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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. provides investor communications and technology-driven solutions for the financial services industry worldwide. The company's Investor Communication Solutions segment processes and distributes proxy materials to investors in equity securities and mutual funds, as...

Founded: 2007
Full Time Employees: 12,000
Sector: Technology
Industry: Information Technology Services

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    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 
                                                                
      revenues
    1,953,600,000 1,713,900,000 1,589,400,000 2,065,400,000 1,811,700,000 1,589,200,000 1,422,900,000 1,944,300,000 1,726,500,000 1,405,000,000 1,431,100,000 1,839,000,000 1,645,700,000 1,292,900,000 1,283,300,000 1,722,900,000 1,533,700,000 1,259,600,000 1,192,900,000 1,531,600,000 1,389,800,000 1,054,900,000 1,017,400,000 1,361,900,000 1,249,900,000 968,700,000 948,600,000 1,211,200,000 1,224,800,000 953,400,000 972,800,000 1,320,400,000 1,071,900,000 1,012,800,000 924,800,000 1,345,800,000 1,008,900,000 892,600,000 895,300,000 974,500,000 688,800,000 638,900,000 594,700,000 929,600,000 634,200,000 574,600,000 555,800,000 885,900,000 606,300,000 520,600,000 545,200,000 865,100,000 576,700,000 493,200,000 495,800,000 800,300,000 547,000,000 479,800,000 476,400,000  
      operating expenses:
                                                                
      cost of revenues
    1,326,700,000 1,240,300,000 1,166,800,000 1,295,600,000 1,235,900,000 1,145,800,000 1,075,000,000 1,253,100,000 1,187,300,000 1,057,200,000 1,075,300,000 1,159,100,000 1,137,700,000 988,200,000 990,400,000 1,146,800,000 1,077,600,000 978,400,000 914,100,000 1,016,700,000 960,500,000 806,500,000 787,100,000 884,200,000 872,500,000 780,900,000 727,500,000 811,600,000 847,300,000 734,000,000 739,000,000 870,100,000 803,100,000 769,800,000 726,600,000 910,100,000 773,700,000 707,800,000 717,900,000 586,300,000 486,500,000 464,500,000 438,600,000 555,100,000 452,600,000 414,000,000 406,500,000 551,200,000 427,600,000 385,100,000 397,500,000 564,000,000 426,200,000 387,600,000 390,000,000 528,900,000 420,800,000 382,600,000 382,800,000  
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    267,400,000 267,500,000 233,900,000 271,100,000 230,900,000 232,800,000 213,400,000 249,800,000 236,200,000 223,400,000 207,300,000 225,700,000 221,200,000 196,800,000 205,300,000 234,400,000 210,100,000 212,300,000 175,500,000 233,500,000 190,000,000 169,000,000 151,700,000 178,900,000 151,100,000 161,000,000 148,000,000 158,800,000 143,900,000 141,200,000 133,700,000 184,900,000 138,800,000 127,900,000 113,800,000 138,600,000 125,500,000 126,000,000 111,300,000 117,900,000 101,700,000 104,200,000 97,100,000 112,000,000 92,000,000 101,100,000 91,700,000 120,900,000 95,600,000 86,000,000 73,500,000 94,500,000 79,000,000 77,200,000 72,900,000 91,100,000 70,600,000 73,500,000 64,700,000  
      total operating expenses
    1,594,100,000 1,507,900,000 1,400,700,000 1,566,800,000 1,466,800,000 1,378,500,000 1,288,400,000 1,502,900,000 1,423,600,000 1,280,600,000 1,282,600,000 1,384,800,000 1,358,900,000 1,185,000,000 1,195,700,000 1,381,200,000 1,287,700,000 1,190,700,000 1,089,600,000 1,250,200,000 1,150,600,000 975,500,000 938,800,000 1,063,100,000 1,023,700,000 941,900,000 875,400,000 970,400,000 991,200,000 875,200,000 872,700,000 1,055,000,000 941,900,000 897,700,000 840,300,000 1,048,700,000 899,200,000 833,800,000 829,300,000 704,200,000 588,200,000 568,700,000 535,700,000                  
      operating income
    359,500,000 206,000,000 188,800,000 498,700,000 344,900,000 210,700,000 134,400,000 441,400,000 302,900,000 124,400,000 148,400,000 454,200,000 286,800,000 107,900,000 87,500,000 341,700,000 246,000,000 68,900,000 103,300,000 281,400,000 239,200,000 79,500,000 78,600,000 298,800,000 226,300,000 26,800,000 73,100,000 240,800,000 233,600,000 78,200,000 100,100,000 265,400,000 130,000,000 115,100,000 84,400,000 297,000,000 109,700,000 58,800,000 66,000,000 270,400,000 100,600,000 70,200,000 59,100,000                  
      yoy
    4.23% -2.23% 40.48% 12.98% 13.87% 69.37% -9.43% -2.82% 5.61% 15.29% 69.60% 32.92% 16.59% 56.60% -15.30% 21.43% 2.84% -13.33% 31.42% -5.82% 5.70% 196.64% 7.52% 24.09% -3.13% -65.73% -26.97% -9.27% 79.69% -32.06% 18.60% -10.64% 18.51% 95.75% 27.88% 9.84% 9.05% -16.24% 11.68%                      
      qoq
    74.51% 9.11% -62.14% 44.59% 63.69% 56.77% -69.55% 45.72% 143.49% -16.17% -67.33% 58.37% 165.80% 23.31% -74.39% 38.90% 257.04% -33.30% -63.29% 17.64% 200.88% 1.15% -73.69% 32.04% 744.40% -63.34% -69.64% 3.08% 198.72% -21.88% -62.28% 104.15% 12.95% 36.37% -71.58% 170.74% 86.56% -10.91% -75.59% 168.79% 43.30% 18.78%                   
      interest expense
    -25,100,000 -23,800,000 -24,200,000 -26,600,000 -31,100,000 -32,700,000 -32,300,000 -33,000,000 -35,300,000 -36,300,000 -33,400,000 -36,000,000 -38,500,000 -34,100,000 -26,900,000 -20,700,000 -20,000,000 -21,400,000 -22,600,000 -17,900,000 -11,800,000 -11,100,000 -14,400,000 -15,600,000 -16,200,000 -13,900,000 -13,100,000 -72,200,000 10,000,000 10,700,000 9,600,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 10,200,000 9,400,000 10,900,000 10,800,000 10,600,000 10,400,000                      
      other non-operating income (expenses)
    6,200,000 188,000,000 48,500,000     -875,000 -900,000   -700,000 1,800,000 -1,900,000     -2,400,000 72,800,000 -10,600,000 1,000,000 9,500,000 11,600,000 400,000 -2,400,000 3,800,000                                  
      earnings before income taxes
    340,600,000 370,200,000 213,100,000 471,500,000 310,900,000 176,000,000 100,300,000 410,200,000 266,700,000 87,600,000 112,900,000 417,500,000 250,100,000 71,900,000 55,400,000 318,800,000 223,300,000 51,900,000 78,200,000 336,400,000 216,900,000 69,400,000 73,600,000 294,700,000 210,500,000 10,500,000 63,800,000 230,100,000 223,600,000 64,300,000 89,300,000 258,000,000 125,200,000 103,500,000 74,300,000 284,600,000 106,300,000 45,700,000 51,500,000 262,500,000 93,400,000 61,300,000 51,700,000 255,400,000 81,900,000 51,600,000 50,000,000 47,225,000 76,900,000 42,700,000 69,300,000          
      provision for income taxes
    64,300,000 85,700,000 47,700,000 97,300,000 67,800,000 33,600,000 20,500,000 87,000,000 52,900,000 17,400,000 22,000,000 93,400,000 51,600,000 14,400,000 5,000,000 70,700,000 46,800,000 4,700,000 11,000,000 76,000,000 51,900,000 13,100,000 7,800,000 65,000,000 43,600,000 400,000 7,900,000 46,800,000 51,400,000 14,400,000 12,600,000 51,200,000 16,200,000 41,400,000 24,400,000 97,600,000 30,400,000 15,600,000 17,900,000 92,500,000 29,700,000 21,100,000 18,100,000 89,500,000 27,900,000 16,900,000 17,500,000 66,400,000 26,100,000 15,100,000 24,900,000 67,600,000 24,300,000 8,900,000 10,300,000 51,900,000 10,700,000 3,800,000 9,500,000  
      net earnings
    276,300,000 284,600,000 165,400,000 374,200,000 243,100,000 142,400,000 79,800,000 323,200,000 213,700,000 70,300,000 90,900,000 324,100,000 198,500,000 57,500,000 50,400,000 248,100,000 176,600,000 47,200,000 67,200,000 260,400,000 165,000,000 56,300,000 65,800,000 229,700,000 166,800,000 10,100,000 55,900,000 183,300,000 172,200,000 49,900,000 76,700,000 206,800,000 109,100,000 62,100,000 49,900,000 187,100,000 75,900,000 30,100,000 33,700,000 170,100,000 63,700,000 40,200,000 33,500,000 165,900,000 54,000,000 34,700,000 32,500,000 140,200,000 50,800,000 27,600,000 44,400,000 134,600,000 43,400,000 15,800,000 18,300,000 83,400,000 16,700,000 6,800,000 16,700,000  
      yoy
    13.66% 99.86% 107.27% 15.78% 13.76% 102.56% -12.21% -0.28% 7.66% 22.26% 80.36% 30.63% 12.40% 21.82% -25.00% -4.72% 7.03% -16.16% 2.13% 13.37% -1.08% 457.43% 17.71% 25.31% -3.14% -79.76% -27.12% -11.36% 57.84% -19.65% 53.71% 10.53% 43.74% 106.31% 48.07% 9.99% 19.15% -25.12% 0.60% 2.53% 17.96% 15.85% 3.08% 18.33% 6.30% 25.72% -26.80% 4.16% 17.05% 74.68% 142.62% 61.39% 159.88% 132.35% 9.58%      
      qoq
    -2.92% 72.07% -55.80% 53.93% 70.72% 78.45% -75.31% 51.24% 203.98% -22.66% -71.95% 63.27% 245.22% 14.09% -79.69% 40.49% 274.15% -29.76% -74.19% 57.82% 193.07% -14.44% -71.35% 37.71% 1551.49% -81.93% -69.50% 6.45% 245.09% -34.94% -62.91% 89.55% 75.68% 24.45% -73.33% 146.51% 152.16% -10.68% -80.19% 167.03% 58.46% 20.00% -79.81% 207.22% 55.62% 6.77% -76.82% 175.98% 84.06% -37.84% -67.01% 210.14% 174.68% -13.66% -78.06% 399.40% 145.59% -59.28%   
      basic earnings per share
    2.38 2.44 1.41 3.2 2.07 1.22 0.68 2.75 1.81 0.6 0.77 2.75 1.69 0.49 0.43 2.12 1.51 0.4 0.58 2.25 1.42 0.49 0.57 1.46 0.09 0.49 1.59 1.49 0.43 0.66 1.77 0.93 0.53 0.43 1.59 0.64 0.25 0.28 1.44 0.54 0.34 0.28 1.38 0.45 0.29 0.27 1.17 0.42 0.23 0.37 1.11 0.36 0.13 0.15 0.67 0.14 0.05 0.14  
      diluted earnings per share
    2.36 2.42 1.4 3.17 2.05 1.2 0.68 2.72 1.79 0.59 0.76 2.72 1.67 0.48 0.42 2.09 1.49 0.4 0.57 2.21 1.4 0.48 0.56 1.96 1.43 0.09 0.48 1.55 1.45 0.42 0.64 1.72 0.9 0.52 0.42 1.55 0.63 0.25 0.28 1.4 0.52 0.33 0.28 1.35 0.43 0.28 0.26 1.13 0.41 0.22 0.36 1.07 0.35 0.13 0.14 0.65 0.13 0.05 0.13  
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                
      basic
    116.3 116.8 117 117.1 117.2 117.1 116.9 117.7 117.8 117.7 117.9 117.7 117.7 117.7 117.5 116.7 116.8 116.6 116.2 115.7 115.8 115.7 115.3 114.7 114.6 114.7 114.4 115.9 115.7 116.3 116.4 116.8 116.9 116.6 116.5 118 117.8 118.7 118.5 118.3 118.2 118.5 118.3 119.9 120.6 120.2 119.8 119.6 119.7 119.2 119.1 121.9 121.2 122 124 124.1 124 123.7 123.7  
      diluted
    117 117.7 118 118.3 118.5 118.3 118.1 119.1 119.4 119.1 119.2 119 119.1 118.9 118.9 118.5 118.6 118.7 118.3 117.8 118 117.8 117.4 117 117 117.2 117.1 118.8 118.5 119.1 119.7 120.4 120.9 120.3 119.8 120.8 120.7 121.5 121.6 121.6 121.7 122 121.7 124 125 124.4 123.9 124.1 124.8 124.1 123.1 125.4 125 125.5 127.1 127.5 128.4 127.2 126.7  
      other non-operating expenses
       -500,000 -2,800,000 -1,900,000 -1,900,000   -400,000 -2,100,000                 1,075,000  3,200,000    1,400,000 700,000 1,600,000 -7,400,000 2,500,000 4,200,000                      
      other non-operating expense
                  -5,200,000 -175,000 -2,700,000              1,200,000                              
      other non-operating income
                     4,400,000              -525,000 -4,200,000                            
      dividends declared per common share
                                 0.485 0.485 0.274 0.365 0.365 0.365 0.248 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.225 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.203 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.158 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16  
      non-operating expenses
                                           7,900,000 7,200,000 8,900,000 7,400,000                  
      other expenses
                                               7,100,000 7,700,000 7,900,000 7,600,000 7,200,000 6,200,000 6,800,000 4,900,000 4,400,000 3,800,000 3,700,000 4,300,000 -29,200,000 26,800,000 13,100,000 2,700,000  
      total expenses
                                               674,200,000 552,300,000 523,000,000 505,800,000 679,300,000 529,400,000 477,900,000 475,900,000 662,900,000 509,000,000 468,500,000 467,200,000 665,000,000 518,200,000 469,200,000 450,200,000  
      impairment charge
                                                                
      earnings from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                       202,200,000 67,700,000 24,700,000 28,600,000 135,300,000 28,800,000 10,600,000 26,200,000  
      net earnings from continuing operations
                                                       134,600,000 43,400,000 15,800,000 18,300,000 83,400,000 18,100,000 6,800,000 16,700,000  
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit
                                                            -1,400,000    
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                
      basic earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                       1.11 0.36 0.13 0.15 0.67 0.15 0.05 0.14  
      basic loss per share from discontinued operations
                                                            -0.01    
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                
      diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                       1.07 0.35 0.13 0.14 0.65 0.14 0.05 0.13  
      diluted loss per share from discontinued operations
                                                            -0.01    
      basic earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                                
      diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                                
      earnings per share:
                                                                
    Balance Sheets:
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    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 
                                                                  
        assets
                                                                  
        current assets:
                                                                  
        cash and cash equivalents
      304,800,000 370,700,000 290,700,000 561,500,000 317,200,000 289,900,000 292,800,000 304,400,000 235,600,000 277,000,000 234,000,000 252,300,000 331,600,000 280,000,000 227,100,000 224,700,000 277,200,000 281,200,000 316,700,000 274,500,000 355,800,000 365,600,000 356,600,000 476,600,000 402,100,000 234,000,000 358,300,000 273,200,000 292,100,000 249,800,000 204,700,000 263,900,000 352,100,000 366,500,000 288,800,000 271,100,000 269,500,000 235,700,000 227,400,000 727,700,000 354,400,000 305,100,000 286,300,000 324,100,000 310,100,000 314,100,000 331,300,000 347,600,000 244,400,000 240,300,000 183,100,000 266,000,000 182,200,000 259,100,000 211,800,000 320,500,000 218,800,000 238,200,000 252,800,000 241,500,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,319,300,000 1,065,000,000 963,700,000 1,077,100,000 1,184,200,000 1,040,300,000 895,300,000 1,065,600,000 1,165,100,000 892,200,000 916,200,000 974,000,000 1,096,200,000 860,200,000 840,100,000 946,900,000 988,000,000 779,500,000 730,000,000 820,300,000 871,000,000 625,000,000 619,100,000 711,300,000 814,700,000 616,000,000 600,700,000 664,000,000 792,800,000 607,400,000 650,100,000 615,000,000 714,100,000 575,100,000 624,400,000 589,500,000 661,200,000 515,500,000 499,400,000 453,400,000 503,800,000 409,800,000 410,800,000 444,500,000 486,400,000 366,600,000 361,100,000 424,800,000 426,300,000 336,000,000 372,200,000 442,400,000 412,200,000 305,200,000 321,400,000 370,700,000 388,500,000 296,600,000 328,500,000 406,600,000 
        other current assets
      173,500,000 258,200,000 204,600,000 178,500,000 164,200,000 178,200,000 162,200,000 170,900,000 164,300,000 194,400,000 176,700,000 166,200,000 140,400,000 142,500,000 154,900,000 156,800,000 229,900,000 205,900,000 164,400,000 166,400,000 151,800,000 157,900,000 144,400,000 140,100,000 144,200,000 160,700,000 136,200,000 105,200,000 110,500,000 109,300,000 113,100,000 112,200,000 136,900,000 109,600,000 121,200,000 129,000,000 187,500,000 148,100,000 159,000,000 108,000,000 145,600,000 113,300,000 98,400,000 92,800,000 135,500,000 99,700,000 83,200,000 108,200,000 143,500,000 110,900,000 101,300,000 98,600,000 116,900,000 89,300,000 87,700,000 86,200,000 142,300,000 100,100,000 104,000,000 103,300,000 
        total current assets
      1,797,700,000 1,693,900,000 1,459,000,000 1,817,100,000 1,665,500,000 1,508,400,000 1,350,200,000 1,540,900,000 1,565,100,000 1,363,600,000 1,326,900,000 1,392,500,000 1,568,200,000 1,282,700,000 1,222,000,000 1,328,400,000 1,495,100,000 1,266,600,000 1,211,100,000 1,261,300,000 1,378,600,000 1,148,500,000 1,120,000,000 1,328,000,000 1,361,000,000 1,010,600,000 1,095,100,000 1,042,300,000 1,195,400,000 966,400,000 967,900,000 991,100,000 1,203,000,000 1,051,200,000 1,034,300,000 989,600,000 1,118,200,000 899,400,000 885,800,000 1,289,100,000 1,003,800,000 828,200,000 795,500,000 861,400,000 932,000,000 780,400,000 775,600,000 880,600,000 814,200,000 687,200,000 656,600,000 807,000,000 711,300,000 653,600,000 620,900,000 777,400,000 749,600,000 634,900,000 685,300,000 751,400,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      160,100,000 160,100,000 166,700,000 170,100,000 158,500,000 159,200,000 160,300,000 162,200,000 155,000,000 143,200,000 144,000,000 145,700,000 138,100,000 143,300,000 145,100,000 150,900,000 164,700,000 169,700,000 167,200,000 177,200,000 167,200,000 167,100,000 161,700,000 161,600,000 153,900,000 137,500,000 186,200,000 189,000,000 183,400,000 187,900,000 192,500,000 204,100,000 197,900,000 202,500,000 207,600,000 198,100,000 169,500,000 145,500,000 130,700,000 112,200,000 108,200,000 106,000,000 100,400,000 97,300,000 81,400,000 82,200,000 84,500,000 88,300,000 87,200,000 87,000,000 82,100,000 80,900,000 80,900,000 76,500,000 76,300,000 79,000,000 78,500,000 78,500,000 78,900,000 83,100,000 
        goodwill
      3,735,200,000 3,708,600,000 3,675,200,000 3,609,600,000 3,478,200,000 3,494,900,000 3,511,700,000 3,469,400,000 3,451,900,000 3,429,300,000 3,444,500,000 3,461,600,000 3,447,200,000 3,388,200,000 3,434,000,000 3,484,900,000 3,578,400,000 3,663,800,000 3,677,300,000 3,720,100,000 1,723,300,000 1,705,600,000 1,701,400,000 1,674,500,000 1,704,500,000 1,660,800,000 1,495,100,000 1,500,000,000 1,256,600,000 1,254,300,000 1,258,000,000 1,254,900,000 1,231,300,000 1,193,100,000 1,177,300,000 1,159,300,000 1,161,500,000 1,139,600,000 1,239,500,000 999,300,000 973,300,000 975,400,000 969,600,000 970,500,000 891,100,000 874,000,000 854,100,000 856,100,000 854,700,000 812,900,000 809,300,000 778,400,000 777,800,000 782,600,000 781,800,000 780,000,000 790,500,000 789,300,000 793,100,000 735,600,000 
        intangible assets
      1,159,000,000 1,206,300,000 1,263,100,000 1,277,400,000 1,306,300,000 1,346,000,000 1,265,400,000 1,307,200,000 1,317,200,000 1,347,600,000 1,403,700,000 1,467,200,000 892,900,000 931,200,000 1,003,300,000 1,077,100,000 1,170,500,000 1,253,000,000 1,346,200,000 1,425,000,000 546,800,000 543,000,000 560,500,000 583,800,000 611,400,000 611,200,000 546,800,000 556,200,000 427,100,000 445,400,000 470,800,000 494,100,000 490,200,000 464,100,000 469,900,000 486,400,000 483,900,000 485,900,000 389,000,000 210,300,000 181,600,000 191,200,000 188,500,000 195,700,000 135,000,000 125,000,000 122,700,000 130,000,000 137,000,000 120,900,000 125,300,000 120,600,000 121,900,000 126,800,000 135,200,000 143,300,000 152,800,000 160,900,000 165,200,000 147,200,000 
        deferred client conversion and start-up costs
      822,200,000 830,600,000 836,400,000 842,900,000 847,400,000 863,800,000 882,000,000 892,100,000 905,200,000 930,600,000 934,600,000 937,000,000 1,519,600,000 1,437,900,000 1,359,800,000 1,232,300,000 1,122,300,000 994,900,000 870,800,000                                          
        other non-current assets
      1,105,000,000 1,040,100,000 902,400,000 827,900,000 843,700,000 858,300,000 847,400,000 870,600,000 821,000,000 785,500,000 817,500,000 829,200,000 866,400,000 867,900,000 926,500,000 895,300,000 818,400,000 768,100,000 755,700,000 1,536,200,000 1,370,900,000 1,294,100,000 1,206,100,000 1,141,900,000 1,082,600,000 964,500,000 896,900,000 593,100,000 539,600,000 503,600,000 492,600,000 360,500,000 362,400,000 339,100,000 335,500,000 316,400,000 308,800,000 296,800,000 297,300,000 268,900,000 257,000,000 252,700,000 245,600,000 243,200,000 241,700,000 238,200,000 241,700,000 237,100,000 236,800,000 231,000,000 233,900,000 231,300,000 230,000,000 216,700,000 216,300,000 207,900,000 242,900,000 233,300,000 204,700,000 186,700,000 
        total assets
      8,779,200,000 8,639,500,000 8,302,900,000 8,545,000,000 8,299,600,000 8,230,600,000 8,017,100,000 8,242,400,000 8,215,400,000 7,999,800,000 8,071,200,000 8,233,200,000 8,432,300,000 8,051,300,000 8,090,600,000 8,168,800,000 8,349,500,000 8,115,900,000 8,028,400,000 8,119,800,000 5,186,800,000 4,858,300,000 4,749,700,000 4,889,800,000 4,913,500,000 4,384,600,000 4,220,100,000 3,880,700,000 3,602,100,000 3,357,600,000 3,381,700,000 3,304,700,000 3,484,700,000 3,249,900,000 3,224,500,000 3,149,800,000 3,242,000,000 2,967,300,000 2,942,300,000 2,879,800,000 2,524,000,000 2,353,600,000 2,299,500,000 2,368,100,000 2,281,200,000 2,099,800,000 2,078,600,000 2,192,100,000 2,129,900,000 1,939,000,000 1,907,200,000 2,018,200,000 1,921,900,000 1,856,200,000 1,830,500,000 1,987,600,000 2,014,300,000 1,896,900,000 1,927,200,000 1,904,000,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                  
        current liabilities:
                                                                  
        current portion of long-term debt
      499,800,000 499,700,000 499,500,000 499,300,000        1,178,500,000            399,900,000 399,800,000 399,500,000 399,400,000          125,000,000 124,900,000 124,900,000 124,900,000                     
        payables and accrued expenses
      1,143,400,000 974,000,000 840,700,000 1,112,800,000 1,027,700,000 888,600,000 771,400,000 1,194,400,000 893,500,000 778,300,000 743,700,000 1,019,500,000 958,800,000 824,200,000 816,000,000 1,114,900,000 965,800,000 878,600,000 790,100,000 1,102,700,000 876,100,000 719,000,000 632,300,000 829,900,000 737,200,000 615,400,000 547,900,000 711,700,000 610,500,000 509,100,000 471,800,000                              
        contract liabilities
      263,400,000 269,100,000 233,600,000 249,100,000 236,600,000 225,700,000 201,100,000 227,400,000 229,000,000 192,800,000 180,300,000 199,800,000 204,200,000 194,700,000 175,700,000 198,500,000 211,100,000 209,200,000 176,700,000 185,300,000 126,500,000 118,900,000 111,600,000 111,200,000 118,000,000 109,900,000 93,500,000 90,900,000 94,700,000 88,800,000 101,500,000                              
        total current liabilities
      1,906,600,000 1,742,800,000 1,573,800,000 1,861,200,000 1,264,300,000 1,114,300,000 972,400,000 1,421,800,000 1,122,400,000 971,200,000 924,000,000 2,397,800,000 1,163,000,000 1,018,900,000 991,700,000 1,313,400,000 1,176,800,000 1,087,800,000 966,800,000 1,288,000,000 1,002,600,000 837,900,000 743,900,000 1,341,000,000 1,255,000,000 1,124,800,000 1,040,900,000 802,600,000 705,200,000 597,900,000 573,300,000 777,300,000 767,300,000 586,000,000 609,400,000 744,900,000 885,900,000 638,200,000 641,800,000 693,000,000 581,300,000 428,400,000 413,000,000 508,900,000 530,700,000 359,700,000 364,000,000 484,400,000 493,700,000 343,900,000 338,100,000 469,500,000 449,200,000 344,400,000 313,600,000 410,300,000 438,300,000 300,800,000 293,600,000 782,700,000 
        long-term debt
      2,727,200,000 2,673,400,000 2,781,800,000 2,753,000,000 3,433,600,000 3,655,600,000 3,585,900,000 3,355,100,000 3,513,900,000 3,652,900,000 3,682,000,000 2,234,700,000 4,076,600,000 4,105,400,000 4,064,200,000 3,793,000,000 4,167,000,000 4,156,600,000 4,165,900,000 3,887,600,000 1,737,700,000 1,770,600,000 1,776,100,000 1,387,600,000 1,679,900,000 1,449,300,000 1,368,800,000 1,470,400,000 1,174,400,000 1,194,100,000 1,143,700,000 1,053,400,000 1,203,100,000 1,222,700,000 1,292,400,000      819,500,000 754,500,000 734,400,000 689,400,000 629,300,000 524,300,000 524,200,000 524,100,000 524,100,000 524,100,000 524,000,000 524,500,000 524,500,000 524,400,000 524,400,000 524,400,000 564,300,000 594,300,000 614,300,000 124,300,000 
        deferred taxes
      350,700,000 347,900,000 294,100,000 261,000,000 236,900,000 245,900,000 256,300,000 277,300,000 329,500,000 346,400,000 395,100,000 391,300,000 396,600,000 404,400,000 447,300,000 446,100,000 428,300,000 399,200,000 392,700,000 400,700,000 157,400,000 140,700,000 134,800,000 126,800,000 112,800,000 98,900,000 96,000,000 86,700,000 100,900,000 74,000,000 84,200,000 57,900,000 42,800,000 52,500,000 58,200,000 82,000,000 70,700,000 72,800,000 61,400,000 61,600,000 41,400,000 47,600,000 52,700,000 61,700,000 44,100,000 51,000,000 55,900,000 62,400,000 58,200,000 64,400,000 69,300,000 71,200,000 53,500,000 56,300,000 61,100,000 63,200,000 65,200,000 63,400,000 68,000,000 71,300,000 
        other non-current liabilities
      642,400,000 585,500,000 596,900,000 585,500,000 547,700,000 539,500,000 538,500,000 550,900,000 498,400,000 479,400,000 469,900,000 476,000,000 483,300,000 474,800,000 470,300,000 481,500,000 536,400,000 524,200,000 549,200,000 537,200,000 511,900,000 499,100,000 508,600,000 512,400,000 503,600,000 435,900,000 416,300,000 232,800,000 197,400,000 199,700,000 207,800,000 246,500,000 232,300,000 231,200,000 151,100,000 142,700,000 126,400,000 117,700,000 117,300,000 111,800,000 103,100,000 101,100,000 99,100,000 105,100,000 105,100,000 105,900,000 103,300,000 100,500,000 97,700,000 96,100,000 94,200,000 96,800,000 80,900,000 106,000,000 105,000,000 100,900,000 107,500,000 101,800,000 98,700,000 81,100,000 
        total liabilities
      5,960,400,000 5,760,300,000 5,667,800,000 5,889,900,000 5,917,300,000 6,002,300,000 5,810,700,000 6,074,200,000 5,948,200,000 5,932,200,000 5,958,400,000 5,992,600,000 6,433,400,000 6,264,700,000 6,186,900,000 6,249,800,000 6,528,400,000 6,367,900,000 6,274,500,000 6,310,600,000 3,597,400,000 3,424,300,000 3,335,900,000 3,543,200,000 3,710,900,000 3,259,200,000 3,076,600,000 2,753,200,000 2,336,500,000 2,234,900,000 2,147,700,000 2,210,400,000 2,323,000,000 2,175,900,000 2,186,600,000 2,146,000,000 2,299,700,000 1,981,500,000 1,891,000,000 1,834,300,000 1,621,500,000 1,412,000,000 1,375,300,000 1,440,300,000 1,382,500,000 1,117,100,000 1,107,600,000 1,230,400,000 1,231,000,000 1,081,500,000 1,069,200,000 1,202,200,000 1,150,900,000 1,072,800,000 1,041,000,000 1,137,100,000 1,213,500,000 1,113,100,000 1,134,700,000 1,106,700,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                  
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                  
        preferred stock: authorized, 25.0 shares; issued and outstanding, none
                                                                  
        common stock
      1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      1,744,500,000 1,721,200,000 1,690,400,000 1,663,000,000 1,645,100,000 1,609,400,000 1,580,300,000 1,552,500,000 1,545,200,000 1,506,800,000 1,481,000,000 1,436,800,000 1,424,000,000 1,401,900,000 1,379,800,000 1,344,700,000 1,333,400,000 1,307,700,000 1,263,600,000 1,245,500,000 1,241,200,000 1,219,600,000 1,198,500,000 1,178,500,000 1,169,300,000 1,150,100,000 1,131,100,000 1,109,300,000 1,107,600,000 1,087,800,000 1,069,100,000 1,048,500,000 1,038,900,000 1,012,600,000 995,700,000 987,600,000 972,300,000 951,600,000 936,500,000 901,200,000 901,300,000 884,000,000 866,000,000 855,500,000 851,900,000 835,700,000 821,100,000 810,700,000 812,100,000 798,800,000 788,400,000 783,000,000 787,300,000 769,100,000 753,300,000 739,400,000 729,300,000 699,400,000 678,500,000 667,400,000 
        retained earnings
      4,266,700,000 4,103,300,000 3,932,500,000 3,862,500,000 3,591,400,000 3,451,400,000 3,412,000,000 3,435,100,000 3,205,300,000 3,085,900,000 3,109,800,000 3,113,000,000 2,874,500,000 2,761,300,000 2,789,100,000 2,824,000,000 2,650,900,000 2,549,100,000 2,576,600,000 2,583,800,000 2,390,200,000 2,291,800,000 2,302,100,000 2,302,600,000 2,135,100,000 2,030,100,000 2,082,000,000 2,087,700,000 1,959,900,000 1,843,800,000 1,850,000,000 1,727,000,000 1,562,600,000 1,496,300,000 1,477,000,000 1,469,400,000 1,320,800,000 1,283,500,000 1,292,400,000 1,297,800,000 1,163,200,000 1,134,800,000 1,130,100,000 1,132,000,000 998,000,000 976,200,000 974,000,000 973,900,000 858,900,000 833,200,000 831,100,000 811,300,000 698,100,000 676,300,000 682,500,000 686,100,000 622,700,000 625,800,000 639,100,000 642,200,000 
        treasury stock
      -2,949,200,000 -2,747,800,000 -2,746,800,000 -2,599,000,000 -2,478,200,000 -2,483,000,000 -2,484,900,000 -2,489,200,000 -2,171,100,000 -2,176,600,000 -2,178,600,000 -2,026,100,000 -2,017,000,000 -2,017,200,000 -2,017,700,000 -2,024,800,000 -2,015,300,000 -2,018,400,000 -2,027,000,000 -2,030,900,000 -2,019,600,000 -2,021,800,000 -2,025,500,000 -2,035,700,000 -2,036,200,000 -1,988,700,000 -1,991,600,000 -1,999,800,000 -1,739,200,000 -1,741,400,000 -1,623,200,000 -1,630,800,000 -1,406,600,000 -1,398,000,000 -1,399,300,000 -1,398,900,000 -1,291,800,000 -1,189,900,000 -1,130,200,000 -1,116,900,000 -1,115,800,000 -1,040,800,000 -1,040,500,000 -1,040,400,000 -930,600,000 -825,300,000 -831,400,000 -834,800,000 -781,500,000 -784,200,000 -785,600,000 -784,100,000 -718,700,000 -672,700,000 -656,100,000 -580,000,000 -564,300,000 -549,200,000 -538,300,000 -529,900,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      -244,800,000 -198,900,000 -242,500,000 -272,900,000 -377,500,000 -351,100,000 -302,500,000 -331,700,000 -313,600,000 -350,000,000 -301,000,000 -284,700,000 -284,200,000 -361,000,000 -249,200,000 -226,300,000 -149,500,000 -91,900,000 -60,900,000 9,200,000                        -20,900,000 -22,200,000 -5,500,000 5,700,000 10,300,000 7,800,000 8,100,000 2,500,000 4,200,000 2,800,000 9,200,000 8,300,000 3,500,000 11,600,000 6,300,000 11,700,000 16,100,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
      2,818,800,000 2,879,200,000 2,635,100,000 2,655,100,000 2,382,300,000 2,228,300,000 2,206,400,000 2,168,200,000 2,267,200,000 2,067,600,000 2,112,700,000 2,240,600,000 1,998,900,000 1,786,600,000 1,903,700,000 1,919,100,000 1,821,000,000 1,748,100,000 1,753,800,000 1,809,100,000 1,589,300,000 1,434,000,000 1,413,800,000 1,346,500,000 1,202,500,000 1,125,400,000 1,143,400,000 1,127,500,000 1,265,600,000 1,122,600,000 1,234,000,000 1,094,300,000 1,161,800,000 1,074,000,000 1,037,900,000 1,003,800,000 942,300,000 985,800,000 1,051,300,000 1,045,500,000 902,600,000 941,500,000 924,200,000 927,800,000 898,700,000 982,700,000 971,000,000 961,700,000 898,900,000 857,500,000 838,000,000 816,000,000 771,000,000 783,400,000 789,500,000 850,500,000 800,800,000 783,800,000 792,500,000 797,300,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      8,779,200,000 8,639,500,000 8,302,900,000 8,545,000,000 8,299,600,000 8,230,600,000 8,017,100,000 8,242,400,000 8,215,400,000 7,999,800,000 8,071,200,000 8,233,200,000 8,432,300,000 8,051,300,000 8,090,600,000 8,168,800,000 8,349,500,000 8,115,900,000 8,028,400,000 8,119,800,000 5,186,800,000 4,858,300,000 4,749,700,000 4,889,800,000 4,913,500,000 4,384,600,000 4,220,100,000 3,880,700,000 3,602,100,000 3,357,600,000 3,381,700,000 3,304,700,000 3,484,700,000 3,249,900,000 3,224,500,000 3,149,800,000 3,242,000,000 2,967,300,000 2,942,300,000 2,879,800,000 2,524,000,000 2,353,600,000 2,299,500,000 2,368,100,000 2,281,200,000 2,099,800,000 2,078,600,000 2,192,100,000 2,129,900,000 1,939,000,000 1,907,200,000 2,018,200,000 1,921,900,000 1,856,200,000 1,830,500,000 1,987,600,000 2,014,300,000 1,896,900,000 1,927,200,000 1,904,000,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                          -24,100,000 -57,100,000 -62,900,000 -100,400,000 -67,200,000 -67,700,000 -79,500,000 -71,200,000 -64,100,000 -69,200,000 -63,500,000 -51,900,000 -34,600,000 -38,400,000 -37,100,000 -55,800,000 -60,500,000 -60,900,000 -48,900,000 -38,200,000 -47,700,000 -38,000,000 -32,900,000                  
        accounts payable
                                     191,800,000 147,400,000 134,300,000 157,300,000 167,200,000 191,900,000 140,600,000 134,100,000 133,200,000 123,800,000 113,000,000 111,700,000 115,900,000 117,900,000 93,500,000 108,900,000 116,300,000 124,800,000 96,600,000 110,500,000 143,100,000 130,200,000 97,700,000 88,900,000 102,200,000 107,100,000 92,600,000 93,500,000 119,000,000 
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                                     479,200,000 434,500,000 372,500,000 331,000,000 495,300,000 364,000,000 294,200,000 308,400,000 352,200,000 291,500,000 248,000,000 223,800,000 320,400,000 250,900,000 206,900,000 190,000,000 306,600,000 220,600,000 192,200,000 171,800,000 277,200,000 191,300,000 198,300,000 174,100,000 260,600,000 194,500,000 170,100,000 171,000,000 230,300,000 
        deferred revenues
                                     106,300,000 185,400,000 79,200,000 121,100,000 82,400,000 205,000,000 78,500,000 74,400,000 82,700,000 166,000,000 67,500,000 77,500,000 72,600,000 161,900,000 59,300,000 65,100,000 61,500,000 148,300,000 55,100,000 55,800,000 49,200,000 127,700,000 48,400,000 50,600,000 47,500,000 136,700,000 38,100,000 29,100,000 33,400,000 
        long-term debt, excluding current portion
                                         1,102,100,000 1,141,600,000 1,081,100,000 1,001,000,000 897,600,000                     
        short-term borrowings
                                                                 400,000,000 
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                                  
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                  
      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 
                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                   
          net earnings
        276,200,000 284,600,000 165,400,000 374,200,000 243,100,000 142,400,000 79,800,000 323,200,000 213,700,000 70,300,000 90,900,000 324,100,000 198,500,000 57,600,000 50,400,000 248,100,000 176,600,000 47,200,000 67,200,000 260,400,000 165,000,000 56,300,000 65,800,000 229,700,000 166,800,000 10,100,000 55,900,000 183,300,000 172,200,000 49,900,000 76,700,000 206,800,000 109,100,000 62,100,000 49,900,000 187,100,000 75,900,000 30,100,000 33,700,000 170,100,000 63,600,000 40,300,000 33,500,000 165,900,000 54,000,000 34,700,000 32,500,000 140,200,000 50,800,000 27,600,000 44,400,000 134,600,000 43,400,000 15,800,000 18,300,000 83,400,000 16,700,000 6,800,000 16,700,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization
        35,700,000 33,200,000 32,700,000 33,100,000 32,500,000 32,800,000 32,300,000 30,200,000 30,500,000 29,700,000 29,400,000 20,700,000 21,200,000 21,800,000 20,700,000 20,000,000 21,300,000 20,700,000 20,400,000 19,800,000 16,300,000 15,900,000 15,400,000 17,300,000 15,100,000 20,900,000 20,500,000 21,500,000 21,200,000 21,300,000 21,200,000 21,400,000 20,700,000 20,600,000 19,400,000 17,400,000 16,700,000 17,000,000 17,500,000 13,400,000 13,400,000 13,400,000 12,400,000 12,800,000 12,500,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,100,000 12,500,000 11,300,000 10,900,000 10,700,000 10,900,000 12,500,000 13,500,000 13,700,000 13,600,000 12,500,000 11,200,000 
          amortization of acquired intangibles and purchased intellectual property
        52,800,000 51,600,000 50,800,000 50,000,000 48,900,000 49,500,000 48,200,000 48,900,000 50,700,000 49,900,000 50,800,000 51,600,000 53,300,000 53,600,000 55,900,000 58,200,000 60,800,000 62,500,000 68,700,000 56,900,000 31,900,000 32,600,000 32,300,000 32,000,000 32,500,000 30,300,000 28,100,000 23,100,000 21,100,000 21,300,000 21,900,000 22,000,000 20,200,000 19,800,000 19,400,000 19,800,000 19,700,000 20,300,000 12,800,000                     
          amortization of other assets
        41,500,000 42,100,000 42,600,000 42,800,000 42,100,000 43,100,000 42,800,000 41,000,000 39,100,000 38,400,000 39,300,000 30,900,000 31,200,000 32,000,000 32,100,000 33,800,000 31,300,000 35,400,000 30,900,000 30,500,000 30,200,000 26,600,000 26,300,000 26,600,000 26,300,000 26,900,000 22,800,000 20,600,000 22,200,000 23,000,000 21,600,000 13,000,000 12,600,000 11,800,000 11,100,000 9,000,000 7,700,000 7,800,000 7,400,000 7,100,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 6,500,000 6,600,000 7,800,000 7,800,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,200,000 6,700,000 6,600,000 6,400,000 6,300,000 5,800,000 5,500,000 5,300,000 4,700,000 4,500,000 4,300,000 
          write-down of long-lived asset and related charges
        3,000,000 -100,000 900,000  1,000,000 2,200,000 100,000  7,300,000 2,000,000 5,600,000  2,200,000                                               
          stock-based compensation expense
        24,300,000 26,900,000 15,500,000 16,000,000 20,800,000 21,700,000 14,900,000 13,500,000 20,200,000 20,500,000 16,400,000 15,700,000 20,900,000 20,900,000 15,600,000 13,600,000 18,600,000 22,600,000 13,600,000 12,200,000 17,700,000 18,300,000 10,400,000 13,200,000 17,300,000 18,500,000 11,800,000 11,600,000 17,400,000 18,700,000 10,700,000 15,900,000 14,500,000 16,200,000 8,500,000 11,400,000 11,900,000 14,000,000 8,800,000 8,600,000 12,300,000 13,200,000 9,000,000 8,700,000 10,300,000 11,200,000 8,400,000 9,600,000 10,300,000 9,900,000 4,800,000 6,000,000 8,200,000 8,400,000 4,500,000 6,700,000 7,800,000 8,300,000 5,500,000 
          deferred income taxes
        -5,400,000 49,700,000 20,800,000 32,300,000 -5,300,000 -14,900,000 -17,300,000 -56,800,000 -23,700,000 -41,400,000 2,200,000 -1,300,000 -14,200,000 -25,600,000 -9,700,000 3,000,000 31,300,000 19,400,000 -3,000,000 27,800,000 13,300,000 6,200,000 4,700,000 19,300,000 10,500,000 -8,300,000 7,500,000 -20,900,000 27,400,000 -8,600,000 -1,400,000 12,200,000 -10,300,000 -6,100,000 -5,100,000 1,400,000 -7,200,000 -1,100,000 -7,800,000 14,700,000 -6,800,000 -5,000,000 -8,800,000 29,300,000 -17,300,000 -6,200,000 -5,200,000 3,700,000 -12,100,000 -3,600,000 400,000 15,400,000 7,200,000 -3,500,000 -5,000,000 8,600,000 -2,100,000 -10,500,000 -4,400,000 
          digital assets change in fair market value
        500,000 -189,700,000 -45,800,000                                                         
          other
        -11,300,000 1,400,000 -19,500,000 -12,400,000 1,000,000 -5,400,000 -7,600,000 -28,200,000 -5,600,000 -8,600,000 -15,300,000 -10,900,000 -12,800,000 -7,200,000 3,500,000 -100,000 1,500,000 -20,200,000 900,000 4,800,000 -7,500,000 -12,900,000 -16,100,000 -10,900,000 -3,100,000 -1,900,000 -11,000,000 -10,400,000 -13,800,000 -8,000,000 -5,400,000 -6,000,000 -13,500,000 400,000 -2,100,000 900,000 -5,700,000 3,000,000 2,300,000 -6,200,000 -2,700,000 5,400,000 -1,100,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 800,000 -3,900,000 5,100,000 3,800,000 -2,300,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 -700,000 5,100,000 5,900,000 -1,300,000 -500,000 -1,100,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets and liabilities acquired:
                                                                   
          accounts receivable
        -243,200,000 -107,300,000 134,800,000 121,300,000 -131,400,000 -137,900,000 179,800,000 108,500,000 -252,500,000 38,200,000 68,400,000                                                 
          other current assets
        -12,400,000 21,100,000 -9,300,000 -12,600,000 13,400,000 -14,900,000 8,700,000 -8,900,000 29,700,000 -15,000,000 -8,600,000                                                 
          payables and accrued expenses
        182,500,000 106,800,000 -311,700,000 74,000,000 125,800,000 107,400,000 -453,700,000 289,700,000 108,000,000 33,000,000 -294,200,000                                                 
          contract liabilities
        27,900,000 40,200,000 -5,900,000 16,700,000 21,800,000 39,800,000 -21,800,000 50,000,000 35,600,000 13,400,000 -18,400,000                                                 
          other non-current assets
        -81,300,000 -13,000,000 -26,500,000 -39,700,000 -48,100,000 -31,700,000 -28,700,000 -56,700,000 -79,000,000 -57,900,000 -38,800,000                                                 
          other non-current liabilities
        10,200,000 -23,000,000 -2,300,000 -7,300,000 -5,200,000 2,700,000 -3,000,000 -36,500,000 33,300,000 17,100,000 10,400,000                                                 
          net cash flows from operating activities
        301,100,000 324,800,000 42,300,000 699,700,000 360,400,000 236,700,000 -125,500,000 721,000,000 207,400,000 189,800,000 -62,000,000 729,200,000 175,500,000 123,100,000 -204,500,000 457,400,000 80,700,000 40,800,000 -135,400,000 450,600,000 106,200,000 127,500,000 -44,200,000 442,600,000 144,100,000 97,900,000 -86,400,000 399,100,000 135,800,000 177,600,000 -95,500,000 418,800,000 133,000,000 235,100,000 -93,300,000 353,800,000 167,600,000 81,900,000 -87,400,000 276,600,000 118,500,000 67,200,000 -24,600,000 274,800,000 85,800,000 53,700,000 17,100,000  96,500,000 96,300,000 -5,400,000         
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                   
          capital expenditures
        -13,600,000 -6,300,000 -15,200,000 -15,600,000 -11,500,000 -8,800,000 -7,900,000 -17,800,000 -22,800,000 -12,100,000 -4,700,000 -17,000,000 -5,500,000 -10,400,000 -5,500,000 -7,100,000 -10,600,000 -5,600,000 -5,700,000 -10,400,000 -11,400,000 -15,800,000 -14,300,000 -14,200,000 -16,900,000 -17,500,000 -14,100,000 -19,700,000 -9,900,000 -12,300,000 -8,700,000 -21,900,000 -12,700,000 -12,400,000 -29,700,000 -33,700,000 -31,800,000 -12,700,000 -7,200,000 -14,600,000 -14,400,000 -13,800,000 -14,900,000 -27,400,000 -9,000,000 -7,900,000 -6,000,000 -7,500,000 -9,100,000 -13,200,000 -10,500,000 -8,500,000 -13,200,000 -10,100,000 -6,400,000 -11,000,000 -9,200,000 -9,500,000 -4,100,000 
          software purchases and capitalized internal use software
        -15,100,000 -12,600,000 -14,400,000 -20,800,000 -12,100,000 -14,000,000 -24,200,000 -18,600,000 -17,400,000 -9,900,000 -9,700,000 -11,400,000 -8,200,000 -9,100,000 -8,100,000 -11,600,000 -14,600,000 -7,700,000 -10,200,000 -19,100,000 -9,000,000 -11,000,000 -9,700,000 -11,000,000 -13,600,000 -5,200,000 -6,200,000 -6,500,000 -6,200,000 -2,500,000 -6,800,000 -5,300,000 -5,500,000 -4,100,000 -6,300,000 -10,500,000 -5,700,000 -4,500,000 -7,600,000 -4,800,000 -4,800,000 -5,300,000 -2,900,000                 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        -65,200,000 -55,800,000 -185,500,000 -8,000,000         -13,300,000     -69,500,000 -221,500,000 -48,100,000     -45,300,000 -32,800,000 -26,500,000 -3,700,000 -600,000 -19,700,000 -26,400,000 -402,000,000 -37,600,000 -2,100,000   -138,000,000 -33,300,000   200,000 -59,400,000 -37,700,000     -100,000 400,000 -72,700,000 
          other investing activities
        -9,000,000 -3,500,000 -14,600,000 -3,600,000 -2,200,000       -3,000,000 -300,000   -10,800,000 -1,800,000 -4,300,000 -7,100,000 -22,200,000 -800,000 -8,300,000 -2,700,000 11,500,000 3,400,000 -800,000 -17,900,000 -3,500,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -800,000                           
          net cash flows from investing activities
        -102,900,000 -22,500,000 -100,000,000 -40,100,000 -25,700,000 -210,300,000 -40,100,000 -71,400,000 -40,200,000 -22,000,000 -14,400,000  -14,000,000 -21,500,000 -13,600,000  -27,100,000 -17,500,000 -36,400,000  -21,100,000 -35,200,000 -8,700,000  -96,700,000 -244,900,000 -86,300,000  -17,100,000 -15,700,000 -16,300,000  -92,200,000 -44,200,000 -41,200,000  -59,600,000 -45,000,000 -508,400,000  -26,200,000 -33,900,000 -18,100,000  -50,100,000 -41,700,000 -9,200,000  -72,300,000 -17,500,000 -51,000,000         
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                   
          debt proceeds
        450,000,000 190,000,000 348,500,000 317,800,000 180,000,000 270,300,000 470,000,000 300,000,000 100,000,000 160,000,000 462,700,000 240,000,000 170,000,000 170,000,000 410,000,000 70,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 380,000,000 3,600,000,000 65,000,000 130,000,000 530,000,000 46,600,000 349,200,000 888,600,000 337,500,000 433,100,000 160,000,000 90,000,000 120,000,000                             
          debt repayments
        -395,700,000 -300,000,000 -321,100,000 -505,200,000 -400,000,000 -197,300,000 -240,000,000 -460,000,000 -240,000,000 -190,000,000 -192,700,000 -905,000,000 -200,000,000 -130,000,000 -140,000,000 -445,000,000 -109,500,000 -111,000,000 -100,000,000 -1,450,100,000 -92,800,000 -137,800,000 -550,000,000 -332,200,000 -118,800,000 -801,800,000 -40,000,000 -137,400,000 -180,000,000 -40,000,000 -30,000,000                             
          dividends paid
        -113,800,000 -113,800,000 -103,100,000 -103,100,000 -103,000,000 -102,800,000 -93,400,000 -94,300,000 -94,200,000 -94,100,000 -85,600,000 -85,300,000 -85,400,000 -85,300,000 -75,000,000 -74,800,000 -74,700,000 -74,400,000 -66,800,000 -66,600,000 -66,600,000 -66,300,000 -62,200,000 -61,800,000 -62,000,000 -61,800,000 -55,400,000 -56,100,000 -56,100,000 -56,500,000 -42,500,000 -42,800,000 -42,600,000 -42,500,000 -37,900,000 -38,600,000 -39,600,000 -38,500,000 -35,500,000 -35,200,000 -35,600,000 -35,400,000 -32,000,000 -32,200,000 -32,500,000 -32,400,000 -25,200,000 -25,200,000 -25,000,000 -25,000,000 -21,500,000 -21,600,000 -21,900,000 -22,000,000 -20,300,000 -19,900,000 -100,000 -39,600,000 -18,500,000 
          purchases of treasury stock
        -200,400,000 -2,000,000 -150,500,000 -130,700,000 -300,000 -3,600,000 -300,000 -323,600,000 -300,000 -400,000 -161,100,000 -20,600,000 -1,200,000 -400,000 -2,100,000 -20,700,000 -400,000   -20,500,000 -200,000 -800,000 -18,800,000    -277,500,000 -119,200,000 -1,100,000 -247,300,000 -26,800,000 -700,000 -2,300,000 -130,200,000 -111,400,000 -61,200,000 -40,000,000 -22,800,000 -86,400,000 -7,600,000 -3,000,000 -145,700,000 -130,900,000 -10,000,000 -15,100,000 -95,700,000 -20,600,000 -5,500,000 -7,900,000 -99,800,000 -46,000,000 -16,600,000 -76,100,000 -15,800,000 -15,100,000 -10,900,000 -9,800,000 
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
        3,500,000 2,000,000 16,200,000 10,700,000 21,000,000 12,800,000 17,800,000 1,900,000 25,700,000 7,100,000 37,700,000 8,000,000 2,900,000 2,000,000 30,200,000 9,800,000 9,900,000 31,800,000 8,700,000 1,400,000 6,300,000 6,500,000 21,100,000 15,400,000 4,800,000 3,100,000 18,500,000 7,500,000 4,500,000 11,500,000 7,600,000 13,900,000 33,700,000 2,600,000 1,800,000 15,500,000 11,400,000 -7,400,000 41,400,000 3,800,000 10,000,000 7,900,000 3,100,000 11,800,000 20,700,000 14,200,000 15,400,000 16,300,000 21,500,000 5,800,000 5,900,000 18,900,000 9,800,000 7,800,000 9,800,000 6,500,000 17,600,000 12,200,000 7,300,000 
          other financing activities
        -3,200,000 -400,000 -4,200,000 -12,900,000 -2,800,000 -3,600,000 -2,300,000 -4,300,000 -200,000 -6,100,000 -3,700,000 -15,000,000 -2,200,000 -300,000 -13,800,000 -700,000 -2,600,000 -4,900,000 -11,300,000 -10,100,000 -16,300,000 -10,900,000 400,000 -1,500,000 -5,800,000 -2,500,000 -3,700,000 -5,300,000 -1,900,000 100,000 -3,500,000 -5,500,000                         
          net cash flows from financing activities
        -259,500,000 -224,200,000 -214,200,000 -423,300,000 -305,200,000 -24,100,000 151,800,000 -580,400,000 -208,900,000 -123,500,000 57,300,000 -778,000,000 -113,600,000 -45,900,000 222,800,000 -474,400,000 -55,600,000 -57,800,000 217,000,000 2,052,900,000 -98,500,000 -83,900,000 -72,700,000    258,100,000  -76,900,000 -116,100,000 54,200,000 -429,700,000 -55,600,000 -110,700,000 146,100,000 -306,800,000 -75,100,000 -25,900,000 96,100,000 147,500,000 -41,400,000 -11,200,000 13,700,000  -26,900,000 -22,800,000 -21,600,000  -19,100,000 -23,000,000 -27,300,000         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        -4,600,000 1,800,000 1,100,000 8,000,000 -2,200,000 -5,100,000 2,100,000 -400,000 200,000 -1,200,000 800,000 800,000 3,600,000 -2,700,000 -2,300,000 -6,200,000 -1,900,000 -1,000,000 -3,100,000 4,100,000 3,500,000 700,000 5,500,000 -3,900,000   -200,000 800,000 400,000 -700,000 -1,600,000 -5,700,000 500,000 -2,400,000 6,000,000 800,000 900,000 -2,600,000 -700,000 8,000,000 -1,500,000 -3,400,000 -8,800,000 1,600,000 -12,800,000 -6,400,000 -2,600,000 1,900,000 -1,000,000 1,400,000 800,000 -900,000 -1,600,000 400,000 1,900,000 -3,900,000 1,900,000 -4,400,000 400,000 
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        -65,900,000 80,000,000 -270,800,000 244,300,000 27,300,000 -2,900,000 -11,600,000 68,800,000 -41,400,000 43,000,000 -18,300,000 -79,300,000 51,600,000 52,900,000 2,400,000 -52,600,000 -3,900,000 -35,600,000 42,200,000 -81,300,000 -9,800,000 9,000,000 -120,000,000 74,500,000 168,100,000 -124,300,000 85,100,000 -19,000,000 42,300,000 45,200,000 -59,300,000 -88,200,000 -14,400,000 77,700,000 17,700,000 1,500,000 33,800,000 8,300,000 -500,300,000 373,300,000 49,400,000 18,800,000 -37,800,000 14,000,000 -4,000,000 -17,200,000 -16,300,000 103,200,000 4,100,000 57,200,000 -82,900,000 83,800,000 -76,900,000 47,300,000 -108,700,000 101,700,000 -19,400,000 -14,600,000 11,300,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        561,500,000  304,400,000  252,300,000  224,700,000  274,500,000  476,600,000  273,200,000  263,900,000  271,100,000  727,700,000  324,100,000  347,600,000  266,000,000  320,500,000  241,500,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        -65,900,000 80,000,000 290,700,000  27,300,000 -2,900,000 292,800,000  -41,400,000 43,000,000 234,000,000  51,600,000 52,900,000 227,100,000  -4,000,000 -35,500,000 316,700,000  -9,800,000 9,000,000 356,600,000  168,100,000 -124,300,000 358,300,000  42,300,000 45,100,000 204,700,000  -14,400,000 77,700,000 288,800,000  33,800,000 8,300,000 227,400,000  49,300,000 18,800,000 286,300,000  -4,000,000 -17,200,000 331,300,000  4,100,000 57,200,000 183,100,000  -76,900,000 47,300,000 211,800,000  -19,400,000 -14,600,000 252,800,000 
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                   
          cash payments made for interest
        13,400,000 38,800,000 14,200,000 40,700,000 19,900,000 48,500,000 22,400,000 47,900,000 25,100,000 50,500,000 19,500,000 50,800,000 26,100,000 46,500,000 13,200,000 36,000,000 5,200,000 36,300,000 4,800,000 23,000,000 1,800,000 21,300,000 9,900,000 20,700,000 10,300,000 13,900,000 13,600,000 12,200,000 10,600,000 11,100,000 9,500,000 10,900,000 9,700,000 10,600,000 9,300,000 13,600,000 8,700,000 12,800,000 8,000,000 4,600,000 9,100,000 4,500,000 8,500,000 4,400,000 8,000,000 3,800,000 7,900,000 3,800,000 8,400,000 3,800,000 1,100,000 5,200,000 1,500,000 5,300,000 1,500,000 5,500,000 1,500,000 6,100,000 700,000 
          cash payments made for income taxes, net of refunds
        19,300,000 62,800,000 71,400,000 67,700,000 42,700,000 54,300,000 115,100,000 67,700,000 30,100,000 72,300,000 70,100,000 86,900,000 45,700,000 13,300,000 34,300,000 9,000,000 11,100,000 11,700,000 45,600,000 27,400,000 10,600,000 14,200,000 45,800,000 27,800,000 12,500,000 19,100,000 41,500,000 36,900,000 21,000,000 31,400,000 30,200,000 25,300,000 27,400,000 46,500,000 78,400,000 25,700,000 12,800,000 19,900,000 55,000,000 33,200,000 10,600,000 48,600,000 30,000,000                 
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                   
          accrual of unpaid property, plant and equipment and software
        -900,000 -3,300,000 4,600,000  2,300,000 4,000,000 1,100,000  -2,200,000 500,000 2,700,000  -1,200,000 -600,000 2,100,000  -4,900,000 6,700,000 10,200,000  25,600,000 7,500,000 6,400,000  -1,600,000 1,900,000 8,700,000  2,600,000 -100,000 1,900,000  500,000 300,000 1,400,000  6,900,000 600,000                     
          accrual of unpaid stock repurchase excise tax
        1,900,000 -100,000 1,100,000                                                         
          digital asset loan receivable obtained in exchange for digital assets
                                                                   
          write-down of long lived assets and related charges
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal year
                                                                   
          accrual of unpaid property, plant, equipment and software
                                                                   
          accrual for unpaid stock repurchase excise tax
                -400,000 -200,000 800,000                                                 
          current assets and liabilities:
                                                                   
          non-current assets and liabilities:
                                                                   
          write-down of long lived assets
                                                                   
          gain on forward foreign exchange derivative
                                                                   
          proceeds from asset sales
                           18,000,000                                     
          settlement of forward foreign exchange derivative
                                                                   
          net cash flows used in investing activities
                                                                   
          increase in accounts receivable
                       49,300,000    95,900,000    109,200,000    139,100,000   -1,000,000 102,700,000    70,200,000    50,700,000                    
          decrease in other current assets
                    2,400,000 11,700,000 1,500,000    1,600,000                       -14,600,000 -5,900,000   -15,600,000 23,300,000   -9,600,000 900,000   -400,000 500,000   5,700,000 7,300,000 
          decrease in payables and accrued expenses
                    127,200,000 11,900,000 -319,300,000   88,200,000 -324,700,000   80,400,000 -220,600,000  132,300,000 35,500,000 -190,500,000  103,300,000 40,900,000 -199,300,000                             
          increase in contract liabilities
                    13,200,000   -5,900,000 7,800,000   -300,000 6,800,000 7,500,000 -1,600,000 -6,000,000 6,700,000 8,400,000 3,100,000 -3,500,000 5,300,000 17,300,000 -4,000,000                             
          increase in other non-current assets
                    -113,900,000 -124,400,000 -167,400,000 -181,900,000 -193,500,000 -201,700,000 -119,800,000 -136,900,000 -106,400,000 -116,600,000 -94,600,000 -108,000,000 -77,000,000 -93,300,000 -74,400,000 -47,400,000 -53,600,000 -41,700,000 -45,600,000 -14,300,000 -31,300,000 -13,300,000 -24,600,000 -13,900,000 -19,400,000 -30,300,000 -27,100,000 -15,200,000 -20,500,000 -9,200,000 -14,600,000 -9,300,000 -15,000,000 -8,200,000 -12,800,000 -2,200,000 -19,800,000 -6,500,000 -9,900,000 -13,200,000 -23,600,000 -8,700,000 -15,700,000 -25,100,000 -32,300,000 -36,200,000 -12,900,000 
          increase in other non-current liabilities
                    69,700,000 55,800,000 13,600,000 -3,100,000 45,300,000 5,900,000 18,100,000 14,700,000 20,500,000 25,600,000 23,200,000 36,800,000 -4,400,000 34,600,000 9,400,000 31,900,000 -900,000 39,200,000 13,600,000 11,600,000 1,600,000 87,000,000 8,100,000 2,500,000 11,400,000 2,000,000 7,300,000 1,500,000 1,800,000 4,900,000 -1,700,000 2,600,000 18,500,000 7,300,000 4,600,000 7,300,000 12,400,000 6,100,000 19,800,000 -20,200,000 7,300,000 2,000,000 4,500,000 3,900,000 700,000 11,000,000 
          decrease in accounts receivable
                     -4,700,000 115,600,000   -47,400,000 96,600,000   -800,000 101,100,000   -10,600,000 63,800,000       50,100,000 -32,100,000   -15,100,000 44,400,000   36,700,000  -117,700,000 -5,000,000 65,100,000  -90,700,000 34,800,000 74,700,000  -107,400,000 15,400,000 51,400,000  -92,100,000 31,200,000 82,900,000 
          decrease in contract liabilities
                      -17,100,000    -5,800,000                                         
          increase in other current assets
                       66,300,000 -21,600,000   -7,900,000 14,000,000 -13,500,000 -22,200,000 3,800,000 16,800,000 -5,100,000 -33,400,000 6,000,000 -1,200,000 -7,500,000 -4,600,000 25,700,000 -27,100,000 11,800,000 -18,000,000 65,600,000 -37,200,000 4,700,000 -27,500,000 39,400,000    32,000,000    27,700,000    21,900,000        
          increase in payables and accrued expenses
                       126,000,000    142,700,000                                        
          write-down of long-lived assets and related charges
                        1,400,000    1,100,000 1,900,000 31,700,000                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flows from by operating activities:
                                                                   
          purchase of intellectual property
                                          -90,000,000                     
          write-down of long-lived assets
                                300,000                                   
          net cash flows from (used in) financing activities
                                121,100,000                                   
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation awards
                                           -11,600,000 -7,000,000 -1,100,000 -20,900,000  -5,600,000 -4,100,000 -1,400,000                 
          net cash flows used in financing activities
                                                                   
          increase in accounts payable
                                       40,000,000    -26,300,000    -600,000    400,000    -8,500,000    13,100,000        
          increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                                                                   
          increase in deferred revenues
                                       -79,000,000   37,700,000 -122,800,000   -11,700,000 -88,000,000   2,200,000 -90,300,000 101,200,000 -6,800,000 3,000,000 -85,900,000 89,900,000 600,000 1,200,000 -78,000,000 79,200,000 -600,000 800,000 -89,400,000    
          decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                                        58,100,000 24,300,000 -162,500,000  76,400,000 18,300,000 -118,500,000  54,200,000 27,900,000 -96,000,000  52,700,000 21,900,000 -118,300,000  28,500,000 19,400,000 -115,500,000  -6,900,000 24,000,000 -87,900,000  4,000,000 18,900,000 -65,200,000 
          equity method investments
                                        -1,200,000                           
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                        70,000,000 190,000,000 145,000,000 125,000,000 120,000,000 110,000,000 597,900,000 105,000,000 40,000,000 65,000,000 200,000,000                
          repayments on long-term debt
                                        -90,000,000   -185,000,000 -65,000,000   -395,000,000 -40,000,000 -20,000,000 -20,000,000                 
          payment of contingent consideration obligations
                                                                   
          costs related to amendment of revolving credit facility
                                                  -1,900,000             
          costs related to issuance of bonds
                                           -700,000            -4,300,000         
          increase in acquisition related obligations
                                        3,200,000 4,200,000 2,200,000                         
          obligations related to the purchase of intellectual property
                                           5,000,000                     
          decrease in accounts payable
                                         -6,300,000 -3,000,000   6,000,000 -7,900,000   -10,500,000 -3,500,000   -14,900,000 -7,100,000   -14,200,000 -32,200,000   8,800,000 -13,300,000  18,300,000 -200,000 -26,100,000 
          decrease in deferred revenues
                                                                 8,200,000 -11,000,000 
          equity method investment
                                          -1,500,000 -1,500,000 -1,500,000 -1,400,000 -1,600,000 -1,600,000 -1,500,000 -1,500,000 -300,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,700,000 -1,800,000             
          repayments on senior notes
                                                                   
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation awards
                                                                   
          payment of contingent consideration liabilities
                                              -7,900,000 -200,000 -800,000                 
          acquisition related obligations
                                           600,000 4,000,000    400,000                   
          unpaid deferred financing costs related to the issuance of bonds
                                                                   
          amortization of acquired intangibles
                                               7,800,000 7,800,000 8,100,000 8,100,000 7,500,000 6,300,000 5,700,000 5,800,000 6,000,000 5,700,000 5,400,000 5,500,000 5,400,000 5,400,000 5,500,000 5,500,000 4,500,000 6,800,000 5,700,000 5,200,000 
          excess tax benefits from the issuance of stock-based compensation awards
                                                   -19,100,000 -10,800,000 -5,400,000 -5,200,000 -15,100,000 -5,000,000 -1,700,000 -1,000,000 -2,500,000 -800,000 -500,000 -800,000 -2,000,000 -1,800,000 -100,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                   
          excess tax benefit from the issuance of stock-based compensation awards
                                                                   
          increase in unpaid property, plant, equipment and software included in accrued expenses
                                                                   
          increase in dividends payable
                                               300,000                    
          increase in unpaid deferred financing costs related to the issuance of bonds
                                                                   
          property, plant and equipment
                                                -1,300,000      300,000  1,500,000 100,000    500,000    300,000 
          dividends payable
                                                 100,000 3,500,000 -200,000 -400,000 100,000 7,200,000 100,000 500,000 3,100,000 -200,000 -300,000 1,600,000    1,300,000 
          purchases of intangibles
                                                   -8,000,000 -5,800,000 -500,000 -1,400,000 -2,200,000 -3,800,000 -4,300,000 -2,800,000 -6,800,000 -3,400,000 -800,000 -1,700,000 -3,300,000 -1,600,000 -5,500,000 -2,500,000 
          other financing transactions
                                                           2,500,000 -200,000 -1,000,000 -1,100,000 -1,000,000 -1,200,000 -1,700,000 300,000 
          cash payments made for income taxes
                                                   40,000,000 3,400,000 35,900,000 32,200,000 48,800,000 9,100,000 41,200,000 51,200,000 20,700,000 41,600,000 16,700,000 39,600,000 9,300,000 7,100,000 21,700,000 33,000,000 
          property, plant and equipment included in accrued expenses
                                                                   
          repayments of long-term debt
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of bonds, net of discounts
                                                        399,500,000         
          payments on long-term debt
                                                               -30,000,000   
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                   
          impairment of available-for-sale securities and other non-current assets
                                                                   
          net cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations
                                                           198,600,000 -1,200,000 89,100,000 -15,600,000 186,700,000 15,800,000 64,800,000 23,300,000 
          sale of available-for-sale securities
                                                                   
          net cash flows used in investing activities of continuing operations
                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                               490,000,000 
          payment on short-term borrowings
                                                                  -400,000,000 
          payment on long-term debt
                                                          -400,000,000         
          cost related to issuance of long-term debt
                                                               -400,000 -2,500,000 
          net cash flows used in financing activities of continuing operations
                                                                   
          cash flows from discontinued operations:
                                                                   
          net cash flows used in operating activities
                                                                   
          net cash flows used in discontinued operations
                                                                   
          cost related to issuance of bonds
                                                                  
          impairment of available for sale securities and other non-current assets
                                                                   
          sale of available for sale securities
                                                                   
          proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                                   
          net cash flows from discontinued operations
                                                                   
          purchases of treasury stock excluded from accrued expenses
                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                   
          loss from discontinued operations
                                                                   
          loss on sale of available-for-sale securities
                                                                   
          impairment of available-for-sale securities and other noncurrent assets
                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities
                                                                   
          net cash flows from investing activities of continuing operations
                                                            -16,600,000 -10,900,000 -8,100,000  -8,800,000 -14,600,000 -79,300,000 
          payments on short-term borrowings
                                                                  
          net cash flows from financing activities of continuing operations
                                                            -57,500,000 -31,300,000 -86,900,000  -27,000,000 -60,400,000 66,900,000 
          net cash from discontinued operations
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations, beginning of period
                                                                   
          less cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations, end of period
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations, end of period
                                                            -76,900,000 47,300,000 211,800,000  -19,400,000 -14,600,000 252,800,000 
          impairment of available-for-sale securities
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations, beginning of fiscal year
                                                                   
          non-cash operating activities:
                                                                   
          non-cash obligation assumed from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                   
          consideration received as part of the sale of discontinued operations
                                                                   
          loss on sale of available for sale securities
                                                                   
          impairment of available for sale securities and other noncurrent assets
                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of available for sale securities
                                                                   
          impairment of available for sale securities
                                                                   
          loss (earnings) from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                   
          gain on purchase of senior notes
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations, end of fiscal year
                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations, end of fiscal year