000    545,404,000 
        retained deficit
      -3,750,078,000 -4,391,569,000 -3,445,029,000 -3,975,852,000 -4,812,803,000 -5,421,243,000 -3,860,049,000 -4,424,982,000 -5,327,190,000 -5,978,916,000 -2,365,815,000 -2,959,278,000 -3,824,119,000 -4,471,842,000 -790,749,000 -1,330,067,000 -2,138,160,000 -2,730,731,000  -419,829,000 -1,205,600,000 -1,801,764,000 -1,008,537,000 -1,450,970,000 -2,191,427,000 -2,534,322,000 -955,009,000 -1,305,347,000 -1,870,576,000 -2,276,525,000 -864,191,000 -1,208,824,000 -1,623,595,000 -1,990,317,000 -1,361,385,000 -1,642,387,000 -2,076,287,000 -2,407,986,000 -1,324,062,000 -1,602,186,000 -2,028,953,000 -2,356,468,000 -1,160,626,000 -1,418,738,000 -1,819,875,000 -2,128,946,000 -1,290,812,000 -1,529,123,000 -1,902,793,000 -2,187,950,000 -1,160,848,000 -1,378,936,000 -1,750,135,000 -2,015,717,000 -829,745,000 -1,033,197,000 -1,356,930,000 -1,605,514,000 -452,873,000 -643,998,000 -945,467,000 -1,172,935,000 -73,269,000              
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -137,049,000 -157,888,000 -263,106,000 -285,010,000 -357,051,000 -407,589,000 -407,155,000 -361,618,000 -202,899,000 -204,899,000 -210,359,000 -190,836,000 -227,475,000 -269,312,000 -297,265,000 -300,536,000 -302,191,000 -310,163,000 -324,327,000 -307,986,000 -304,382,000 -300,839,000 -306,907,000 -354,252,000 -344,516,000 -228,337,000 -250,081,000 -269,322,000 -236,612,000 -235,837,000 -276,066,000 -235,805,000 -295,139,000 -286,384,000 -296,451,000 -254,557,000 -310,482,000 -346,317,000 -346,203,000 -307,529,000 -269,977,000 -307,849,000 -240,395,000 -249,518,000 -197,182,000 -185,586,000 -146,151,000 -128,903,000 -105,677,000 -120,346,000 -112,087,000 -120,788,000 -115,482,000 -134,908,000 -152,462,000 -152,013,000 -116,657,000 -106,134,000 -130,644,000 -119,691,000 -82,473,000 -92,338,000 -93,309,000 -106,468,000 -84,012,000   -92,035,000    -4,135,000    -9,550,000 
        treasury stock
      -865,075,000 -278,769,000 -1,428,455,000 -997,399,000 -550,657,000 -300,309,000 -2,089,956,000 -1,584,742,000 -874,182,000 -139,469,000 -4,186,197,000 -2,684,961,000 -1,675,687,000 -767,462,000 -4,162,767,000 -3,262,769,000 -2,262,803,000 -1,362,804,000 -3,435,617,000 -2,535,620,000 -1,635,621,000 -735,622,000 -1,034,811,000 -356,487,000 -356,487,000 -190,430,000 -1,853,883,000 -1,403,884,000 -712,103,000 -246,084,000 -1,728,487,000 -1,231,427,000 -566,569,000 -166,869,000 -970,963,000 -618,391,000 -390,925,000 -107,363,000 -1,295,407,000 -932,773,000 -563,036,000 -30,368,000 -1,371,910,000 -971,810,000 -541,312,000 -26,061,000 -1,107,281,000 -807,674,000 -620,000,000 -200,000,000 -1,293,958,000 -1,002,420,000 -442,453,000 -117,453,000 -1,370,436,000 -1,053,104,000 -572,960,000 -172,505,000 -1,392,133,000 -1,082,368,000 -649,054,000 -309,522,000 -1,245,063,000 -945,409,000 -380,023,000   -1,027,879,000    -509,918,000    -679,416,000 
        total stockholders’ deficit
      -2,784,552,000 -2,908,770,000 -3,228,607,000 -3,414,313,000 -3,974,405,000 -4,457,773,000 -4,672,921,000 -4,749,614,000 -4,838,237,000 -4,837,321,000 -5,213,671,000 -4,349,894,000 -4,301,577,000 -4,184,170,000 -3,837,923,000 -3,538,913,000 -3,387,230,000 -3,137,477,000 -2,124,750,000 -1,797,536,000 -1,763,392,000 -1,523,573,000 -1,026,980,000 -877,977,000 -1,632,736,000 -1,711,119,000 -1,776,090,000 -1,713,851,000 -1,589,513,000 -1,594,362,000 -1,658,616,000 -1,520,355,000 -1,361,603,000 -1,330,547,000 -1,525,099,000 -1,428,377,000 -1,714,214,000 -1,827,440,000 -1,895,225,000 -1,787,538,000 -1,863,282,000 -1,741,313,000 -1,778,121,000 -1,701,390,000 -1,643,245,000 -1,468,679,000 -1,662,810,000 -1,621,857,000 -1,808,230,000 -1,710,262,000 -1,721,220,000 -1,687,319,000 -1,532,342,000 -1,550,109,000 -1,591,369,000 -1,548,025,000 -1,416,829,000 -1,295,524,000 -1,347,099,000 -1,254,232,000 -1,119,541,000 -1,038,412,000 -817,168,000 -738,765,000 -461,950,000            
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
      20,916,463,000                                                                            
        total liabilities and stockholders' deficit
       20,438,595,000 19,665,585,000 19,355,324,000 18,621,983,000 18,116,279,000 17,465,762,000 17,176,538,000 17,108,432,000 16,717,654,000 16,292,570,000 15,985,878,000 15,597,922,000 15,545,142,000 15,315,933,000 15,275,043,000 14,520,565,000 14,078,473,000 14,460,949,000 14,516,199,000                                                         
        land
         1,474,433,000    1,390,713,000    1,367,391,000    1,299,981,000    1,261,509,000    1,205,228,000    1,147,709,000    1,107,092,000    1,056,187,000    998,460,000    966,916,000    925,359,000    862,565,000    800,175,000    740,276,000    690,098,000    656,516,000    643,699,000    625,992,000 
        buildings and improvements
         5,793,043,000    5,124,448,000    4,860,216,000    4,486,676,000    4,277,593,000    4,020,271,000    3,895,559,000    3,698,010,000    3,423,056,000    3,169,575,000    2,989,399,000    2,802,265,000    2,607,751,000    2,400,895,000    2,177,476,000    2,013,301,000    1,900,610,000    1,814,668,000    1,720,172,000 
        equipment
         3,558,814,000    3,308,967,000    2,972,879,000    2,650,831,000    2,407,046,000    2,158,251,000    1,991,042,000    1,841,330,000    1,704,653,000    1,550,792,000    1,422,949,000    1,254,445,000    1,122,821,000    1,016,835,000    994,369,000    923,595,000    887,521,000    850,679,000    780,199,000 
        leasehold improvements
         1,082,339,000    922,466,000    831,508,000    724,095,000    644,345,000    586,839,000    552,018,000    504,656,000    470,998,000    434,615,000    395,714,000    368,326,000    341,182,000    314,559,000    275,299,000    247,748,000    219,606,000    202,098,000    183,601,000 
        construction in progress
         643,699,000    558,531,000    305,896,000    291,588,000    216,685,000    165,953,000    126,868,000    140,535,000    218,299,000    176,673,000    116,729,000    150,279,000    124,206,000    127,297,000    184,452,000    192,519,000    145,161,000    128,133,000    85,581,000 
        total long-term assets
         3,951,436,000 3,909,054,000 3,864,552,000 3,764,109,000 3,686,240,000 3,769,921,000 3,653,114,000 3,622,612,000 3,609,904,000                                                                 
        current portion of debt
              500,000,000          500,000,000   250,000,000                                                       
        debt, less current portion
                        4,771,266,000   5,266,396,000                                                       
        retained earnings
                        135,406,000                                                 136,935,000    206,099,000    546,049,000 
        short-term borrowings
                                               457,404,000    87,156,000 559,235,000 180,910,000 215,156,000 158,440,000 160,256,000 173,733,000  484,533,000  49,881,000 7,309,000 29,560,000 35,417,000 34,082,000 49,686,000 40,930,000 33,517,000 26,186,000             
        retained (deficit) earnings
                                                                     -245,344,000 -514,278,000            
        other assets:
                                                                                  
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                      302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 302,645,000 
        other assets: - sum
                                                                      448,779,000 393,136,000 399,036,000          
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                                                                      385,250,000 367,059,000   356,431,000 339,167,000       
        debt
                                                                      2,698,500,000 2,774,700,000 2,739,500,000   2,690,755,000 2,268,200,000  1,932,000,000 2,095,000,000 2,161,070,000  
        other liabilities
                                                                      344,144,000 322,639,000 325,908,000 317,827,000   257,040,000 258,105,000 255,108,000 235,942,000 222,824,000 179,996,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                  
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                       -421,671,000 -483,965,000  -45,119,000 -187,302,000 59,997,000  455,829,000 282,233,000 171,053,000  
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                                         -433,074,000    229,687,000    403,200,000 
        current assets
                                                                                  
        other assets
                                                                                  
        other assets - sum
                                                                          386,398,000 386,814,000 383,871,000  384,225,000 377,651,000 365,945,000  
        current liabilities
                                                                                  
        current portion of long-term debt and short-term borrowings
                                                                          456,600,000        
        debt, less current maturities
                                                                          1,949,300,000        
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                  
      Cashflow Statements:
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      Annual
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          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                   
          net income
        641,491,000 468,860,000 530,823,000 836,950,000 608,441,000 487,923,000 564,933,000 902,208,000 651,726,000 515,030,000 593,463,000 864,841,000 647,723,000 476,544,000 539,318,000 810,043,000 592,571,000 471,755,000 555,235,000 785,771,000 596,164,000 345,946,000 442,433,000 740,457,000 342,895,000 299,282,000 350,338,000 565,229,000 405,948,000 294,638,000 351,406,000 400,282,000 366,721,000 289,530,000 281,003,000 433,900,000 331,699,000 237,145,000 278,125,000 426,768,000 327,514,000 228,613,000 258,112,000 401,137,000 309,071,000 211,723,000 238,310,000 373,670,000 285,157,000 192,830,000 218,087,000 371,199,000 265,583,000 176,246,000 203,452,000 323,732,000 248,586,000 166,930,000 191,125,000 301,469,000 227,374,000 148,055,000 172,076,000 268,933,000 202,745,000 123,333,000 143,300,000 236,126,000 173,688,000 115,864,000 131,371,000 243,746,000 158,639,000   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
        160,292,000 155,640,000 148,194,000 197,412,000 144,696,000 137,918,000 133,173,000 175,339,000 129,224,000 124,968,000 120,224,000 158,490,000 116,123,000 113,711,000 109,253,000                                    55,772,000    50,700,000 66,654,000 49,007,000 47,523,000 48,647,000 62,862,000 44,930,000 44,126,000 44,291,000 62,166,000 42,819,000 44,533,000 42,566,000 57,160,000 41,309,000 41,811,000 40,153,000 52,800,000 38,152,000   
          other non-cash charges
        20,000,000 59,000,000 98,000,000         -30,000,000 -17,000,000                                                               
          amortization of debt origination fees
        2,795,000 2,768,000 3,210,000 3,757,000 3,022,000 3,043,000 3,018,000 3,833,000 2,604,000 2,741,000 2,810,000 3,199,000 2,143,000 2,017,000 1,905,000 3,450,000 2,453,000 2,734,000 2,639,000 3,532,000 2,957,000 3,219,000 3,150,000 4,158,000 2,356,000 2,021,000 2,195,000 2,656,000 1,838,000 1,804,000 1,864,000 2,535,000 1,931,000 1,928,000 1,999,000 2,567,000 1,854,000 1,998,000 1,950,000 2,573,000 1,869,000 1,812,000 1,726,000 1,956,000 1,356,000 1,397,000 1,521,000 1,961,000 1,637,000 1,547,000 1,711,000 2,382,000 1,952,000 1,964,000 1,941,000 2,640,000 1,853,000 1,835,000 1,738,000 2,902,000 2,162,000 2,173,000 1,725,000 1,990,000 1,506,000 1,510,000 1,489,000 1,783,000 621,000 620,000 620,000 614,000 403,000   
          deferred income taxes
        -20,658,000 -95,352,000 -41,724,000 174,709,000 -15,586,000 -38,903,000 -4,831,000 -263,409,000 3,018,000 5,116,000 882,000 -22,283,000 1,273,000 -18,513,000 13,816,000 104,816,000 39,795,000 22,887,000 18,096,000 -40,479,000 7,819,000 -12,067,000 10,295,000 26,796,000 13,127,000 9,214,000 1,940,000 17,940,000 9,900,000 -209,000 7,420,000 11,711,000 14,641,000 -159,169,000 8,556,000 67,093,000 5,032,000 -4,104,000 6,881,000 47,019,000 -12,093,000 8,629,000 1,464,000 41,402,000 3,600,000 -8,077,000 -954,000 6,536,000 -395,000 -22,817,000 1,978,000 36,000,000 -3,385,000 -10,456,000 -2,455,000 22,144,000 -2,543,000 -285,000 6,241,000 54,438,000 -7,816,000 -7,409,000 5,454,000 -4,507,000 -2,371,000 -6,844,000 4,699,000 26,214,000 8,380,000 10,222,000 1,502,000 47,968,000 13,669,000   
          share-based compensation expense
        30,172,000 36,742,000 30,727,000 39,133,000 29,021,000 30,446,000 26,117,000 34,932,000 25,353,000 23,048,000 22,913,000 30,698,000 20,010,000 23,374,000 19,005,000 21,554,000 18,320,000 16,443,000 14,295,000 18,051,000 13,883,000 13,670,000 10,508,000 12,584,000 10,144,000 12,111,000 9,996,000 11,726,000 9,971,000 11,031,000 10,527,000 14,115,000 5,795,000 12,678,000 11,086,000 8,901,000 8,632,000 10,924,000 9,787,000 11,373,000 9,905,000 9,891,000 8,656,000 11,307,000 9,488,000 11,396,000 8,804,000 10,405,000 8,269,000 11,464,000 9,252,000 11,675,000 9,016,000 8,485,000 8,131,000 9,491,000 8,827,000 7,483,000 7,562,000 8,143,000 6,363,000 7,048,000 5,071,000 5,905,000 4,348,000 4,616,000 4,251,000 5,643,000 4,185,000 4,851,000 4,456,000 5,758,000 4,205,000   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                   
          accounts receivable
        -66,266,000 -57,041,000 36,700,000 -76,786,000 12,755,000 -64,448,000 9,873,000 28,268,000 -84,914,000 11,508,000 6,856,000 -44,991,000 16,044,000 18,173,000 4,100,000 -64,371,000 -33,976,000 -25,809,000 -1,576,000 -19,374,000 -7,656,000 -1,500,000 17,491,000 -95,407,000 65,740,000 -5,651,000 -23,246,000 -26,896,000 16,722,000 -22,000,000 -16,338,000 3,280,000 7,393,000 -9,810,000 6,671,000 -3,040,000 -27,862,000 23,762,000 14,935,000 6,062,000 2,578,000 -50,175,000 88,000 -41,861,000 -15,982,000 -2,131,000 23,508,000 -10,206,000 676,000 -17,192,000 -1,241,000 -17,347,000 4,782,000 16,731,000 -12,362,000 -27,832,000 10,352,000 -8,652,000 4,856,000 -4,733,000 4,031,000 -23,525,000 9,622,000 -4,525,000 26,156,000 -4,705,000 -16,144,000 13,514,000 -14,736,000 -58,655,000 3,054,000 3,944,000 -9,695,000   
          merchandise inventories
        -104,135,000 -347,038,000 -205,335,000 -251,591,000 -188,208,000 -317,928,000 -136,181,000 -99,288,000 -155,388,000 -176,526,000 -21,899,000 3,983,000 68,383,000 -122,238,000 -39,308,000 -319,599,000 -277,628,000 -256,471,000 -136,988,000 23,754,000 67,271,000 -104,796,000 -124,746,000 -8,890,000 86,950,000 -129,028,000 -133,206,000 -9,264,000 -20,491,000 -196,938,000 -167,454,000 66,330,000 14,098,000 -117,814,000 -151,396,000 -3,179,000 57,293,000 -130,003,000 -160,918,000 -41,786,000 7,644,000 -102,956,000 -90,420,000 27,554,000 -16,476,000 -193,356,000 -84,498,000 -9,033,000 -39,137,000 -145,035,000 -83,629,000 -77,787,000 -31,882,000 -48,369,000 -74,808,000 1,664,000 -56,128,000 -38,328,000 -75,122,000 18,717,000 -69,368,000 -55,467,000 -49,303,000 -16,900,000 -26,617,000 1,858,000 -54,418,000 31,710,000 -50,026,000 -4,193,000 -53,828,000 -38,798,000 -37,990,000   
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
        111,712,000 -7,734,000 243,490,000 53,795,000 153,826,000 279,755,000 170,032,000 117,646,000 143,550,000 -50,824,000 33,762,000 56,221,000 -128,589,000 -117,885,000 6,574,000 569,465,000 376,394,000 189,565,000 89,268,000 394,854,000 418,518,000 160,267,000 56,273,000 510,224,000 14,336,000 -41,699,000 48,270,000 204,547,000 2,660,000 189,207,000 67,762,000 146,254,000 -38,547,000 26,893,000 185,009,000 67,602,000 -9,870,000 -52,478,000 77,360,000 131,069,000 67,971,000 51,819,000 20,339,000 60,703,000 126,895,000 35,235,000 68,687,000 44,935,000 105,062,000 43,841,000 91,253,000 200,730,000 86,764,000 -3,153,000 72,594,000 94,557,000 53,754,000 -38,222,000 87,317,000 65,668,000 211,201,000 -12,972,000 78,929,000 223,500,000 115,657,000 -31,599,000 41,564,000 52,458,000 133,907,000 -1,916,000 -47,291,000 182,952,000 17,845,000   
          income taxes
        21,035,000 70,596,000 114,578,000 -67,506,000 -34,637,000 67,571,000 103,019,000 226,652,000 -26,536,000 -511,000 96,793,000 28,791,000 -23,359,000 13,446,000 73,954,000                                                             
          other
        5,549,000 86,988,000 -14,492,000 -37,118,000 71,700,000 -1,628,000 -57,350,000 -55,931,000 4,843,000 -6,423,000 -23,545,000 19,063,000 21,964,000 -44,155,000 -16,030,000 -13,795,000 22,247,000 -64,343,000 29,960,000 -14,030,000 -14,282,000 -74,481,000 98,978,000 23,889,000 23,011,000 25,888,000 31,675,000 -15,029,000 -20,754,000 38,649,000 47,769,000 -22,293,000 26,760,000 836,000 20,811,000 -627,000 -7,647,000 10,224,000 11,045,000 -8,251,000 3,788,000 7,863,000 6,798,000 -12,853,000 16,844,000 7,550,000 -14,644,000 -25,288,000 6,653,000 18,466,000 -14,234,000 -27,157,000 4,991,000 9,996,000 8,056,000 -6,214,000 5,228,000 3,652,000 10,196,000 -24,399,000 6,777,000 2,028,000 9,521,000 -19,799,000 15,586,000 -2,683,000 12,111,000 -12,742,000 3,030,000 -5,101,000 4,187,000 1,365,000 -108,000   
          net cash from operating activities
        801,987,000 373,429,000 944,171,000 952,755,000 769,030,000 583,749,000 811,803,000 1,070,250,000 669,480,000 434,127,000 830,259,000 1,068,012,000 724,715,000 354,474,000 793,587,000 1,228,021,000 843,368,000 361,816,000 777,930,000 1,288,196,000 1,190,500,000 356,356,000 683,491,000 1,417,000,000 651,464,000 204,542,000 447,102,000 841,878,000 469,566,000 367,887,000 449,182,000 823,936,000 504,013,000 187,326,000 565,017,000 561,382,000 445,332,000 157,398,000 406,500,000 530,429,000 516,347,000 207,051,000 323,502,000 526,011,000 522,574,000 101,310,000 375,228,000 370,116,000 463,146,000 150,629,000 357,343,000 519,147,000 385,021,000 192,590,000 318,253,000 425,374,000 337,393,000 118,920,000 342,294,000 394,645,000 455,784,000 83,756,000 357,353,000 455,245,000 392,099,000 118,027,000 230,881,000 388,788,000 386,726,000 7,510,000 140,784,000 419,633,000 204,488,000   
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                   
          capital expenditures
        -345,509,000 -337,804,000 -314,173,000 -441,634,000 -345,886,000 -292,702,000 -247,035,000 -346,786,000 -235,103,000 -255,379,000 -235,428,000 -366,216,000 -171,207,000 -144,837,000 -114,397,000 -303,041,000 -161,207,000 -105,874,000 -102,269,000 -246,114,000 -137,009,000 -125,608,000 -113,036,000 -183,848,000 -83,325,000 -89,156,000 -101,407,000 -182,203,000 -118,015,000 -97,664,000 -98,168,000 -194,640,000 -112,401,000 -104,469,000 -110,278,000 -195,898,000 -141,831,000 -118,186,000 -97,917,000 -188,869,000 -113,331,000 -99,933,000 -86,658,000 -187,834,000 -106,571,000 -93,759,000 -92,415,000 -176,392,000 -101,763,000 -77,354,000 -82,607,000 -155,596,000 -89,242,000 -89,183,000 -80,430,000 -149,777,000 -95,847,000 -70,506,000 -61,924,000 -121,020,000 -92,227,000 -62,546,000 -45,811,000 -135,334,000 -68,938,000 -57,689,000 -53,439,000 -112,160,000 -61,941,000 -47,047,000 -51,099,000 -90,078,000 -58,371,000   
          free cash flows
        456,478,000 35,625,000 629,998,000 511,121,000 423,144,000 291,047,000 564,768,000 723,464,000 434,377,000 178,748,000 594,831,000 701,796,000 553,508,000 209,637,000 679,190,000 924,980,000 682,161,000 255,942,000 675,661,000 1,042,082,000 1,053,491,000 230,748,000 570,455,000 1,233,152,000 568,139,000 115,386,000 345,695,000 659,675,000 351,551,000 270,223,000 351,014,000 629,296,000 391,612,000 82,857,000 454,739,000 365,484,000 303,501,000 39,212,000 308,583,000 341,560,000 403,016,000 107,118,000 236,844,000 338,177,000 416,003,000 7,551,000 282,813,000 193,724,000 361,383,000 73,275,000 274,736,000 363,551,000 295,779,000 103,407,000 237,823,000 275,597,000 241,546,000 48,414,000 280,370,000 273,625,000 363,557,000 21,210,000 311,542,000 319,911,000 323,161,000 60,338,000 177,442,000 276,628,000 324,785,000 -39,537,000 89,685,000 329,555,000 146,117,000   
          purchase of marketable debt securities
        -12,489,000 -10,333,000 -12,624,000 -10,254,000 -22,992,000 -18,947,000 -12,311,000 -21,206,000 -3,513,000 -9,923,000 -4,115,000 -18,472,000 -34,445,000 -2,011,000 -11,989,000 -9,500,000 -23,908,000 -15,606,000 -7,026,000 -11,123,000 -4,169,000 -2,399,000 -45,985,000 -8,424,000 -26,178,000 -20,899,000 -35,448,000 -16,683,000 -17,801,000 -13,574,000 -7,480,000                                             
          proceeds from sale of marketable debt securities
        8,827,000 2,557,000 6,288,000 8,499,000 24,727,000 17,486,000 12,614,000 19,604,000 8,619,000 10,682,000 1,944,000 20,813,000 34,094,000 -1,443,000 4,893,000 15,964,000 24,010,000 10,199,000 3,709,000 23,125,000 11,693,000 9,365,000 51,210,000 -22,453,000 35,878,000 25,047,000 45,765,000 -7,912,000 26,521,000 21,415,000 13,116,000                                             
          net investment in tax credit equity investments
        468,000                                                                           
          net cash from investing activities
        -345,593,000 -340,789,000 -326,706,000 -483,169,000 -353,842,000 -297,670,000 -265,749,000 -370,248,000 -372,264,000 -273,480,000 -270,514,000 -397,202,000 -208,968,000 -156,121,000 -113,887,000 -287,380,000 -149,406,000 -120,352,000 -90,961,000 -243,115,000 -130,259,000 -118,225,000 -110,179,000 -249,952,000 -73,010,000 -84,202,000 -90,711,000 -206,554,000 -109,089,000 -84,304,000 -91,899,000 -219,200,000 -72,053,000 -95,954,000 -134,653,000 -194,366,000 -156,519,000 -103,063,000 -99,651,000 -189,531,000 -115,658,000 -99,553,000 -101,093,000 -183,187,000 -113,272,000 -90,645,000 -180,807,000 -173,000,000 -101,173,000 -90,225,000 -83,570,000 -153,188,000 -84,326,000 -204,190,000 -85,591,000 -148,528,000 -97,039,000 -67,305,000 -61,889,000 -118,076,000 -91,592,000 -61,455,000 -47,871,000 -130,671,000 -67,427,000 -56,651,000 -52,698,000 -107,760,000 -62,385,000 -46,965,000 -46,612,000 -81,541,000 -55,584,000   
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                   
          net proceeds from commercial paper
        507,000,000           82,200,000 296,400,000 22,700,000 204,900,000  215,210,000         163,000,000 79,700,000          -594,900,000 553,400,000 72,200,000  -537,600,000 90,200,000 428,300,000  -563,800,000 526,200,000 78,300,000   248,184,000 -13,500,000   195,100,000 39,300,000           35,200,000 12,600,000  -284,855,000 422,555,000 18,900,000  -163,000,000   
          proceeds from issuance of debt
              1,300,000,000 1,000,000,000 750,000,000           600,000,000                 1,171,000      500,000,000 300,000,000    500,000,000             
          repayment of debt
                 -500,000,000                     -200,000,000 -300,000,000     -200,000,000 -300,000,000     -199,300,000     -300,000,000 -700,000 -190,909,000   
          net proceeds from sale of common stock
        16,278,000 19,605,000 31,858,000 61,289,000 46,706,000 28,300,000 36,002,000 21,869,000 56,029,000 56,890,000 41,448,000 27,631,000 82,105,000 31,930,000 40,828,000 15,844,000 31,633,000 45,357,000 21,100,000 65,833,000 55,414,000 37,844,000 28,666,000 12,086,000 7,601,000 39,883,000 8,822,000 23,892,000 57,349,000 62,907,000 44,671,000 20,021,000 4,450,000 58,211,000 7,033,000 11,403,000 19,981,000 17,560,000 5,742,000 29,095,000 19,769,000 6,385,000 25,040,000 9,702,000 18,905,000 18,507,000 19,603,000 7,622,000 6,811,000 11,391,000 16,210,000 14,337,000 29,394,000 14,197,000 39,226,000 24,822,000 17,471,000 14,489,000 18,561,000 13,699,000 8,898,000 11,297,000 21,952,000 24,104,000 10,092,000 14,905,000 3,821,000 3,060,000 13,129,000 15,604,000 8,062,000 12,243,000 3,155,000   
          purchase of treasury stock
        -580,663,000 -314,516,000 -427,178,000 -442,926,000 -268,780,000 -326,394,000 -540,086,000 -703,741,000 -728,142,000 -222,158,000 -1,486,876,000 -999,556,000 -899,999,000 -899,999,000 -899,998,000 -999,997,000 -899,999,000 -1,559,998,000 -899,997,000 -899,999,000 -899,999,000 -899,999,000 -678,324,000 -166,057,000 -314,847,000 -449,999,000 -691,780,000 -466,019,000 -350,037,000 -497,060,000 -664,858,000 -399,701,000 -174,882,000 -352,572,000 -227,466,000 -283,564,000 -197,985,000 -362,634,000 -369,737,000 -532,668,000 -149,957,000 -400,100,000 -430,498,000 -515,251,000 -26,061,000 -299,606,000 -187,675,000 -419,999,000 -200,000,000 -291,538,000 -559,967,000 -325,000,000 -185,016,000 -317,332,000 -480,144,000 -400,455,000 -172,505,000 -309,765,000 -433,314,000 -339,438,000 -394,395,000 -299,655,000 -565,386,000 -266,381,000 -87,509,000 -204,379,000 -587,396,000 -65,440,000 -375,043,000 -272,123,000 -499,206,000   
          repayment of principal portion of finance lease liabilities
        -28,063,000 -26,781,000 -27,317,000 -22,058,000 -26,684,000 -24,306,000 -23,106,000 -22,803,000 -20,996,000 -21,257,000 -20,202,000 -20,128,000 -20,355,000 -19,974,000 -20,598,000 -18,315,000 -17,767,000 -17,413,000 -13,687,000 -15,009,000 -15,768,000 -15,290,000 -13,786,000 -8,382,000 -14,452,000 -14,993,000 -14,331,000                                                 
          net cash from financing activities
        -487,654,000 -40,192,000 -602,711,000 -469,044,000 -451,329,000 -288,350,000 -538,096,000 -664,771,000 -326,120,000 -140,619,000 -552,226,000 -671,775,000 -543,586,000 -169,070,000 -675,651,000 -939,674,000 -670,923,000 -963,954,000 -895,946,000 -849,175,000 -1,110,353,000 -877,445,000 -663,444,000 68,516,000 -209,387,000 -126,957,000 -375,808,000 -630,611,000 -381,929,000 -345,940,000 -315,608,000 -606,980,000 -500,867,000 -60,603,000 -463,704,000 -302,484,000 -275,277,000 -38,642,000 -297,926,000 -363,847,000 -400,696,000 -54,899,000 -233,355,000 -312,792,000 -409,216,000 26,470,000 -201,164,000 -217,586,000 -357,243,000 -45,941,000 -290,787,000 -354,210,000 -283,745,000 26,792,000 -235,859,000 -276,820,000 -240,353,000 -45,561,000 -280,699,000 -279,084,000 -371,873,000 -12,662,000 -310,152,000 -321,945,000 -334,163,000 -35,520,000 -191,865,000 -281,878,000 -338,734,000 62,036,000 -248,320,000 -177,824,000 -160,715,000   
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        -503,000 5,405,000 1,082,000 2,636,000 3,861,000 -842,000 -2,112,000 -12,417,000 166,000 1,087,000 -1,592,000 3,103,000 1,469,000 2,213,000 1,361,000 369,000 582,000 788,000 -1,233,000 -217,000 -406,000 1,473,000 3,322,000 6,133,000 -12,919,000 1,498,000 1,206,000 -2,471,000 -155,000 5,936,000 -7,413,000 1,682,000 -1,229,000 76,000 -2,253,000 1,597,000 2,956,000 -582,000 -3,119,000 -697,000 5,429,000 -10,127,000 1,123,000 -8,011,000 1,663,000 -2,788,000 -550,000 -394,000 864,000 -560,000 675,000 -3,243,000 1,187,000 492,000 -32,000 -33,000 -108,000 477,000 -636,000 -246,000 167,000 229,000 403,000 -111,000 92,000 -298,000 579,000 -731,000 707,000 -364,000 -2,557,000     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                        23,621,000 -721,702,000 -210,210,000   -637,841,000 -86,810,000                    -9,823,000    -7,293,000    -16,339,000    -3,229,000    -930,000    -267,000    -13,103,000    -156,705,000     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        271,803,000 298,172,000 277,054,000 264,380,000 1,171,335,000 1,750,815,000 176,300,000  217,824,000  293,270,000  189,734,000  175,309,000  124,485,000  142,191,000  103,093,000  97,606,000  98,280,000  92,706,000  242,461,000    
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -31,763,000 -2,147,000 287,639,000 3,178,000 -32,280,000 -3,113,000 304,018,000 22,814,000 -28,738,000 21,115,000 282,981,000 2,138,000 -26,370,000 31,496,000 269,790,000 1,336,000 23,621,000 -721,702,000 961,125,000 195,689,000 -50,518,000 -637,841,000 1,664,005,000 1,241,697,000 356,148,000 -5,119,000 158,089,000  -21,607,000 -56,421,000 252,086,000  -70,136,000 30,845,000 257,677,000  16,492,000 15,111,000 195,538,000  5,422,000 42,472,000 165,486,000  1,749,000 34,347,000 117,192,000  5,594,000 13,903,000 125,852,000  18,137,000 15,684,000 99,864,000  -107,000 6,531,000 96,676,000  -7,514,000 9,868,000 98,013,000  -9,399,000 25,558,000 79,603,000  -13,686,000 22,217,000 85,756,000  -11,811,000   
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
         -2,147,000 15,836,000   -3,113,000 5,846,000 22,814,000 -28,738,000 21,115,000 5,927,000 2,138,000 -26,370,000 31,496,000 5,410,000     195,689,000    1,241,697,000       34,262,000 -562,000 -70,136,000 30,845,000 -35,593,000 66,129,000 16,492,000 15,111,000 5,804,000 -23,646,000 5,422,000   22,021,000 1,749,000   -20,864,000 5,594,000   8,506,000 18,137,000   -7,000 -107,000   -2,761,000 -7,514,000   2,518,000 -9,399,000           
          investment in tax credit equity investments
          -5,106,000 -61,391,000 -13,043,000 -6,363,000 -31,018,000 -34,167,000 -150,805,000 -1,372,000 -41,150,000 -47,318,000 -38,615,000 -9,596,000 -2,474,000 -10,139,000 -742,000   -37,804,000                                                        
          net payments of commercial paper
          -179,100,000    -15,000,000                                                                     
          net proceeds from (payments of) commercial paper
                                      149,378,000                                             
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                   
          interest paid, net of interest cost capitalized
                                                                                   
          income taxes paid
                                                                                   
          leased assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities
                                                                                   
          leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
                                                                                   
          other non-cash income
                                                                                   
          proceeds from disposal of capital assets and other
              12,001,000    8,235,000 13,991,000 1,205,000 1,766,000 10,080,000 19,336,000 12,441,000 11,585,000 14,625,000 28,801,000 3,134,000 417,000 -2,368,000 9,963,000 615,000 806,000 379,000 244,000 206,000 5,519,000 633,000                                             
          other non-cash (income) charges
               -24,000,000 -14,000,000 -2,000,000                                                                 
          net (payments of)/proceeds from commercial paper
                                                                                   
          net (payments of) proceeds from commercial paper
                 44,672,000 -76,900,000                                                                 
          other non-cash
                      81,000,000                                                             
          depreciation and amortization of property and equipment and intangibles
                       140,858,000 102,083,000 99,692,000 99,590,000 129,639,000 94,017,000 94,476,000 89,551,000 125,351,000 91,695,000 90,670,000 89,750,000 118,839,000 84,888,000 83,778,000 82,452,000 107,993,000 79,754,000 79,351,000 77,986,000 103,063,000 75,343,000 72,833,000 71,812,000 93,932,000 68,529,000 68,653,000 66,283,000 86,708,000 62,299,000 59,867,000 61,045,000  58,132,000                           
          income taxes payable
                       -24,400,000 1,109,000 -94,637,000 107,411,000 6,478,000 11,809,000 -68,378,000 79,558,000 77,838,000 1,210,000 -58,266,000 69,390,000 -21,074,000 -21,116,000 -32,073,000 63,774,000 -24,938,000 25,467,000 -130,259,000 123,292,000 -97,137,000 10,858,000 -12,903,000 95,523,000 -70,207,000 55,107,000 -8,735,000 73,957,000 -46,803,000 41,516,000 -3,406,000 83,180,000 -96,370,000 44,242,000 14,045,000 84,638,000 -38,623,000 14,114,000 -1,402,000 86,914,000 -35,684,000 33,927,000 -12,380,000 70,891,000 -77,504,000 36,310,000 -13,448,000 88,961,000 -49,434,000 15,376,000 -5,516,000 52,048,000 -22,185,000 89,829,000 -93,460,000 58,080,000 -74,150,000 20,530,000   
          net proceeds from/(payments of) commercial paper
                                                                                   
          net proceeds of commercial paper
                                         59,400,000 -99,000,000             -34,600,000           1,300,000                 
          pension plan contributions
                                                                                   
          pension termination charges
                                                                                   
          asset impairment
                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                                                   
          net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   
          net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                  -18,211,000                                                 
          payments of capital lease obligations
                                   -14,879,000 -12,899,000 -12,932,000 -12,597,000 -12,138,000 -15,619,000 -3,247,000 -18,000,000 -13,318,000 -11,659,000 -11,615,000 -11,012,000 -7,604,000 -8,947,000 -9,673,000 -10,096,000 -8,322,000 -8,495,000 -8,977,000 -9,192,000 -8,408,000 -7,921,000 -8,124,000 -8,203,000 -7,721,000 -5,096,000 -7,254,000 -7,474,000 -9,398,000 -4,867,000 -6,037,000 -6,448,000 -6,098,000 -5,780,000 -5,772,000 -5,131,000 -2,733,000 -4,780,000 -4,592,000 -4,492,000 -4,419,000 -4,495,000 -4,147,000 -3,979,000 -3,992,000 -4,019,000   
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                   
          assets acquired through capital lease
                                                                                   
          asset impairments
                                                                                   
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   
          purchase of intangibles
                                               -10,000,000 -10,000,000                           
          purchase of marketable securities
                                       -14,344,000 -9,364,000 -19,323,000 -61,505,000 -17,695,000 -40,218,000 -16,955,000 -10,843,000 -34,802,000 -28,167,000 -37,898,000 -29,303,000 -23,302,000 -4,759,000 -15,205,000 -6,474,000 -21,120,000 -7,525,000 -14,779,000 -6,312,000 -17,661,000 -4,520,000 -10,486,000 -11,802,000 -11,533,000 -15,162,000 -7,879,000 -11,091,000 -9,052,000 -12,139,000 -12,658,000 -9,923,000 -24,739,000 -20,950,000 -8,264,000 -2,203,000 -20,714,000 -13,210,000 -9,239,000 -5,281,000 -26,101,000 -2,670,000   
          proceeds from sale of marketable securities
                                       -9,870,000 16,412,000 26,326,000 36,776,000 17,344,000 25,176,000 31,721,000 8,752,000 34,482,000 24,008,000 37,342,000 24,640,000 23,061,000 3,755,000 15,735,000 3,860,000 21,783,000 5,773,000 13,196,000 6,044,000 17,654,000 4,078,000 10,033,000 6,179,000 12,079,000 13,903,000 6,334,000 10,069,000 10,994,000 12,633,000 12,117,000 7,337,000 24,365,000 20,240,000 6,690,000 1,325,000  11,135,000 6,894,000 5,270,000  5,301,000   
          proceeds from sale of assets and other
                                                                                   
          disposal of capital assets and other
                                         1,512,000 354,000  354,000 357,000 357,000  1,832,000 936,000 228,000  -5,697,000 2,584,000 -34,000  2,342,000 -176,000 -695,000  6,442,000 446,000 462,000  67,000        2,221,000 2,612,000 1,619,000  1,631,000 2,427,000 4,498,000  156,000   
          acquisition of business, net of cash
                                                   -75,744,000                             
          income tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                               -15,402,000 -16,465,000 -8,363,000 -23,501,000 -3,239,000 -16,037,000 -18,888,000 -9,731,000 -5,475,000 -7,150,000 -4,902,000 -6,244,000 -13,244,000 -19,802,000 -9,796,000 -23,910,000 -25,778,000 -15,470,000 -10,636,000 -11,157,000 -12,918,000 -6,180,000 -6,853,000 -8,994,000 -12,084,000 -3,106,000 -6,476,000 -585,000 -15,921,000 3,461,000 2,533,000 1,520,000 -13,718,000 1,162,000   
          net payments of short-term borrowings
                                                            -62,000                       
          acquisition of business
                                                           -1,084,000                       
          proceeds from disposal of capital assets
                                                                                   
          net proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                              -4,852,000 -2,278,000   4,496,000 -12,789,000 7,197,000 6,755,000 5,738,000             
          depreciation and amortization
                                                            52,888,000                       
          disposal of capital assets
                                                                  1,057,000 1,002,000 141,000 1,632,000 526,000             
          net proceeds of short-term borrowings
                                                                                   
          net (repayments of ) proceeds from commercial paper
                                                                      -337,300,000             
          net proceeds from (repayments of ) commercial paper
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                                                                   
          net (repayments of) proceeds from commercial paper
                                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                   
          income tax benefit from exercise of options
                                                                            -3,461,000 -2,533,000 -1,520,000  -1,162,000   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                   
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                   
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                   
          interest cost
                                                                                  2,299,000 
          expected return on plan assets
                                                                                   
          amortization of prior service cost
                                                                                  23,000 
          amortization of net loss
                                                                                  22,000 
          net periodic benefit income
                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
                                                                                   
          by operating activities:
                                                                                   
          deferred rent liability adjustment
                                                                                   
          income from warranty negotiations
                                                                                   
          acquisitions
                                                                                   
          repayment of senior notes