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Patterson Companies, Inc
(NASDAQ:PDCO) 

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Patterson Companies, Inc. distributes and sells dental and animal health products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It operates through three segments; Dental, Animal Health, and Corporate segments. The Dental segment offers consumable products, including infection control, resto...

Founded: 1878
Full Time Employees: 7,800
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Medical Distribution

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      net sales
    1,572,411,000 1,674,375,000 1,541,742,000 1,722,660,000 1,616,095,000 1,652,772,000 1,576,745,000 1,721,152,000 1,600,850,000 1,626,204,000 1,523,265,000 1,638,772,000 1,596,596,000 1,649,161,000 1,614,876,000 1,561,793,000 1,551,268,000 1,553,168,000 1,245,837,000 1,286,461,000 1,456,155,000 1,418,744,000 1,328,651,000 1,436,706,000 1,396,745,000 1,404,752,000 1,336,320,000 1,400,609,000 1,375,222,000 1,385,737,000 1,304,115,000 1,445,032,000 1,397,418,000 1,418,241,000 1,332,436,000 1,453,770,000 1,400,853,000 1,389,210,000 1,142,870,000 1,148,854,000 1,063,312,000 1,103,325,000 1,059,529,000 1,102,077,000 1,082,679,000 998,834,000 880,125,000 964,933,000 915,861,000 867,193,000 889,225,000 936,334,000 895,030,000 856,875,000 847,422,000 883,819,000 824,650,000 857,414,000 849,787,000 812,762,000 820,084,000 814,951,000 789,579,000 779,884,000 811,023,000 759,461,000 743,859,000 778,388,000 776,946,000 741,992,000 701,403,000 739,143,000 709,494,000 694,273,000 655,488,000 695,177,000 682,402,000 641,697,000 595,847,000 627,272,000 638,005,000 578,237,000 577,943,000 537,359,000 521,218,000 477,510,000 433,262,000  
      yoy
    -2.70% 1.31% -2.22% 0.09% 0.95% 1.63% 3.51% 5.03% 0.27% -1.39% -5.67% 4.93% 2.92% 6.18% 29.62% 21.40% 6.53% 9.47% -6.23% -10.46% 4.25% 1.00% -0.57% 2.58% 1.57% 1.37% 2.47% -3.07% -1.59% -2.29% -2.13% -0.60% -0.25% 2.09% 16.59% 26.54% 31.74% 25.91% 7.87% 4.24% -1.79% 10.46% 20.38% 14.21% 18.21% 15.18% -1.02% 3.05% 2.33% 1.20% 4.93% 5.94% 8.53% -0.06% -0.28% 8.74% 0.56% 5.21% 7.63% 4.22% 1.12% 7.31% 6.15% 0.19% 4.39% 2.35% 6.05% 5.31% 9.51% 6.87% 7.00% 6.32% 3.97% 8.19% 10.01% 10.83% 6.96% 10.97% 3.10% 16.73% 22.41% 21.09% 33.39%      
      qoq
    -6.09% 8.60% -10.50% 6.59% -2.22% 4.82% -8.39% 7.51% -1.56% 6.76% -7.05% 2.64% -3.19% 2.12% 3.40% 0.68% -0.12% 24.67% -3.16% -11.65% 2.64% 6.78% -7.52% 2.86% -0.57% 5.12% -4.59% 1.85% -0.76% 6.26% -9.75% 3.41% -1.47% 6.44% -8.35% 3.78% 0.84% 21.55% -0.52% 8.04% -3.63% 4.13% -3.86% 1.79% 8.39% 13.49% -8.79% 5.36% 5.61% -2.48% -5.03% 4.61% 4.45% 1.12% -4.12% 7.18% -3.82% 0.90% 4.56% -0.89% 0.63% 3.21% 1.24% -3.84% 6.79% 2.10% -4.44% 0.19% 4.71% 5.79% -5.11% 4.18% 2.19% 5.92% -5.71% 1.87% 6.34% 7.69% -5.01% -1.68% 10.34% 0.05% 7.55% 3.10% 9.15% 10.21%   
      cost of sales
    1,251,587,000 1,346,283,000 1,229,133,000 1,351,505,000 1,265,089,000 1,313,746,000 1,257,690,000 1,331,391,000 1,257,888,000 1,298,115,000 1,211,132,000 1,290,533,000 1,259,985,000 1,322,726,000 1,337,074,000 1,257,388,000 1,226,727,000 1,232,800,000 992,021,000 992,429,000 1,144,325,000 1,117,250,000 1,038,597,000 1,124,179,000 1,097,236,000 1,109,676,000 1,052,657,000 1,110,770,000 1,080,486,000 1,069,994,000 1,005,067,000 1,109,534,000 1,067,657,000 1,099,281,000 1,015,258,000 1,090,029,000 1,060,989,000 1,058,311,000 854,626,000 815,254,000 760,753,000 797,503,000 763,304,000 786,209,000 771,218,000 709,403,000 598,607,000 640,756,000 615,568,000 586,594,000 603,525,000 622,613,000 605,496,000 575,892,000 569,146,000 579,870,000 543,775,000 578,213,000 569,587,000 524,651,000 544,015,000 548,414,000 530,895,000 510,774,000 541,914,000 505,886,000 492,129,000 505,234,000 507,808,000 489,693,000 464,269,000 478,580,000 459,228,000 458,644,000 433,074,000 448,175,000 441,433,000 422,483,000 388,603,000 400,685,000 410,677,000 373,610,000 373,974,000 336,791,000 330,345,000 311,189,000 288,680,000  
      gross profit
    320,824,000 328,092,000 312,609,000 371,155,000 351,006,000 339,026,000 319,055,000 389,761,000 342,962,000 328,089,000 312,133,000 348,239,000 336,611,000 326,435,000 277,802,000 304,405,000 324,541,000 320,368,000 253,816,000 294,032,000 311,830,000 301,494,000 290,054,000 312,527,000 299,509,000 295,076,000 283,663,000 289,839,000 294,736,000 315,743,000 299,048,000 335,498,000 329,761,000 318,960,000 317,178,000 363,741,000 339,864,000 330,899,000 288,244,000 333,600,000 302,559,000 305,822,000 296,225,000 315,868,000 311,461,000 289,431,000 281,518,000 324,177,000 300,293,000 280,599,000 285,700,000 313,721,000 289,534,000 280,983,000 278,276,000 303,949,000 280,875,000 279,201,000 280,200,000 288,111,000 276,069,000 266,537,000 258,684,000 269,110,000 269,109,000 253,575,000 251,730,000 273,154,000 269,138,000 252,299,000 237,134,000 260,563,000 250,266,000 235,629,000 222,414,000 247,002,000 240,969,000 219,214,000           
      yoy
    -8.60% -3.23% -2.02% -4.77% 2.35% 3.33% 2.22% 11.92% 1.89% 0.51% 12.36% 14.40% 3.72% 1.89% 9.45% 3.53% 4.08% 6.26% -12.49% -5.92% 4.11% 2.18% 2.25% 7.83% 1.62% -6.55% -5.14% -13.61% -10.62% -1.01% -5.72% -7.76% -2.97% -3.61% 10.04% 9.04% 12.33% 8.20% -2.69% 5.61% -2.86% 5.66% 5.22% -2.56% 3.72% 3.15% -1.46% 3.33% 3.72% -0.14% 2.67% 3.22% 3.08% 0.64% -0.69% 5.50% 1.74% 4.75% 8.32% 7.06% 2.59% 5.11% 2.76% -1.48% -0.01% 0.51% 6.16% 4.83% 7.54% 7.07% 6.62% 5.49% 3.86% 7.49%               
      qoq
    -2.22% 4.95% -15.77% 5.74% 3.53% 6.26% -18.14% 13.65% 4.53% 5.11% -10.37% 3.45% 3.12% 17.51% -8.74% -6.20% 1.30% 26.22% -13.68% -5.71% 3.43% 3.94% -7.19% 4.35% 1.50% 4.02% -2.13% -1.66% -6.65% 5.58% -10.86% 1.74% 3.39% 0.56% -12.80% 7.03% 2.71% 14.80% -13.60% 10.26% -1.07% 3.24% -6.22% 1.41% 7.61% 2.81% -13.16% 7.95% 7.02% -1.79% -8.93% 8.35% 3.04% 0.97% -8.45% 8.22% 0.60% -0.36% -2.75% 4.36% 3.58% 3.04% -3.87% 0.00% 6.13% 0.73% -7.84% 1.49% 6.67% 6.40% -8.99% 4.11% 6.21% 5.94% -9.95% 2.50% 9.92%            
      gross margin %
    20.40% 19.59% 20.28% 21.55% 21.72% 20.51% 20.24% 22.65% 21.42% 20.18% 20.49% 21.25% 21.08% 19.79% 17.20% 19.49% 20.92% 20.63% 20.37% 22.86% 21.41% 21.25% 21.83% 21.75% 21.44% 21.01% 21.23% 20.69% 21.43% 22.79% 22.93% 23.22% 23.60% 22.49% 23.80% 25.02% 24.26% 23.82% 25.22% 29.04% 28.45% 27.72% 27.96% 28.66% 28.77% 28.98% 31.99% 33.60% 32.79% 32.36% 32.13% 33.51% 32.35% 32.79% 32.84% 34.39% 34.06% 32.56% 32.97% 35.45% 33.66% 32.71% 32.76% 34.51% 33.18% 33.39% 33.84% 35.09% 34.64% 34.00% 33.81% 35.25% 35.27% 33.94% 33.93% 35.53% 35.31% 34.16% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%  
      operating expenses
    275,383,000 290,456,000 283,240,000 283,368,000 280,994,000 282,123,000 280,833,000 284,651,000 267,040,000 267,994,000 277,289,000 275,401,000 275,778,000 263,575,000 317,331,000 267,057,000 262,860,000 246,662,000 215,944,000 233,440,000 268,014,000 319,640,000 273,380,000 265,904,000 254,146,000 253,860,000 279,149,000 248,588,000 244,690,000 243,984,000 242,215,000 239,343,000 283,207,000 239,157,000 251,762,000 257,397,000 244,135,000 247,436,000 226,067,000 226,904,000 211,803,000 214,601,000 211,471,000 223,267,000 214,810,000 214,208,000 200,237,000 219,721,000 210,755,000 202,730,000 203,108,000 210,870,000 199,628,000 197,724,000 196,283,000 199,824,000 188,168,000 189,049,000 191,176,000 187,863,000 182,302,000 182,051,000 181,894,000 176,622,000 177,567,000 170,973,000 172,136,000 171,885,000 172,024,000 166,686,000 161,927,000 164,117,000 157,580,000 157,608,000 153,877,000 154,876,000 152,423,000 146,388,000 137,730,000 143,891,000 145,549,000 134,568,000 136,367,000 126,346,000 123,882,000 110,043,000 99,573,000  
      operating income
    45,441,000 37,636,000 29,369,000 87,787,000 70,012,000 56,903,000 38,222,000 105,110,000 75,922,000 60,095,000 34,844,000 72,838,000 60,833,000 62,860,000 -39,529,000 37,348,000 61,681,000 73,706,000 37,872,000 -614,463,000 43,816,000 -18,146,000 16,674,000 22,773,250 45,363,000 41,216,000 4,514,000   71,759,000 56,833,000         106,696,000 90,756,000 91,221,000 84,754,000 92,601,000 96,651,000 75,223,000 81,281,000 104,456,000 89,538,000 77,869,000 82,592,000 102,851,000 89,906,000 83,259,000 81,993,000 104,125,000 92,707,000 90,152,000 89,024,000 100,248,000 93,767,000 84,486,000 76,790,000 92,488,000 91,542,000 82,602,000 79,594,000 101,269,000 97,114,000 85,613,000 75,207,000 96,446,000 92,686,000 78,021,000 68,537,000 92,126,000 88,546,000 72,826,000 69,514,000 82,696,000 81,779,000 70,059,000 67,602,000 74,222,000 66,991,000 56,278,000 45,009,000  
      yoy
    -35.10% -33.86% -23.16% -16.48% -7.78% -5.31% 9.69% 44.31% 24.80% -4.40% -188.15% 95.03% -1.37% -14.72% -204.38% -106.08% 40.77% -506.18% 127.13% -2798.18% -3.41% -144.03% 269.38%   -42.56% -92.06%             15.22% -6.10% 21.27% 4.27% -11.35% 7.94% -3.40% -1.59% 1.56% -0.41% -6.47% 0.73% -1.22% -3.02% -7.65% -7.90% 3.87% -1.13% 6.71% 15.93% 8.39% 2.43% 2.28% -3.52% -8.67% -5.74% -3.52% 5.83% 5.00% 4.78% 9.73% 9.73% 4.69% 4.68% 7.13% -1.41% 11.40% 8.27% 3.95% 2.83% 11.42% 22.07% 24.49% 50.20%      
      qoq
    20.74% 28.15% -66.55% 25.39% 23.04% 48.87% -63.64% 38.44% 26.34% 72.47% -52.16% 19.73% -3.22% -259.02% -205.84% -39.45% -16.31% 94.62% -106.16% -1502.37% -341.46% -208.83% -26.78% -49.80% 10.06% 813.07%    26.26%          17.56% -0.51% 7.63% -8.47% -4.19% 28.49% -7.45% -22.19% 16.66% 14.99% -5.72% -19.70% 14.40% 7.98% 1.54% -21.26% 12.32% 2.83% 1.27% -11.20% 6.91% 10.99% 10.02% -16.97% 1.03% 10.82% 3.78% -21.40% 4.28% 13.43% 13.84% -22.02% 4.06% 18.80% 13.84% -25.61% 4.04% 21.59% 4.76% -15.94% 1.12% 16.73% 3.63% -8.92% 10.79% 19.04% 25.04%   
      operating margin %
    2.89% 2.25% 1.90% 5.10% 4.33% 3.44% 2.42% 6.11% 4.74% 3.70% 2.29% 4.44% 3.81% 3.81% -2.45% 2.39% 3.98% 4.75% 3.04% -47.76% 3.01% -1.28% 1.25% 1.59% 3.25% 2.93% 0.34% 0% 0% 5.18% 4.36% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 9.29% 8.54% 8.27% 8.00% 8.40% 8.93% 7.53% 9.24% 10.83% 9.78% 8.98% 9.29% 10.98% 10.05% 9.72% 9.68% 11.78% 11.24% 10.51% 10.48% 12.33% 11.43% 10.37% 9.73% 11.86% 11.29% 10.88% 10.70% 13.01% 12.50% 11.54% 10.72% 13.05% 13.06% 11.24% 10.46% 13.25% 12.98% 11.35% 11.67% 13.18% 12.82% 12.12% 11.70% 13.81% 12.85% 11.79% 10.39%  
      other income:
                                                                                            
      other income
    8,147,000 9,705,000 1,714,000 12,389,000 3,653,000 7,096,000 11,901,000 4,747,000 3,096,000 18,203,000 1,780,000 13,318,000 6,186,000 6,804,000 1,423,000 4,028,000 4,323,000 3,223,000 2,034,000 -10,994,000 2,307,000 269,000 31,917,000 -443,000 1,427,000 5,941,000 1,253,000 1,349,000 2,096,000 1,160,000 1,512,000 1,033,000 994,000 1,622,000 2,364,000 1,591,000 830,000 954,000 670,000 357,000 318,000 760,000 1,502,000 1,654,000 527,000 1,245,000 -557,000                                          
      interest expense
    -10,753,000 -11,798,000 -13,223,000 -13,031,000 -11,725,000 -10,642,000 -9,512,000 -10,798,000 -9,731,000 -7,544,000 -5,563,000 -4,693,000 -4,879,000 -5,521,000 -5,195,000 -5,680,000 -5,532,000 -6,381,000 -6,691,000 -7,467,000 -16,584,000 -9,046,000 -8,690,000 -9,817,000 -9,172,000 -9,456,000 -11,221,000 -12,289,000 -11,783,000 -11,468,000 -11,203,000 -11,401,000 -11,400,000 -10,097,000 -10,162,000 -10,134,000 -10,634,000 -17,154,000 -12,143,000 -7,868,000 -8,513,000 -8,544,000 -8,768,000 -9,132,000 -9,237,000 -8,777,000 -8,567,000 -8,589,000 -9,113,000 -9,127,000 -9,568,000 -9,463,000 -8,358,000 -6,169,000 -6,353,000 -6,341,000 -6,380,000 -6,229,000 -6,890,000 -6,311,000 -6,406,000 -6,358,000 -6,619,000 -6,914,000 -7,000,000 -8,183,000 -8,052,000 -5,313,000 -2,383,000 -2,599,000 -2,497,000 -3,228,000 -3,366,000 -3,830,000 -3,806,000 -3,719,000 -3,470,000 -3,109,000 -3,077,000 -4,289,000 -3,303,000 -3,791,000 -3,758,000 -3,389,000 -4,317,000 -1,889,000 -32,000  
      income before taxes
    42,835,000 35,543,000 17,860,000 87,145,000 61,940,000 53,357,000 40,611,000 99,059,000 69,287,000 70,754,000 31,061,000 82,353,000 75,232,000 64,143,000 44,526,000 35,696,000 60,472,000 70,548,000 33,215,000 -632,924,000 29,539,000 -26,923,000 39,901,000 17,466,250 37,618,000 37,701,000 -5,454,000   61,451,000 47,142,000         99,185,000 82,561,000 83,437,000 77,488,000 85,123,000 87,941,000 67,691,000 72,157,000 96,199,000 81,800,000 69,417,000 73,701,000 94,047,000 81,863,000 77,044,000 76,858,000 64,351,250 86,284,000 85,354,000 85,767,000 60,657,750 89,473,000 80,726,000 72,432,000 58,391,750 84,797,000 75,088,000 73,682,000 64,924,000 97,516,000 86,368,000 75,812,000 58,550,000 90,985,000 76,519,000 66,696,000 56,552,000 86,267,000 71,439,000 68,502,000 53,299,750 80,098,000 67,895,000       
      income tax expense
    11,665,000 8,847,000 4,221,000 20,204,000 14,347,000 13,502,000 9,481,000 24,217,000 15,440,000 17,105,000 6,801,000 11,396,500 18,657,000 16,205,000 10,724,000 9,410,000 11,905,000 16,722,000 9,013,000 5,771,750 6,567,000 6,426,000    9,055,000    21,207,000 16,295,000 24,430,000 8,379,000 25,572,000 18,712,000 32,181,000 28,735,000                                                    
      net income
    31,170,000 26,696,000 13,639,000 66,941,000 47,593,000 39,855,000 31,130,000 74,842,000 53,847,000 53,649,000 24,260,000 63,399,000 56,575,000 47,938,000 33,802,000 28,514,000 48,567,000 53,826,000 24,202,000 -608,797,000 22,972,000 -33,349,000 29,807,000 27,685,000 31,054,000 28,646,000 -4,509,000 20,928,000 108,955,000 40,244,000 30,847,000 61,691,000 24,540,000 45,756,000 38,906,000 65,620,000 56,440,000 35,421,000 29,703,000 64,518,000 54,676,000 53,778,000 50,289,000 55,671,000 57,021,000 42,028,000 45,892,000 63,562,000 53,630,000 45,542,000 47,538,000 62,143,000 53,108,000 48,954,000 48,610,000 62,707,000 55,396,000 53,357,000 53,925,000 61,805,000 56,049,000 49,343,000 45,057,000 53,961,000 52,807,000 46,903,000 45,964,000 63,209,000 60,364,000 53,741,000 47,544,000 59,924,000 58,591,000 48,237,000 41,584,000 56,819,000 54,004,000 44,720,000 42,882,000 50,242,000 50,137,000 42,504,000 40,815,000 45,125,000 40,061,000 34,886,000 29,393,000  
      yoy
    -34.51% -33.02% -56.19% -10.56% -11.61% -25.71% 28.32% 18.05% -4.82% 11.91% -28.23% 122.34% 16.49% -10.94% 39.67% -104.68% 111.42% -261.40% -18.80% -2299.01% -26.03% -216.42% -761.06% 32.29% -71.50% -28.82% -114.62% -66.08% 343.99% -12.05% -20.71% -5.99% -56.52% 29.18% 30.98% 1.71% 3.23% -34.13% -40.94% 15.89% -4.11% 27.96% 9.58% -12.41% 6.32% -7.72% -3.46% 2.28% 0.98% -6.97% -2.21% -0.90% -4.13% -8.25% -9.86% 1.46% -1.17% 8.13% 19.68% 14.54% 6.14% 5.20% -1.97% -14.63% -12.52% -12.72% -3.32% 5.48% 3.03% 11.41% 14.33% 5.46% 8.49% 7.86% -3.03% 13.09% 7.71% 5.21% 5.06% 11.34% 25.15% 21.84% 38.86%      
      qoq
    16.76% 95.73% -79.63% 40.65% 19.42% 28.03% -58.41% 38.99% 0.37% 121.14% -61.73% 12.06% 18.02% 41.82% 18.55% -41.29% -9.77% 122.40% -103.98% -2750.17% -168.88% -211.88% 7.66% -10.85% 8.41% -735.31% -121.55% -80.79% 170.74% 30.46% -50.00% 151.39% -46.37% 17.61% -40.71% 16.27% 59.34% 19.25% -53.96% 18.00% 1.67% 6.94% -9.67% -2.37% 35.67% -8.42% -27.80% 18.52% 17.76% -4.20% -23.50% 17.01% 8.49% 0.71% -22.48% 13.20% 3.82% -1.05% -12.75% 10.27% 13.59% 9.51% -16.50% 2.19% 12.59% 2.04% -27.28% 4.71% 12.32% 13.03% -20.66% 2.28% 21.46% 16.00% -26.81% 5.21% 20.76% 4.29% -14.65% 0.21% 17.96% 4.14% -9.55% 12.64% 14.83% 18.69%   
      net income margin %
    1.98% 1.59% 0.88% 3.89% 2.94% 2.41% 1.97% 4.35% 3.36% 3.30% 1.59% 3.87% 3.54% 2.91% 2.09% 1.83% 3.13% 3.47% 1.94% -47.32% 1.58% -2.35% 2.24% 1.93% 2.22% 2.04% -0.34% 1.49% 7.92% 2.90% 2.37% 4.27% 1.76% 3.23% 2.92% 4.51% 4.03% 2.55% 2.60% 5.62% 5.14% 4.87% 4.75% 5.05% 5.27% 4.21% 5.21% 6.59% 5.86% 5.25% 5.35% 6.64% 5.93% 5.71% 5.74% 7.10% 6.72% 6.22% 6.35% 7.60% 6.83% 6.05% 5.71% 6.92% 6.51% 6.18% 6.18% 8.12% 7.77% 7.24% 6.78% 8.11% 8.26% 6.95% 6.34% 8.17% 7.91% 6.97% 7.20% 8.01% 7.86% 7.35% 7.06% 8.40% 7.69% 7.31% 6.78%  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -85,000 -73,000 -76,000 -95,000 -110,000 -103,000 -104,000 -123,000 -82,000 -424,000 -330,000 -479,000 -431,000 -392,000 -194,000 -241,000 -192,000 -234,000 -205,000 -211,000 -255,000 -220,000 -235,000 -305,000 -171,000 -223,000 -53,000                                                              
      net income attributable to patterson companies, inc.
    31,255,000 26,769,000 13,715,000 67,036,000 47,703,000 39,958,000 31,234,000 74,965,000 53,929,000 54,073,000 24,590,000 63,878,000 57,006,000 48,330,000 33,996,000 28,755,000 48,759,000 54,060,000 24,407,000 -608,586,000 23,227,000 -33,129,000 30,042,000 27,990,000 31,225,000 28,869,000 -4,456,000                                                              
      earnings per share attributable to patterson companies, inc.:
                                                                                            
      basic
    0.35 0.3 0.16 0.74 0.52 0.42 0.33 0.77 0.55 0.56 0.25 0.66 0.58 0.5 0.35 0.3 0.51 0.57 0.26 -6.46 0.25 -0.35 0.32 0.15 0.34 0.31 -0.05   0.43 0.33         0.66 0.55 0.54 0.51 0.56 0.56 0.42 0.45 0.62 0.53 0.44 0.45 0.58 0.5 0.43 0.42 0.54 0.47 0.45 0.45 0.52 0.47 0.42 0.38 0.46 0.45 0.4 0.39 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.44 0.43 0.35 0.3 0.41 0.39 0.33 0.31 0.245 0.37 0.31 0.6      
      diluted
    0.35 0.3 0.15 0.72 0.52 0.42 0.32 0.77 0.55 0.55 0.25 0.64 0.58 0.49 0.35 0.29 0.5 0.56 0.25 -6.46 0.24 -0.35 0.32 0.15 0.33 0.31 -0.05   0.43 0.33         0.65 0.55 0.54 0.5 0.55 0.56 0.41 0.45 0.62 0.52 0.44 0.45 0.58 0.5 0.43 0.42 0.53 0.47 0.45 0.45 0.52 0.47 0.41 0.38 0.46 0.45 0.4 0.39 0.5 0.45 0.39 0.35 0.44 0.43 0.35 0.3 0.41 0.39 0.32 0.31 0.24 0.36 0.31 0.59      
      weighted-average shares:
                                                                                            
      basic
    88,306 88,158 88,127 92,969 92,009 94,710 95,544 97,027 97,327 96,913 96,629 97,277 97,471 97,321 96,864 95,599 95,734 95,518 95,189 94,154 94,267 94,093 93,795 92,755 92,818 92,683 92,529 92,467 91,949 92,722 93,350 94,897 94,737 95,290 95,461 97,222 95,335 98,525 99,436 98,989 98,842 98,802 99,329  101,105 101,069 101,027  102,130 103,706 105,035  106,504 112,538 115,576 118,290 117,994 118,616 119,022 118,443 118,518 118,336 118,119 117,716 117,624 117,421 117,890 132,078 134,050 135,907 135,785 136,815 135,601 137,757 138,208 137,690 137,804 137,554 137,309 136,839 136,924 136,737 68,261 67,966 67,994 67,906 67,838  
      diluted
    89,070 88,663 88,645 93,679 92,519 95,156 96,190 97,815 97,977 97,552 97,794 98,514 98,554 98,363 98,255 96,664 96,953 96,415 95,843 94,154 95,021 94,093 94,623 93,484 93,653 93,289 92,529 93,094 92,609 93,351 94,019 95,567 95,359 95,904 96,090 97,902 95,930 99,185 100,162 99,694 99,540 99,376 100,182  101,999 101,968 101,919  102,896 104,415 105,783  107,206 113,186 116,285 119,066 118,837 119,373 119,784 119,202 119,434 119,216 118,643 118,355 118,134 118,328 118,712 132,910 134,935 136,923 136,745 137,769 136,567 138,728 139,168 139,234 139,275 139,249 139,117 138,873 138,960 138,795 69,304 68,884 69,085    
      comprehensive income:
                                                                                            
      foreign currency translation gain
    -11,760 844 3,181 -4,012 12,538  7,368 -403 14,197 -17,591 -4,991 -14,224 -6,506 440 324 5,699 11,790 3,327 12,589 -19,496 2,619 6,614  -5,907 3,184 -3,540 -9,320 -8,770 16,475 -3,965 12,084 -7,044 6,082 -14,001 -20,257 13,461 -18,679 6,941  -17,821.75 -44,781 -36,816        8,519  7,243 -5,630 -9,006                                   
      cash flow hedges, net of tax
    261 260 261 260 261 260 261 260 261 260 261 260 261 260 261 260 261 261 260 264 6,627 554 554 639 548 552 549 559 437 438 437 438 437 437 433 438 442 437 617                                                  
      comprehensive income
    19,671 27,800 17,081 63,189 60,392 22,526 38,759 74,699 68,305 36,318 19,530 49,435 50,330 48,638 34,387 34,473 60,618 57,414 37,051 -628,029 32,218 -26,181 26,562 22,417 34,786 25,658 -13,280 12,717 125,867 36,717 43,368 63,855 31,059 32,192 19,082 79,519 38,203 42,799 19,045 64,408 1,752 13,095 58,290 43,021 63,579 56,679 37,538 61,874 50,854 54,030 36,224 69,356 47,447 39,917 46,600                                  
      dividends declared per common share
      0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.075 0.1 0.1 0.1                              
      foreign currency translation loss
         -17,589                 -3,799                       14,699 -8,306 -1,377.25 -2,745  -11,283    -1,979                                  
      gains on investments
               890,000 13,092,000  87,827,000                                                                          
      income tax benefit
                          10,094,000 8,678,000 6,564,000  -945,000 9,383,000 -68,596,000                                                            
      operating income from continuing operations
                               41,251,000 50,046,000   96,155,000 46,554,000 79,803,000 65,416,000 106,344,000 95,729,000 83,463,000 62,177,000                                                  
      income from continuing operations before taxes
                               30,311,000 40,359,000   85,787,000 36,148,000 71,328,000 57,618,000 97,801,000 85,925,000 67,263,000 50,704,000                                                  
      net income from continuing operations
                               20,928,000 108,955,000   61,357,000 27,769,000 45,756,000 38,906,000 65,620,000 57,190,000 42,563,000 20,311,000                                                  
      net income from discontinued operations
                                   334,000 -3,229,000    -750,000 -7,142,000 9,392,000                                                  
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                            
      continuing operations
                               0.23 1.18   0.65 0.29 0.48 0.41 0.68 0.6 0.43 0.2                                                  
      discontinued operations
                                    -0.03   0.01 -0.01 -0.07 0.1                                                  
      net basic earnings per share
                               0.23 1.18   0.65 0.26 0.48 0.41 0.69 0.59 0.36 0.3                                                  
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                            
      net diluted earnings per share
                               0.23 1.18   0.65 0.26 0.48 0.4 0.68 0.59 0.36 0.3                                                  
      earnings per share:
                                                                                            
      basic
    0.35 0.3 0.16 0.74 0.52 0.42 0.33 0.77 0.55 0.56 0.25 0.66 0.58 0.5 0.35 0.3 0.51 0.57 0.26 -6.46 0.25 -0.35 0.32 0.15 0.34 0.31 -0.05   0.43 0.33         0.66 0.55 0.54 0.51 0.56 0.56 0.42 0.45 0.62 0.53 0.44 0.45 0.58 0.5 0.43 0.42 0.54 0.47 0.45 0.45 0.52 0.47 0.42 0.38 0.46 0.45 0.4 0.39 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.44 0.43 0.35 0.3 0.41 0.39 0.33 0.31 0.245 0.37 0.31 0.6      
      diluted
    0.35 0.3 0.15 0.72 0.52 0.42 0.32 0.77 0.55 0.55 0.25 0.64 0.58 0.49 0.35 0.29 0.5 0.56 0.25 -6.46 0.24 -0.35 0.32 0.15 0.33 0.31 -0.05   0.43 0.33         0.65 0.55 0.54 0.5 0.55 0.56 0.41 0.45 0.62 0.52 0.44 0.45 0.58 0.5 0.43 0.42 0.53 0.47 0.45 0.45 0.52 0.47 0.41 0.38 0.46 0.45 0.4 0.39 0.5 0.45 0.39 0.35 0.44 0.43 0.35 0.3 0.41 0.39 0.32 0.31 0.24 0.36 0.31 0.59      
      other income and expense:
                                                                                            
      income taxes
                                         24,700,000 30,393,000 34,667,000 27,885,000 29,659,000 27,199,000 29,452,000 30,920,000 25,663,000 26,265,000 32,637,000 28,170,000 23,875,000 26,163,000 31,904,000 28,755,000 28,090,000 28,248,000 35,775,000 30,888,000 31,997,000 31,842,000 34,605,000 33,424,000 31,383,000 27,375,000 32,123,000 31,990,000 28,185,000 27,718,000 34,523,000 37,152,000 32,627,000 28,268,000 35,484,000 32,394,000 28,282,000 25,112,000 33,946,000 32,263,000 26,719,000 25,620,000 30,006,000 29,961,000 25,391,000 24,391,000 27,187,000 24,140,000 21,019,000 17,709,000  
      foreign currency translation (loss)/gain
                                          -11,275                                                  
      weighted-average common shares:
                                                                                            
      basic
    88,306 88,158 88,127 92,969 92,009 94,710 95,544 97,027 97,327 96,913 96,629 97,277 97,471 97,321 96,864 95,599 95,734 95,518 95,189 94,154 94,267 94,093 93,795 92,755 92,818 92,683 92,529 92,467 91,949 92,722 93,350 94,897 94,737 95,290 95,461 97,222 95,335 98,525 99,436 98,989 98,842 98,802 99,329  101,105 101,069 101,027  102,130 103,706 105,035  106,504 112,538 115,576 118,290 117,994 118,616 119,022 118,443 118,518 118,336 118,119 117,716 117,624 117,421 117,890 132,078 134,050 135,907 135,785 136,815 135,601 137,757 138,208 137,690 137,804 137,554 137,309 136,839 136,924 136,737 68,261 67,966 67,994 67,906 67,838  
      diluted
    89,070 88,663 88,645 93,679 92,519 95,156 96,190 97,815 97,977 97,552 97,794 98,514 98,554 98,363 98,255 96,664 96,953 96,415 95,843 94,154 95,021 94,093 94,623 93,484 93,653 93,289 92,529 93,094 92,609 93,351 94,019 95,567 95,359 95,904 96,090 97,902 95,930 99,185 100,162 99,694 99,540 99,376 100,182  101,999 101,968 101,919  102,896 104,415 105,783  107,206 113,186 116,285 119,066 118,837 119,373 119,784 119,202 119,434 119,216 118,643 118,355 118,134 118,328 118,712 132,910 134,935 136,923 136,745 137,769 136,567 138,728 139,168 139,234 139,275 139,249 139,117 138,873 138,960 138,795 69,304 68,884 69,085    
      cash flow hedge loss
                                           -3,579.75 -8,143 -3,867 -2,309 -36.25 -48 -48 -48 -23.25 -31                                        
      other comprehensive income
                                                                                            
      foreign currency translation gain /
                                              10,310 3,250 6,606                                            
      other income and
                                                                                            
      interest income
                                                   873,000 1,151,000 842,000 1,499,000 944,500 1,052,000 897,000 1,829,000 1,779,500 1,577,000 2,898,000 2,643,000 1,622,750 2,122,000 1,909,000 2,460,000                          
      other gain
                                                   -191,250 224,000 -167,000  -572,750 -737,000 -943,000 -611,000 -524,250 -1,620,000 -1,467,000 990,000 120,000 -10,000 689,000 -199,000                          
      cash flow hedge
                                                     -31 -31 -30 -31 -31 -31                                  
      other loss
                                                      -822,000                                      
      finance income
                                                                   1,210,000 1,048,000 1,870,000 1,922,000 1,967,750 2,813,000 2,710,000 2,348,000 1,483,750 1,868,000 2,120,000 1,947,000 1,170,250 1,106,000 1,479,000 2,096,000 1,008,500 1,533,000 1,180,000 1,321,000 1,190,750 1,500,000 1,365,000 1,898,000  
      gain on currency exchange
                                                                   -444,000 -793,000 -1,201,000 218,000 342,500 -28,000 644,000  5,750 -203,000 208,000  74,250 85,000 243,000  144,250 89,000 447,000 41,000 101,250 27,000 151,000   
      other
                                                                          754,000    18,000    -31,000          
      gross margin
                                                                                  207,244,000 158,981,000 227,328,000 204,627,000 203,969,000 125,444,000 190,873,000 166,321,000 144,582,000  
      income before income taxes
                                                                                      65,206,000      
      income before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                       72,312,000 64,201,000 55,905,000 47,102,000  
      income before cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                       45,125,000 40,061,000 34,886,000 29,393,000  
      cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                            
      before cumulative effect of accounting change:
                                                                                            
      earnings per share - basic
                                                                                       0.385 0.59 0.51   
      earnings per share - diluted
                                                                                       0.38 0.58 0.51   
      after cumulative effect of accounting change:
                                                                                            
      weighted-average common shares:
                                                                                            
      basic
    88,306 88,158 88,127 92,969 92,009 94,710 95,544 97,027 97,327 96,913 96,629 97,277 97,471 97,321 96,864 95,599 95,734 95,518 95,189 94,154 94,267 94,093 93,795 92,755 92,818 92,683 92,529 92,467 91,949 92,722 93,350 94,897 94,737 95,290 95,461 97,222 95,335 98,525 99,436 98,989 98,842 98,802 99,329  101,105 101,069 101,027  102,130 103,706 105,035  106,504 112,538 115,576 118,290 117,994 118,616 119,022 118,443 118,518 118,336 118,119 117,716 117,624 117,421 117,890 132,078 134,050 135,907 135,785 136,815 135,601 137,757 138,208 137,690 137,804 137,554 137,309 136,839 136,924 136,737 68,261 67,966 67,994 67,906 67,838  
      dilutive potential
                                                                                         68,849 68,430  
      profit on currency exchange
                                                                                          227,000  
      cumulative effect of accounting change—see note 7
                                                                                            
      earnings per share—basic
                                                                                          0.43  
      earnings per share—diluted
                                                                                          0.43  
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                                                              
        current assets:
                                                                                              
        cash and cash equivalents
      134,996,000 157,935,000 148,079,000 114,462,000 123,998,000 113,886,000 108,573,000 159,669,000 147,290,000 140,280,000 149,560,000 142,014,000 165,044,000 154,152,000 136,930,000 143,244,000 155,961,000 139,481,000 119,561,000 77,944,000 106,169,000 129,575,000 109,781,000 95,646,000 117,431,000 165,515,000 91,476,000 62,984,000 118,005,000 101,456,000 99,779,000 94,959,000 121,739,000 110,387,000 89,978,000 137,453,000 97,701,000 95,451,000 186,440,000 347,260,000 289,722,000 284,872,000 260,740,000 264,908,000 423,975,000 516,058,000 603,369,000 505,228,000 472,449,000 500,374,000 580,753,000 573,781,000 538,092,000 250,068,000 373,776,000 388,665,000 388,039,000 328,744,000 298,427,000 340,591,000 267,782,000 170,151,000 175,377,000 158,065,000 161,884,000 256,643,000 331,150,000 308,164,000 171,228,000 345,142,000 294,232,000 241,791,000 152,464,000 181,558,000 265,224,000 224,392,000 185,986,000 148,047,000 145,204,000 232,549,000 329,343,000 265,806,000 288,298,000 287,160,000 215,017,000 192,755,000 253,211,000 195,182,000 
        accounts receivable
      469,924,000 532,038,000 442,342,000 547,287,000 484,530,000 490,428,000 408,929,000 477,384,000 422,715,000 454,649,000 370,347,000 447,162,000 467,111,000 481,844,000 373,533,000 449,235,000 456,138,000 491,687,000 372,317,000 416,523,000 451,255,000 581,288,000 502,662,000 582,094,000 547,180,000 571,232,000 520,578,000 826,877,000 863,455,000 849,205,000 841,284,000 884,803,000 810,155,000 822,734,000 719,218,000 796,693,000 698,911,000 734,461,000 624,340,000 644,139,000    607,580,000    448,158,000    464,869,000    465,170,000    452,746,000    476,156,000    364,050,000    361,401,000    350,299,000    317,168,000    285,249,000    248,585,000 
        inventory
      889,348,000 823,689,000 849,504,000 782,898,000 902,733,000 858,028,000 912,666,000 795,072,000 939,098,000 877,435,000 874,817,000 785,604,000 868,728,000 830,121,000 770,366,000 736,778,000 838,012,000 761,941,000 700,535,000 812,194,000 866,313,000 787,406,000 809,643,000 761,018,000 845,846,000 792,533,000 845,507,000 779,834,000 882,018,000 796,369,000 777,354,000 711,903,000 827,057,000 795,454,000 799,176,000 722,140,000 814,413,000 752,849,000 716,707,000 456,687,000 514,619,000 499,893,000 518,857,000 436,463,000 451,110,000 442,125,000 388,260,000 360,563,000 352,646,000 330,953,000 318,128,000 319,952,000 334,775,000 347,348,000 346,476,000 336,094,000 323,270,000 306,675,000 336,382,000 288,725,000 302,637,000 294,646,000 299,481,000 269,934,000 285,297,000 311,637,000 319,220,000 281,238,000 288,777,000 280,444,000 280,878,000 250,207,000 242,951,000 235,733,000 261,959,000 244,709,000 242,573,000 237,011,000 225,776,000 206,405,000 199,885,000 188,630,000 191,587,000 173,022,000 164,614,000 152,665,000 145,328,000 125,340,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      343,366,000 328,355,000 322,185,000 334,116,000 321,302,000 328,334,000 341,974,000 351,011,000 335,611,000 353,170,000 311,257,000 304,242,000 289,548,000 333,314,000 330,655,000 286,672,000 273,119,000 263,149,000 267,714,000 236,104,000 268,937,000 189,163,000 160,578,000 165,605,000 169,209,000 176,019,000 183,963,000 103,029,000 116,310,000 96,578,000 97,676,000 111,928,000 112,265,000 104,257,000 82,696,000 91,255,000 99,831,000 83,169,000 94,358,000 71,767,000 54,340,000 59,276,000 59,524,000 65,991,000 63,877,000 57,975,000 54,868,000 47,387,000 41,527,000 37,861,000 49,039,000 44,911,000 39,048,000 44,857,000 35,195,000 40,780,000 43,865,000 50,855,000 44,700,000 51,696,000 35,903,000 44,343,000 40,823,000 33,440,000 33,315,000 38,366,000 33,433,000 31,589,000 36,681,000 37,640,000 34,589,000 33,091,000 27,986,000 25,206,000 25,802,000 27,974,000 30,453,000 30,088,000 32,182,000 30,533,000 29,063,000 29,019,000 28,246,000 24,694,000 33,541,000 35,484,000 15,659,000 14,744,000 
        total current assets
      1,837,634,000 1,842,017,000 1,762,110,000 1,778,763,000 1,832,563,000 1,790,676,000 1,772,142,000 1,783,136,000 1,844,714,000 1,825,534,000 1,705,981,000 1,679,022,000 1,790,431,000 1,799,431,000 1,611,484,000 1,615,929,000 1,723,230,000 1,656,258,000 1,460,127,000 1,542,765,000 1,692,674,000 1,687,432,000 1,582,664,000 1,604,363,000 1,679,666,000 1,705,299,000 1,641,524,000 1,772,724,000 1,979,788,000 1,843,608,000 1,816,093,000 1,803,593,000 1,871,216,000 1,832,832,000 1,691,068,000 1,747,541,000 1,710,856,000 1,665,930,000 1,801,802,000 1,573,225,000 1,501,266,000 1,489,726,000 1,445,186,000 1,415,717,000 1,537,133,000 1,566,927,000 1,447,037,000 1,361,336,000 1,288,128,000 1,277,023,000 1,361,610,000 1,403,513,000 1,340,502,000 1,059,082,000 1,178,732,000 1,230,709,000 1,175,952,000 1,235,898,000 1,134,450,000 1,133,758,000 1,077,638,000 1,012,302,000 999,809,000 937,595,000 917,070,000 971,835,000 1,032,757,000 985,041,000 863,524,000 1,011,572,000 943,341,000 886,490,000 768,850,000 778,467,000 880,905,000 847,374,000 773,971,000 760,417,000 719,008,000 800,037,000 866,537,000 783,376,000 776,509,000 778,143,000 709,301,000 658,899,000 664,608,000 606,117,000 
        property and equipment
      227,802,000 225,354,000 226,151,000 229,081,000 226,013,000 218,977,000 221,300,000 212,283,000 213,770,000 208,120,000 216,269,000 213,140,000 214,426,000 213,362,000 216,397,000 219,438,000 224,310,000 298,460,000 300,041,000 303,725,000 306,687,000 308,008,000 305,443,000 305,790,000 290,271,000 289,602,000 289,658,000 290,590,000 287,439,000 286,715,000 294,819,000 298,452,000 300,395,000 303,342,000 298,104,000 293,315,000 278,288,000 272,190,000 258,964,000 226,805,000 225,418,000 219,541,000 214,453,000 204,939,000 204,586,000 198,917,000 193,688,000 192,020,000 191,385,000 192,354,000 193,495,000 195,465,000 196,598,000 201,170,000 196,243,000 189,583,000 185,572,000 182,830,000 178,721,000 169,598,000 168,657,000 170,561,000 170,863,000 166,500,000 158,591,000 158,418,000 155,446,000 148,932,000 133,980,000 132,391,000 132,179,000 131,952,000 132,299,000 141,267,000 143,397,000 141,541,000 125,019,000 119,820,000 109,826,000 97,178,000 91,742,000 86,417,000 83,917,000 77,233,000 71,830,000 70,577,000 56,805,000 57,254,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      121,613,000 124,881,000 124,473,000 122,295,000 108,506,000 101,532,000 99,267,000 92,956,000 74,783,000 73,874,000 73,841,000 70,722,000 71,817,000 74,095,000 78,310,000 77,217,000 80,157,000 81,171,000 77,515,000 79,021,000 83,302,000 83,166,000 85,739,000                                                                  
        long-term receivables
      116,839,000 118,702,000 132,683,000 129,876,000 131,812,000 121,030,000 124,743,000 121,717,000 130,733,000 114,257,000 135,632,000 138,812,000 153,433,000 170,249,000 191,799,000 223,970,000 199,421,000 193,810,000 241,602,000 214,915,000 172,232,000 95,937,000 102,207,000 113,081,000 96,946,000 86,513,000 90,953,000 135,175,000 121,675,000 111,184,000 88,434,000 101,529,000 107,511,000 97,114,000 135,736,000 88,248,000 145,539,000 75,784,000 84,269,000 71,686,000 67,209,000 72,793,000 88,335,000 90,535,000 76,649,000 81,276,000 83,480,000 85,427,000 111,579,000 102,880,000 101,308,000 92,049,000 83,930,000 92,444,000 95,078,000 90,285,000 91,893,000 82,687,000 78,086,000 75,073,000 64,932,000 57,086,000 57,587,000 51,572,000 52,283,000 49,622,000 50,490,000 54,392,000 52,393,000 49,349,000 49,829,000 52,019,000 78,468,000 72,638,000 51,321,000 49,277,000 46,790,000 34,394,000 37,891,000 33,573,000 32,066,000 26,238,000 26,658,000 25,840,000 19,324,000 20,044,000   
        goodwill
      159,622,000 160,084,000 156,211,000 156,328,000 156,472,000 156,172,000 156,629,000 156,420,000 156,317,000 140,055,000 140,657,000 140,630,000 140,670,000 140,884,000 140,985,000 139,932,000 139,714,000 139,411,000 139,197,000 138,724,000 816,642,000 816,257,000 815,450,000 816,226,000 814,874,000 814,348,000 814,800,000 815,977,000 816,808,000 814,224,000 814,422,000 813,547,000 813,094,000 812,419,000 814,207,000 816,592,000 815,316,000 817,595,000 817,481,000 837,099,000 835,097,000 839,636,000 845,124,000 844,433,000 844,158,000 839,932,000 822,141,000 823,740,000 818,784,000 816,515,000 812,163,000 810,252,000 803,125,000 798,551,000 795,882,000 795,616,000 793,488,000 786,718,000 804,746,000 782,083,000 770,085,000 767,494,000 781,058,000 747,104,000 769,505,000 729,441,000 681,886,000 681,352,000 672,273,000 670,725,000 663,285,000 660,573,000 660,358,000 657,167,000 660,207,000 656,206,000 657,606,000 649,184,000 632,700,000 632,549,000 632,251,000 632,306,000 617,257,000 601,194,000 594,696,000 661,515,000 125,457,000 125,400,000 
        identifiable intangibles
      170,523,000 181,158,000 183,955,000 193,261,000 203,121,000 212,179,000 222,543,000 231,873,000 241,463,000 232,790,000 242,771,000 252,614,000 262,955,000 272,750,000 284,394,000 279,644,000 288,442,000 296,271,000 305,005,000 313,505,000 323,700,000 332,575,000 341,075,000 351,153,000 359,601,000 368,185,000 378,293,000 389,424,000 399,566,000 406,641,000 416,296,000 425,436,000 434,386,000 479,977,000 494,981,000 509,297,000 522,215,000 537,079,000 551,337,000 199,829,000 205,420,000 209,527,000 219,287,000 223,150,000 228,155,000 238,776,000 191,810,000 196,656,000 203,653,000 207,104,000 207,002,000 212,557,000 215,529,000 220,569,000 223,101,000 227,216,000 230,001,000 233,370,000 220,007,000 223,594,000 226,260,000 229,627,000 219,889,000 220,932,000 193,678,000 195,465,000 198,939,000 200,398,000 100,873,000 102,119,000 101,161,000 102,357,000 103,686,000 105,191,000 106,627,000 108,008,000 109,733,000 111,357,000 111,948,000 113,530,000 116,284,000 119,531,000 122,277,000 97,023,000 99,751,000 8,495,000 9,086,000  
        investments
      88,649,000 85,962,000 167,386,000 166,320,000 164,459,000 162,531,000 160,993,000 160,022,000 159,365,000 157,777,000 140,113,000 139,182,000 138,471,000 144,082,000 140,193,000                                                                          
        other non-current assets
      109,904,000 107,444,000 121,789,000 120,808,000 117,003,000 126,593,000 126,014,000 120,739,000 120,846,000 128,061,000 103,104,000 107,508,000 91,293,000 87,872,000 87,287,000 195,381,000 195,691,000 123,643,000 122,709,000 122,695,000 118,315,000 112,082,000 117,044,000 78,656,000    67,774,000    65,356,000    65,811,000                                                     
        total assets
      2,832,586,000 2,845,602,000 2,874,758,000 2,896,732,000 2,939,949,000 2,889,690,000 2,883,631,000 2,879,146,000 2,941,991,000 2,880,468,000 2,758,368,000 2,741,630,000 2,863,496,000 2,902,725,000 2,750,849,000 2,751,511,000 2,850,965,000 2,789,024,000 2,646,196,000 2,715,350,000 3,513,552,000 3,435,457,000 3,349,622,000 3,269,269,000 3,320,525,000 3,344,254,000 3,287,758,000 3,471,664,000 3,674,358,000 3,528,479,000 3,495,242,000 3,507,913,000 3,594,062,000 3,590,368,000 3,499,267,000 3,520,804,000 3,555,670,000 3,451,838,000 4,239,654,000 2,947,706,000 2,871,532,000 2,857,449,000 2,899,172,000 2,864,677,000 2,976,148,000 2,949,299,000 2,761,647,000 2,681,778,000 2,637,490,000 2,620,240,000 2,700,472,000 2,739,368,000 2,665,825,000 2,397,763,000 2,517,513,000 2,564,968,000 2,503,585,000 2,550,047,000 2,447,952,000 2,422,969,000 2,322,815,000 2,254,133,000 2,248,566,000 2,133,620,000 2,096,957,000 2,111,088,000 2,125,793,000 2,076,373,000 1,929,670,000 2,074,926,000 1,996,800,000 1,940,320,000 1,849,845,000 1,862,240,000 1,950,257,000 1,911,718,000 1,820,770,000 1,783,112,000 1,719,201,000 1,685,301,000 1,747,979,000 1,657,088,000 1,636,345,000 1,588,957,000 1,504,009,000 1,424,881,000 881,610,000 823,978,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                              
        current liabilities:
                                                                                              
        accounts payable
      644,861,000 731,259,000 656,977,000 745,375,000 683,300,000 688,687,000 717,426,000 724,993,000 702,456,000 714,713,000 655,648,000 681,321,000 715,544,000 773,230,000 593,091,000 609,264,000 677,054,000 690,755,000 549,715,000 862,093,000 802,610,000 766,485,000 625,435,000 648,418,000 688,125,000 662,731,000 588,041,000 610,368,000 654,792,000 634,594,000 536,020,000 616,859,000 547,662,000 545,366,000 523,105,000 566,253,000 503,523,000 492,469,000 456,259,000 349,635,000 341,425,000 337,761,000 388,171,000 342,056,000 330,801,000 353,399,000 227,786,000 249,795,000 220,870,000 223,035,000 202,253,000 207,915,000 189,407,000 186,019,000 201,801,000 210,033,000 172,227,000 164,342,000 180,472,000 193,626,000 184,035,000 174,061,000 199,381,000 180,933,000 173,278,000 188,523,000 183,644,000 194,405,000 187,031,000 181,774,000 171,403,000 182,761,000 141,742,000 136,517,000 154,181,000 173,957,000 145,236,000 173,096,000 147,696,000 174,536,000 180,073,000 176,632,000 154,028,000 149,528,000 114,088,000 120,907,000 135,128,000 111,543,000 
        accrued payroll expense
      67,946,000 53,010,000 49,656,000 78,211,000 73,237,000 54,718,000 51,754,000 82,253,000 73,060,000 65,616,000 59,941,000 102,266,000 101,320,000 73,839,000 63,650,000 118,425,000 117,013,000 78,224,000 86,614,000 68,385,000 88,687,000 61,493,000 44,656,000 73,665,000 72,125,000 61,602,000 53,572,000 69,099,000 53,156,000 57,151,000 41,567,000 56,881,000 72,297,000 69,271,000 38,942,000 75,448,000 60,994,000 47,671,000 33,077,000 79,964,000 69,470,000 61,748,000 45,166,000 66,567,000 71,415,000 60,133,000 47,531,000 70,687,000 75,469,000 56,897,000 43,033,000 66,386,000 55,836,000 46,092,000 33,021,000 56,575,000 55,811,000 36,166,000 27,869,000 67,809,000 58,160,000 49,671,000 34,495,000 45,105,000 43,924,000 43,566,000 40,588,000 51,560,000 55,066,000 48,920,000 41,423,000 54,101,000 52,783,000 49,107,000 41,850,000 34,111,000 48,143,000 47,157,000 23,266,000 34,075,000 36,368,000 23,736,000 10,919,000 30,796,000 28,748,000 25,573,000 20,029,000 33,693,000 
        other accrued liabilities
      136,794,000 167,302,000 173,369,000 167,399,000 160,914,000 169,005,000 176,657,000 168,696,000 159,127,000 158,163,000 153,989,000 173,734,000 149,816,000 171,044,000 236,005,000 175,975,000 165,625,000 161,093,000 175,255,000 113,714,000 183,613,000 202,421,000 146,730,000 129,654,000 121,317,000 164,301,000 165,275,000 136,316,000 138,384,000 152,132,000 146,723,000 156,437,000 155,740,000 148,407,000 148,394,000 151,134,000 136,581,000 162,225,000 165,276,000 148,086,000                                                33,635,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      26,945,000 33,865,000 33,643,000 32,815,000 31,137,000 30,132,000 29,910,000 28,390,000 28,063,000 28,331,000 28,986,000 29,348,000 30,417,000 31,191,000 32,388,000 32,252,000 32,452,000 31,814,000 31,200,000 30,706,000 31,547,000 31,028,000 31,587,000                                                                  
        current maturities of long-term debt
      126,875,000 125,000,000 123,875,000 122,750,000 4,125,000 36,000,000 36,000,000 36,000,000 36,000,000 3,000,000    100,750,000 100,750,000 100,750,000 100,750,000      25,819,000 23,975,000 22,131,000 80,286,000 78,442,000 76,598,000 74,754,000 14,754,000 14,754,000 14,754,000 14,754,000 20,625,000 18,563,000 16,500,000 16,500,000 15,991,000           50,000,000 50,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000           14,000,000 22,000,000 63,006,000 130,006,000 130,008,000 130,010,000 130,052,000 50,008,000 50,008,000 50,014,000 70,014,000 90,021,000 90,029,000 90,027,000 20,027,000 21,527,000 20,027,000 20,027,000 20,031,000 20,031,000 20,031,000 20,031,000 20,035,000    
        borrowings on revolving credit
      302,000,000 234,000,000 320,000,000 186,000,000 331,000,000 170,000,000 76,000,000 45,000,000 175,000,000 174,000,000 145,000,000 29,000,000 135,000,000 43,000,000 42,000,000 53,000,000 108,000,000 111,000,000 136,000,000  95,000,000    29,000,000  32,000,000 16,000,000 179,000,000 92,000,000 163,000,000 59,000,000 198,000,000 163,000,000 108,000,000 20,000,000 198,000,000 80,000,000       135,000,000 135,000,000 135,000,000       20,000,000                                   
        total current liabilities
      1,305,421,000 1,344,436,000 1,357,520,000 1,332,550,000 1,283,713,000 1,148,542,000 1,087,747,000 1,085,332,000 1,173,706,000 1,143,823,000 1,043,564,000 1,015,669,000 1,132,097,000 1,193,054,000 1,067,884,000 1,089,666,000 1,200,894,000 1,072,886,000 978,784,000 1,074,898,000 1,201,457,000 1,061,427,000 874,227,000 875,712,000 932,698,000 968,920,000 917,330,000 908,381,000 1,100,086,000 950,631,000 902,064,000 903,931,000 988,453,000 946,669,000 837,004,000 829,335,000 915,598,000 798,356,000 694,135,000 577,685,000 569,062,000 547,086,000 582,966,000 543,463,000 678,182,000 666,633,000 527,512,000 448,519,000 457,027,000 432,714,000 501,354,000 529,648,000 360,945,000 363,228,000 349,710,000 367,431,000 326,710,000 420,426,000 329,310,000 348,351,000 331,152,000 313,639,000 363,455,000 334,300,000 368,249,000 442,195,000 465,132,000 466,067,000 492,714,000 365,758,000 359,812,000 377,469,000 351,823,000 372,060,000 407,484,000 409,647,000 305,384,000 328,952,000 312,625,000 322,288,000 330,380,000 290,446,000 270,756,000 263,688,000 224,258,000 696,965,000 208,543,000 184,024,000 
        long-term debt
      321,763,000 325,396,000 327,153,000 328,911,000 448,219,000 449,974,000 450,603,000 451,231,000 451,910,000 485,522,000 488,809,000 488,554,000 488,353,000 488,091,000 487,818,000 487,545,000 487,850,000 588,329,000 588,011,000 587,766,000 587,455,000 663,513,000 718,145,000 725,341,000 732,640,000 738,341,000 743,706,000 922,030,000 931,419,000 991,232,000 998,457,000 998,272,000 1,001,775,000 1,010,211,000 1,016,184,000 1,022,155,000 1,030,250,000 1,034,884,000 1,725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 725,000,000 850,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,040,000 525,333,000 525,024,000 525,024,000 60,057,000 130,069,000 130,077,000 130,010,000 145,014,000 200,007,000 205,010,000 210,014,000 285,022,000 290,016,000 296,523,000 301,530,000 411,534,000 416,542,000 471,549,000 479,556,000 484,564,000    
        non-current operating lease liabilities
      98,053,000 94,294,000 94,261,000 92,464,000 80,499,000 74,393,000 72,406,000 67,376,000 48,989,000 47,986,000 47,455,000 43,332,000 43,513,000 45,217,000 48,719,000 48,318,000 51,648,000 53,796,000 47,806,000 49,854,000 53,413,000 53,932,000 56,026,000                                                                  
        other non-current liabilities
      117,434,000 118,027,000 143,323,000 36,554,000 155,353,000 161,692,000 161,634,000 37,529,000 164,965,000 161,029,000 151,525,000 31,026,000 155,355,000 164,381,000 165,823,000 36,820,000 175,968,000 181,286,000 176,857,000 31,841,000 199,259,000 197,961,000 197,847,000 24,221,000 182,490,000 181,305,000 179,626,000 27,359,000 179,863,000 219,676,000 210,219,000 19,591,000 217,759,000 227,436,000 228,042,000 20,672,000 247,275,000 255,341,000 257,277,000                                                  
        total liabilities
      1,842,671,000 1,882,153,000 1,922,257,000 1,895,000,000 1,967,784,000 1,834,601,000 1,772,390,000 1,760,611,000 1,839,570,000 1,838,360,000 1,731,353,000 1,698,995,000 1,819,318,000 1,890,743,000 1,770,244,000 1,786,840,000 1,916,360,000 1,896,297,000 1,791,458,000 1,878,906,000 2,041,584,000 1,976,833,000 1,846,245,000 1,788,762,000 1,847,828,000 1,888,566,000 1,840,662,000 2,009,874,000 2,211,368,000 2,161,539,000 2,110,740,000 2,113,480,000 2,207,987,000 2,184,316,000 2,081,230,000 2,079,058,000 2,193,123,000 2,088,581,000 2,725,601,000 1,433,583,000 1,416,844,000 1,393,748,000 1,431,071,000 1,393,013,000 1,519,798,000 1,507,685,000 1,365,733,000 1,287,323,000 1,286,757,000 1,263,494,000 1,334,730,000 1,364,166,000 1,314,738,000 993,618,000 983,362,000 1,004,428,000 952,029,000 1,048,645,000 962,071,000 981,458,000 944,463,000 935,030,000 988,807,000 947,300,000 975,718,000 1,048,390,000 1,071,047,000 1,071,586,000 623,186,000 563,359,000 557,909,000 561,106,000 546,051,000 620,161,000 660,696,000 669,197,000 644,568,000 670,636,000 659,392,000 670,229,000 790,795,000 753,934,000 786,260,000 787,199,000 753,084,000 718,898,000 214,698,000 190,292,000 
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                              
        common stock
      885,000 883,000 881,000 897,000 901,000 941,000 958,000 964,000 977,000 970,000 969,000 968,000 976,000 975,000 972,000 968,000 966,000 965,000 963,000 959,000 958,000 957,000 955,000 953,000 952,000 950,000 949,000 948,000 947,000 949,000 958,000 966,000 974,000 982,000 986,000 991,000 991,000 995,000 1,034,000 1,033,000 1,031,000 1,029,000 1,029,000 1,040,000 1,050,000 1,054,000 1,053,000 1,056,000 1,065,000 1,078,000 1,092,000  1,110,000 1,140,000 1,195,000  1,229,000 1,228,000 1,240,000  1,228,000 1,225,000 1,223,000  1,219,000 1,216,000 1,214,000  1,319,000 1,397,000 1,396,000 1,395,000 1,394,000 1,391,000 1,389,000  1,386,000 1,381,000 1,379,000 1,378,000 1,377,000 1,374,000 686,000  684,000 682,000 682,000  
        additional paid-in capital
      278,744,000 271,956,000 265,584,000 258,679,000 253,860,000 249,490,000 242,290,000 233,706,000 226,525,000 208,943,000 205,531,000 200,520,000 191,505,000 184,548,000 176,182,000 169,099,000 164,317,000 157,793,000 152,317,000 146,606,000 145,045,000 139,023,000 132,723,000 131,460,000 122,861,000 116,112,000 108,684,000 103,776,000 95,866,000 88,069,000 81,585,000 72,973,000 66,274,000 57,542,000 53,855,000 48,477,000 34,369,000 27,759,000 24,182,000 21,026,000 12,015,000 2,615,000    7,634,000           21,344,000 17,405,000 49,851,000 41,703,000 36,483,000 30,337,000 25,772,000 20,320,000 16,356,000 9,553,000 4,321,000   185,525,000 180,479,000 174,420,000 167,118,000 160,419,000 152,993,000 146,807,000 140,726,000 132,853,000 126,988,000 124,212,000 117,169,000 113,029,000 106,766,000 100,995,000 94,569,000 90,580,000 89,038,000 86,703,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -96,868,000 -85,369,000 -86,473,000 -89,915,000 -86,163,000 -98,962,000 -81,633,000 -89,262,000 -89,119,000 -103,577,000 -86,246,000 -81,516,000 -67,552,000 -61,307,000 -62,007,000 -62,592,000 -68,551,000 -80,602,000 -84,190,000 -97,039,000 -77,807,000 -87,053,000 -94,221,000 -88,269,000 -83,001,000 -86,733,000 -83,745,000 -74,974,000 -66,763,000 -83,675,000 -80,148,000 -92,669,000 -94,833,000 -101,352,000 -87,788,000  -81,863,000 -63,626,000 -71,004,000                                                 -519,000 
        retained earnings
      806,800,000 775,540,000 771,997,000 831,483,000 802,884,000 902,827,000 948,730,000 972,127,000 962,915,000 934,567,000 905,632,000 921,704,000 918,311,000 886,897,000 864,197,000 855,741,000 852,238,000 828,744,000 799,587,000 799,652,000 1,433,163,000 1,434,833,000 1,492,836,000 1,483,496,000 1,480,054,000 1,473,357,000 1,468,983,000 1,497,766,000 1,501,011,000 1,429,668,000 1,450,178,000 1,481,234,000 1,482,576,000 1,517,796,000 1,519,900,000 1,529,158,000 1,486,788,000 1,475,867,000 1,637,579,000 1,630,148,000 1,587,822,000 1,553,313,000 1,519,645,000 1,531,198,000 1,512,404,000 1,496,588,000 1,473,174,000 1,463,358,000 1,437,400,000 1,440,624,000 1,458,094,000 1,456,233,000 1,439,853,000 1,487,220,000 1,608,134,000 1,632,497,000 1,620,683,000 1,577,208,000 1,535,779,000 1,493,885,000 1,444,058,000 1,388,009,000 1,338,666,000 1,293,609,000 1,239,648,000 1,186,841,000 1,139,938,000 1,093,974,000 1,398,028,000 1,409,876,000 1,356,134,000 1,308,590,000 1,248,666,000 1,190,075,000 1,141,838,000 1,100,254,000 1,043,435,000 989,431,000 944,711,000 901,829,000 851,587,000 801,450,000 759,633,000 718,818,000 673,693,000 633,632,000 598,746,000 569,353,000 
        total patterson companies, inc. stockholders' equity
      989,561,000 963,010,000 951,989,000 1,001,144,000 971,482,000 1,054,296,000 1,110,345,000 1,117,535,000 1,101,298,000 1,040,903,000 1,025,886,000 1,041,676,000 1,043,240,000 1,011,113,000 979,344,000 963,216,000 932,909,000 890,839,000 852,616,000 834,117,000 1,469,430,000 1,455,831,000 1,500,364,000 1,477,259,000 1,469,144,000 1,451,964,000 1,443,149,000                                                              
        noncontrolling interests
      354,000 439,000 512,000 588,000 683,000 793,000 896,000 1,000,000 1,123,000 1,205,000 1,129,000 959,000 938,000 869,000 1,261,000 1,455,000 1,696,000 1,888,000 2,122,000 2,327,000 2,538,000 2,793,000 3,013,000 3,248,000 3,553,000 3,724,000 3,947,000                                                              
        total stockholders’ equity
      989,915,000 963,449,000 952,501,000 1,001,732,000 972,165,000 1,055,089,000 1,111,241,000 1,118,535,000 1,102,421,000 1,042,108,000 1,027,015,000 1,042,635,000 1,044,178,000 1,011,982,000 980,605,000 964,671,000 934,605,000 892,727,000 854,738,000 836,444,000 1,471,968,000 1,458,624,000 1,503,377,000 1,480,507,000 1,472,697,000 1,455,688,000 1,447,096,000 1,461,790,000 1,462,990,000 1,366,940,000 1,384,502,000 1,394,433,000 1,386,075,000 1,406,052,000 1,418,037,000 1,441,746,000 1,362,547,000 1,363,257,000 1,514,053,000 1,514,123,000 1,454,688,000 1,463,701,000 1,468,101,000 1,471,664,000 1,456,350,000 1,441,614,000 1,395,914,000 1,394,455,000 1,350,733,000 1,356,746,000 1,365,742,000 1,375,202,000 1,351,087,000 1,404,145,000 1,534,151,000 1,560,540,000 1,551,556,000 1,501,402,000 1,485,881,000 1,441,511,000 1,378,352,000 1,319,103,000 1,259,759,000 1,186,320,000 1,121,239,000 1,062,698,000 1,054,746,000 1,004,787,000 1,306,484,000 1,511,567,000 1,438,891,000 1,379,214,000 1,303,794,000 1,242,079,000 1,289,561,000 1,242,521,000 1,176,202,000 1,112,476,000 1,059,809,000 1,015,072,000 957,184,000 903,154,000 850,085,000 801,758,000 750,925,000 705,983,000 666,912,000 633,686,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      2,832,586,000 2,845,602,000 2,874,758,000 2,896,732,000 2,939,949,000 2,889,690,000 2,883,631,000 2,879,146,000 2,941,991,000 2,880,468,000 2,758,368,000 2,741,630,000 2,863,496,000 2,902,725,000 2,750,849,000 2,751,511,000 2,850,965,000 2,789,024,000 2,646,196,000 2,715,350,000 3,513,552,000 3,435,457,000 3,349,622,000 3,269,269,000 3,320,525,000 3,344,254,000 3,287,758,000 3,471,664,000 3,674,358,000 3,528,479,000 3,495,242,000 3,507,913,000 3,594,062,000 3,590,368,000 3,499,267,000 3,520,804,000 3,555,670,000 3,451,838,000 4,239,654,000 2,947,706,000 2,871,532,000 2,857,449,000 2,899,172,000 2,864,677,000 2,976,148,000 2,949,299,000 2,761,647,000 2,681,778,000 2,637,490,000 2,620,240,000 2,700,472,000 2,739,368,000 2,665,825,000 2,397,763,000 2,517,513,000 2,564,968,000 2,503,585,000 2,550,047,000 2,447,952,000 2,422,969,000 2,322,815,000 2,254,133,000 2,248,566,000 2,133,620,000 2,096,957,000 2,111,088,000 2,125,793,000 2,076,373,000 1,929,670,000 2,074,926,000 1,996,800,000 1,940,320,000 1,849,845,000 1,862,240,000 1,950,257,000 1,911,718,000 1,820,770,000 1,783,112,000 1,719,201,000 1,685,301,000 1,747,979,000 1,657,088,000 1,636,345,000 1,588,957,000 1,504,009,000 1,424,881,000 881,610,000 823,978,000 
        deferred income taxes
         104,521,000    119,143,000    120,414,000    124,491,000    134,547,000    163,488,000    152,104,000    191,686,000    206,896,000    88,264,000    94,004,000    93,329,000    81,856,000    78,239,000    72,164,000    64,141,000    57,806,000    53,627,000    49,536,000    46,411,000         
        unearned esop shares
                      -16,061,000 -16,061,000 -16,061,000 -16,061,000 -31,929,000 -31,929,000 -31,929,000 -50,381,000 -51,722,000 -51,722,000 -51,722,000 -65,726,000 -68,071,000 -68,071,000 -68,071,000 -68,071,000 -68,916,000 -68,916,000 -68,916,000 -68,916,000 -77,738,000 -77,738,000 -77,738,000 -77,738,000 -85,944,000 -85,944,000 -85,944,000 -85,944,000 -95,124,000 -95,124,000 -95,124,000 -95,124,000 -114,585,000 -114,585,000 -114,585,000 -114,585,000 -115,118,000 -115,118,000 -115,118,000 -115,118,000                                 
        other
                              79,167,000 80,307,000 72,530,000  69,082,000 66,107,000 65,178,000  67,460,000 64,684,000 65,171,000  83,456,000 83,260,000 89,045,000 39,062,000 37,122,000 26,226,000 86,787,000 85,903,000 85,467,000 23,471,000 23,491,000 22,599,000 23,961,000 24,364,000 24,894,000 25,532,000 26,141,000 25,947,000 28,477,000 31,559,000 26,679,000 28,544,000 31,942,000 38,863,000 15,243,000 17,063,000 19,360,000 9,917,000 5,830,000 6,307,000 6,275,000 6,258,000 7,978,000 9,014,000 7,005,000 6,929,000 6,184,000 7,510,000 7,800,000 9,312,000 7,651,000 7,940,000 7,828,000 8,434,000 9,099,000 9,220,000 9,727,000 9,524,000 9,107,000 5,351,000 25,654,000 25,537,000 
        short-term investments
                                            49,651,000 53,372,000 52,325,000 57,850,000 41,607,000 40,775,000 40,595,000                                2,005,000 4,013,000 10,022,000 13,382,000 12,225,000 20,391,000 9,957,000 8,018,000 7,535,000 10,997,000 20,792,000 22,266,000 
        current assets held for sale
                                            130,306,000                                                  
        long-term assets held for sale
                                            636,756,000                                                  
        current liabilities held for sale
                                            39,523,000                                                  
        long-term liabilities held for sale
                                            49,189,000                                                  
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                         -67,964,000    -60,346,000 -60,236,000 -7,312,000 33,371,000 25,370,000 38,020,000 31,462,000 16,811,000 25,165,000 26,853,000 29,629,000 21,141,000 32,455,000 25,242,000 30,903,000 39,940,000 41,950,000 25,268,000 22,529,000 15,979,000 23,291,000 16,545,000 19,494,000 14,060,000 -8,867,000 -14,221,000 -13,149,000 31,036,000 31,352,000 30,700,000 38,332,000 24,445,000 18,372,000 11,381,000 14,959,000 13,106,000 13,837,000 11,521,000 9,677,000 7,597,000 8,519,000 8,917,000 9,167,000 4,866,000 2,901,000 4,511,000 3,621,000 978,000  
        receivables
                                              590,260,000 587,835,000 564,458,000  557,576,000 550,769,000 400,540,000  421,506,000 407,835,000 413,690,000  428,587,000 416,809,000 423,285,000  420,778,000 427,276,000 454,941,000  471,316,000 503,162,000 484,128,000  436,574,000 365,189,000 348,954,000  366,838,000 348,346,000 333,642,000  345,449,000 335,970,000 327,920,000  312,954,000 341,258,000 305,824,000  296,021,000 279,530,000 258,421,000  288,594,000 266,998,000 229,618,000  
        other accrued expense
                                              158,167,000 147,577,000 149,629,000 134,840,000 140,966,000 118,101,000 117,195,000 128,037,000    130,347,000    100,823,000    86,916,000    84,855,000    90,092,000    86,348,000    85,396,000    72,792,000    61,409,000     
        other accrued expenses
                                                      110,688,000 102,782,000 131,068,000  102,240,000 107,464,000 102,716,000  97,325,000 95,577,000 105,657,000  88,957,000 89,907,000 95,545,000  85,948,000 80,100,000 90,695,000  113,942,000 85,056,000 82,032,000  86,416,000 94,968,000 83,423,000  83,995,000 83,438,000 84,123,000  79,883,000 67,391,000 65,284,000  49,901,000 42,593,000 32,872,000  
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                              
        authorized shares—600,000
                                                                                              
        issued and outstanding shares—109,920 and 121,100 at april 28, 2012, and april 30, 2011, respectively
                                                         1,099,000                                     
        income taxes payable
                                                          13,462,000 3,653,000 12,172,000  1,347,000 1,993,000 15,312,000    20,034,000 1,407,000 2,093,000  20,197,000  6,623,000  14,946,000 4,245,000 868,000 1,447,000 38,001,000 26,156,000 7,983,000 3,734,000 37,513,000 20,858,000 14,025,000 2,656,000 20,494,000 1,924,000 11,486,000 7,892,000 20,514,000 5,153,000 
        other long-term liabilities
                                                          103,793,000 105,390,000 108,652,000  100,319,000 103,219,000 107,761,000  88,311,000 96,391,000 100,352,000  82,429,000 80,862,000 80,891,000                      
        issued and outstanding shares—121,100 and 123,437 at april 30, 2011, and april 24, 2010, respectively
                                                             1,211,000                                 
        notes receivable from esop
                                                              -116,968,000 -116,968,000 -116,968,000 -118,602,000 -119,962,000 -119,962,000 -119,962,000 -119,962,000 -121,763,000 -121,763,000 -121,763,000 -121,763,000 -123,563,000 -123,563,000 -123,563,000 -123,563,000 -124,765,000 -124,765,000 -19,765,000 -19,765,000 -20,866,000 -20,866,000 -20,866,000 -20,866,000 -21,866,000 -21,866,000 -21,866,000 -21,641,000 -22,532,000 -22,532,000 -22,532,000 -22,532,000 
        finance contracts receivable, sold
                                                               122,348,000                               
        advances on finance contracts
                                                               122,348,000                               
        issued and outstanding shares—123,437 and 122,042 at april 24, 2010, and april 25, 2009, respectively
                                                                 1,234,000                             
        issued and outstanding shares—122,042 and 122,357 at april 25, 2009, and april 26, 2008, respectively
                                                                     1,220,000                         
        issued and outstanding shares—122,357 and 139,490 at april 26, 2008, and april 28, 2007, respectively
                                                                         1,224,000                     
        distribution agreement
                                                                          98,649,000 99,756,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000          
        deferred taxes
                                                                          70,415,000 67,532,000 68,020,000  49,214,000 48,094,000 48,202,000  54,162,000 51,668,000 50,244,000  48,881,000 46,946,000 43,955,000 43,955,000 44,262,000    
        preferred stock, .01 par value:
                                                                                              
        authorized shares—40,000
                                                                                              
        authorized shares—1,200,000
                                                                                              
        issued and outstanding shares—138,751 and 137,834 at april 29, 2006, and april 30, 2005, respectively
                                                                                 1,388,000             
        preferred stock, .01 par value: authorized shares - 40,000
                                                                                              
        authorized shares - 20,000,000
                                                                                              
        authorized shares - 600,000,000
                                                                                              
        issued and outstanding shares – 68,450,336 and 68,084,520 at april 24, 2004, and april 26, 2003, respectively
                                                                                         685,000     
        short-term debt
                                                                                           500,000,000   
        non-current liabilities
                                                                                           21,933,000 6,155,000 6,268,000 
        other identifiable intangibles
                                                                                             9,670,000 
        deferred credits
                                                                                              
        preferred stock series a, .01 par value...
                                                                                              
        authorized shares—10,000,000
                                                                                              
        authorized shares—20,000,000
                                                                                              
        authorized shares—600,000,000
                                                                                              
        issued and outstanding shares – 68,084,520 and 68,124,646 at april 26, 2003, and april 27, 2002, respectively
                                                                                             681,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          operating activities:
                                                                                               
          net income
        31,170,000 26,696,000 13,639,000 66,941,000 47,593,000 39,855,000 31,130,000 74,842,000 53,847,000 53,649,000 24,260,000 63,399,000 56,575,000 47,938,000 33,802,000 28,514,000 48,567,000 53,826,000 24,202,000 -608,797,000 22,972,000 -33,349,000 29,807,000 27,685,000 31,054,000 28,646,000 -4,509,000 20,928,000 108,955,000 40,244,000 30,847,000 61,691,000 24,540,000 45,756,000 38,906,000 65,620,000 56,440,000 35,421,000 29,703,000 64,518,000 54,676,000 53,778,000 50,289,000 55,671,000 57,021,000 42,028,000 45,892,000 63,562,000 53,630,000 45,542,000 47,538,000 62,143,000 53,108,000 48,954,000 48,610,000 62,707,000 55,396,000 53,357,000 53,925,000 61,805,000 56,049,000 49,343,000 45,057,000 53,961,000 52,807,000 46,903,000 45,964,000 63,209,000 60,364,000 53,741,000 47,544,000 59,924,000 58,591,000 48,237,000 41,584,000 56,819,000 54,004,000 44,720,000 42,882,000  50,137,000 42,504,000 40,815,000     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                               
          depreciation
        13,421,000 13,161,000 13,111,000 13,303,000 12,731,000 12,177,000 11,406,000 11,634,000 11,726,000 11,585,000 10,827,000 11,181,000 11,174,000 10,848,000 10,977,000 11,217,000 10,180,000 9,710,000 10,562,000 10,986,000 11,300,000 11,360,000 11,335,000 11,054,000 11,172,000 11,305,000 10,840,000 11,443,000 11,214,000 11,025,000 11,433,000 10,967,000 11,027,000 8,946,000 9,064,000 9,375,000 8,149,000 9,445,000 7,346,000 7,229,000 6,392,000 6,575,000 6,699,000 6,793,000 6,979,000 6,761,000 6,580,000 6,583,000 6,418,000 6,305,000 6,414,000 6,812,000 6,321,000 6,704,000 5,417,000 5,845,000 5,915,000 6,444,000 6,409,000 7,782,000 5,982,000 6,174,000 5,754,000 6,563,000 5,359,000 6,003,000 4,965,000 4,965,000 4,852,000 4,839,000 4,836,000 4,774,000 5,017,000 5,141,000 4,859,000 4,665,000 4,356,000 4,025,000 3,647,000 3,688,000 3,542,000 3,867,000 3,551,000 3,224,000 3,150,000 3,012,000 2,845,000 
          amortization
        9,723,000 9,729,000 9,639,000 9,655,000 9,631,000 9,626,000 9,627,000 9,772,000 9,482,000 9,327,000 9,351,000 9,406,000 9,251,000 9,614,000 9,541,000 9,324,000 9,294,000 9,304,000 9,305,000 9,304,000 9,317,000 9,283,000 9,297,000 9,294,000 9,327,000 9,764,000 10,017,000 9,586,000 9,740,000 9,704,000 9,671,000 9,795,000 10,022,000 12,702,000 11,295,000 14,191,000 12,268,000 13,708,000 7,901,000 7,204,000 5,821,000 6,618,000 4,792,000 6,510,000 6,663,000 5,304,000 4,396,000 6,112,000 4,983,000 4,116,000 5,071,000 4,965,000 4,572,000 3,753,000 3,665,000 4,659,000 3,867,000 5,086,000 3,114,000 3,458,000 3,583,000 3,638,000 3,103,000 2,268,000 2,292,000 1,478,000 1,418,000 1,818,000                    
          stock-based compensation
        4,136,000 4,372,000 8,060,000                                          3,572,000 3,406,000 -1,238,000 3,640,000 3,529,000 3,718,000 3,738,000 3,187,000 3,127,000 3,121,000 3,180,000                  1,816,000   180,000 180,000 190,000 200,000         
          non-cash (gains) losses and other
        -326,000                                                                                       
          change in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                               
          receivables
        -159,846,000 -314,634,000 -140,656,000 -358,343,000 -257,089,000 -332,584,000 -154,602,000 -318,036,000 -220,228,000 -337,663,000 -171,148,000 -294,205,000 -266,689,000 -377,740,000 -206,199,000 -231,349,000 -179,810,000                                                                       
          inventory
        -70,796,000 28,627,000 -65,292,000 117,367,000 -38,912,000 46,907,000 -114,323,000 144,098,000 -54,588,000 -9,472,000 -91,124,000 78,818,000 -41,961,000 -59,978,000 -30,750,000 103,699,000 -70,744,000                                                                       
          accounts payable
        -80,992,000 71,131,000 -91,995,000 64,876,000 -12,622,000 -19,818,000 -11,093,000 22,148,000 -20,610,000 64,483,000 -22,926,000 -29,958,000 -54,388,000 181,224,000 -15,974,000 -68,780,000 -20,282,000                                                                       
          accrued liabilities
        12,570,000 -6,220,000 -22,698,000 11,722,000 10,398,000 -3,193,000 -21,715,000 19,195,000 6,610,000 12,542,000 -60,061,000 21,666,000 6,733,000 -56,237,000 208,000 18,346,000 42,948,000                                                                       
          other changes from operating activities
        -35,453,000 4,547,000 -10,523,000 17,371,000 -11,002,000 9,587,000 -13,079,000 10,614,000 627,000 -24,833,000 -12,436,000 -2,498,000 -9,456,000 12,491,000 -38,423,000 14,439,000 -27,559,000                       24,769,000 -15,207,000                                               
          net cash from operating activities
        -276,393,000 -173,705,000 -284,970,000 -69,529,000 -234,573,000 -231,910,000 -253,366,000 -26,655,000 -208,036,000 -217,622,000 -302,539,000 -146,855,000 -295,125,000 -225,593,000 -313,421,000 -125,635,000 -181,880,000 -193,196,000 -229,808,000 -74,588,000 -154,303,000 30,571,000 -45,224,000 -28,186,000 -123,870,000 -5,247,000 205,461,000 138,882,000 -37,095,000 123,136,000 -46,028,000 175,359,000 42,666,000 17,473,000 -72,779,000 242,861,000 -33,580,000 -58,376,000 5,424,000 104,606,000 59,690,000 29,625,000 68,770,000 46,086,000 56,596,000 72,029,000 21,125,000 119,859,000 46,136,000 73,442,000 59,758,000 92,496,000 109,578,000 52,368,000 66,716,000 71,157,000 205,898,000 -37,201,000 22,758,000 112,358,000 97,675,000 8,616,000 46,836,000 51,471,000 14,704,000 25,234,000 32,596,000 97,246,000 59,294,000 55,699,000 53,140,000 126,593,000 34,437,000 29,953,000 52,522,000 48,125,000 47,929,000 38,739,000 29,165,000 16,028,000 65,866,000 59,940,000 65,471,000 104,390,000 22,265,000 14,756,000 56,330,000 
          capital expenditures
        -20,232,000 -12,688,000 -13,507,000 -16,430,000 -17,729,000 -16,380,000 -17,087,000 -15,663,000 -12,225,000 -14,554,000 -11,820,000 -10,985,000 -7,786,000 -7,717,000 -4,687,000 -6,731,000 -7,931,000 -6,439,000 -8,937,000 -10,021,000 -13,950,000 -8,901,000 -26,808,000 -11,832,000 -11,910,000 -10,184,000 -15,024,000 -11,808,000 -9,757,000 -6,674,000 -9,562,000 -8,080,000 -14,335,000 -15,042,000 -23,074,000 -15,302,000 -23,914,000 -17,064,000 -14,334,000 -16,681,000 -12,819,000 -11,880,000 -5,564,000 -5,494,000 -5,559,000 -3,206,000 -2,672,000 -12,132,000 -10,247,000 -9,153,000 -10,916,000 -9,130,000 -4,373,000 -5,125,000 -8,008,000 -5,343,000 -6,016,000 -11,479,000 -7,164,000 -4,173,000 -5,007,000 -3,061,000 -6,665,000 -12,432,000 -9,555,000 -10,871,000 -16,295,000 -8,943,000 -9,204,000 -5,286,000 -8,100,000 -8,334,000 -4,429,000 -4,689,000 -2,172,000 
          free cash flows
        -296,625,000 -186,393,000 -298,477,000 -85,959,000 -252,302,000 -248,290,000 -270,453,000 -26,655,000 -223,699,000 -229,847,000 -317,093,000 -158,675,000 -306,110,000 -233,379,000 -321,138,000 -130,322,000 -188,611,000 -201,127,000 -236,247,000 -83,525,000 -164,324,000 16,621,000 -54,125,000 -54,994,000 -135,702,000 -17,157,000 195,277,000 123,858,000 -48,903,000 113,379,000 -52,702,000 165,797,000 34,586,000 3,138,000 -87,821,000 219,787,000 -48,882,000 -82,290,000 -11,640,000 104,606,000 45,356,000 29,625,000 52,089,000 46,086,000 43,777,000 60,149,000 15,561,000 119,859,000 40,642,000 67,883,000 56,552,000 92,496,000 106,906,000 40,236,000 56,469,000 71,157,000 196,745,000 -48,117,000 13,628,000 112,358,000 93,302,000 3,491,000 38,828,000 51,471,000 9,361,000 19,218,000 21,117,000 97,246,000 52,130,000 51,526,000 48,133,000 126,593,000 34,437,000 26,892,000 45,857,000 35,693,000 38,374,000 27,868,000 12,870,000 7,085,000 56,662,000 54,654,000 57,371,000 96,056,000 17,836,000 10,067,000 54,158,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                                               
          additions to property and equipment and software
        -20,232,000 -12,688,000 -13,507,000 -16,430,000 -17,729,000 -16,380,000 -17,087,000                                                                                 
          collection of deferred purchase price receivables
        234,117,000 225,195,000 271,834,000 257,958,000 280,867,000 247,439,000 242,013,000 240,911,000 268,362,000 236,730,000 252,909,000 295,143,000 332,707,000 270,430,000 315,217,000 199,459,000 225,592,000 269,441,000 139,466,000 181,615,000 147,022,000 106,610,000 105,697,000 93,775,000 143,025,000 150,058,000 15,509,000 12,582,000 12,487,000 12,390,000 12,191,000                                                         
          payments related to acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        -4,070,000   -1,108,000 -23,000                                                                                
          sale of investment
                                                                                              
          net cash from investing activities
        209,815,000 291,018,000 258,327,000 241,528,000 263,138,000 231,059,000 223,818,000 234,265,000 219,442,000 209,505,000 238,355,000 292,609,000 338,823,000 262,644,000 344,952,000 194,772,000 220,958,000 261,510,000 133,423,000 172,678,000 137,001,000 92,660,000 96,796,000 63,186,000 131,193,000 138,779,000 7,569,000 -2,442,000 -347,000 14,259,000 5,517,000 2,781,000 4,674,000 -557,000 -5,705,000 -1,195,000 -17,406,000 739,815,000 -1,121,848,000 -2,175,000 -23,064,000 27,086,000 -11,446,000 -15,605,000 -111,862,000 -150,733,000 -5,564,000 -1,129,000 -9,553,000 -16,150,000 -3,206,000 -13,026,000 -8,139,000 -20,858,000 -10,247,000 -7,467,000 -14,814,000 -10,916,000 -55,812,000 -37,819,000 -4,373,000 -5,163,000 -36,121,000 -24,314,000 -45,408,000 -75,380,000 -11,992,000 -29,374,000 -8,592,000 -12,884,000 -7,835,000 -4,777,000 159,000 -7,662,000 -10,729,000 -10,427,000 -14,047,000 -37,590,000 -112,935,000 -10,100,000 -1,131,000 -35,626,000 -62,895,000 -33,417,000 -1,426,000 -576,217,000 -698,000 
          financing activities:
                                                                                               
          dividends paid
        -22,946,000 -22,907,000 -23,312,000 -23,312,000 -24,690,000 -24,899,000 -25,432,000 -25,392,000 -25,222,000 -25,314,000 -25,418,000 -25,365,000 -25,339,000 -25,269,000 -25,138,000 -25,106,000 -25,068,000   -24,920,000 -25,018,000 -24,966,000 -25,538,000 -24,737,000 -24,751,000 -24,691,000 -25,289,000 -24,558,000 -24,672,000 -24,759,000 -25,210,000 -24,963,000 -23,292,000 -23,458,000 -24,197,000 -23,587,000 -21,654,000 -22,228,000 -23,128,000 -21,420,000 -20,166,000 -20,112,000 -20,062,000 -20,324,000 -16,945,000 -18,615,000 -29,773,000 -22,000 -14,399,000 -14,529,000 -14,817,000 -14,941,000 -12,587,000 -13,412,000 -13,801,000 -14,449,000 -11,809,000 -11,818,000 -11,916,000                             
          repurchases of common stock
        -50,000,000 -14,921,000 -124,096,000 -60,983,000 -29,508,000 -40,492,000 -15,000,000                 -16,246,000 -33,754,000 -37,500,000 -40,733,000 -34,651,000 -25,000,000 -25,000,000 -39,421,000   -4,662,000 -42,877,000 -53,752,000 -20,535,000 -22,199,000 -39,057,000 -55,294,000 -50,702,000 -34,472,000 -38,860,000 -104,661,000 -158,945,000 -59,913,000 -60,206,000           -399,361,000                    
          payments on long-term debt
        -1,875,000 -750,000 -750,000 -750,000 -33,750,000 -750,000 -750,000            -373,750,000                                                                   
          draw on revolving credit
        68,000,000 -86,000,000 134,000,000  161,000,000 94,000,000 31,000,000          -3,000,000 -25,000,000 136,000,000        16,000,000                                                             
          other financing activities
        2,655,000 2,001,000 -1,151,000 2,169,000 626,000 2,567,000 1,574,000 2,988,000 14,632,000 376,000 -2,142,000 3,597,000 2,071,000 3,856,000 -1,897,000 -2,601,000 1,508,000 1,353,000 -722,000 -3,328,000 748,000 1,018,000 -5,085,000 3,536,000 2,636,000 1,475,000 2,117,000 6,745,000 3,985,000 1,645,000 1,916,000  4,521,000 1,480,000 -506,000  2,629,000 3,639,000 -745,000    -811,000                                             
          net cash from financing activities
        45,834,000 -107,656,000 58,787,000 -181,814,000 -20,910,000 9,935,000 -23,116,000 -194,396,000 -9,590,000 4,062,000 73,440,000 -162,768,000 -32,018,000 -20,413,000 -38,035,000 -82,707,000 -26,560,000 -48,656,000 135,278,000 -123,248,000 -6,320,000 -105,505,000 -36,156,000 -55,733,000 -56,804,000 -58,904,000 -183,805,000 -188,190,000 50,067,000 -135,245,000 43,206,000 -206,244,000 -33,988,000 3,897,000 34,172,000 -203,794,000 55,429,000 -773,293,000 964,527,000 -49,540,000 -14,526,000 -23,119,000 -63,750,000 -200,890,000 -32,238,000 -11,833,000 84,760,000 -81,095,000 -65,750,000 -139,080,000 -45,173,000 -47,675,000 189,347,000 -150,216,000 -69,515,000 -72,306,000 -132,595,000 75,607,000 -3,928,000 -8,331,000 4,501,000 -11,350,000 -4,775,000 -37,227,000 -62,066,000 3,243,000 2,407,000 68,620,000 -222,976,000 3,384,000 3,727,000 -34,863,000 -62,278,000   -77,000 2,871,000 860,000 -2,230,000 -102,864,000 -1,023,000 -48,951,000 -2,433,000 2,296,000 407,000 500,237,000 2,115,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        -2,195,000 199,000 1,473,000 279,000 2,457,000 -3,771,000 1,568,000 -835,000 5,194,000 -5,225,000 -1,710,000 -6,016,000 -788,000 584,000 190,000 853,000 3,962,000 262,000 2,724,000 -3,067,000 216,000 2,068,000 -1,281,000 -1,052,000 1,397,000 -589,000 -733,000 -3,271,000 3,924,000 -473,000 2,125,000 1,324,000 -2,000,000 -404,000 -3,163,000 1,880,000 -2,193,000 865,000 -8,923,000 4,647,000 -17,250,000 -9,460,000 2,258,000 11,342,000 -4,579,000 3,226,000 -2,180,000 -4,856,000 1,242,000 1,409,000 -4,407,000 3,894,000 -2,762,000 -5,002,000 -1,843,000 9,242,000 806,000 2,827,000 -5,182,000 6,601,000 -172,000 2,671,000 11,372,000 6,251,000 -1,989,000 -27,604,000 -25,000 444,000 -1,640,000 4,711,000 3,409,000 2,374,000 -1,412,000 459,000 -566,000 785,000 1,186,000 834,000 -1,345,000 142,000 -175,000 2,145,000 995,000 -1,126,000 1,016,000 768,000 282,000 
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        -22,939,000 9,856,000 33,617,000 -9,536,000 10,112,000 5,313,000 -51,096,000 12,379,000 7,010,000 -9,280,000 7,546,000 -23,030,000 10,892,000 17,222,000 -6,314,000 -12,717,000 16,480,000 19,920,000 41,617,000 -28,225,000 -23,406,000 19,794,000 14,135,000 -21,785,000 -48,084,000 74,039,000 28,492,000  16,549,000 1,677,000 4,820,000  11,352,000 20,409,000 -47,475,000  2,250,000                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        114,462,000 159,669,000 142,014,000 143,244,000 77,944,000 95,646,000 62,984,000 94,959,000 137,453,000 347,260,000 264,908,000 505,228,000 573,781,000 388,665,000 340,591,000 158,065,000 308,164,000 241,791,000 224,392,000 232,549,000 287,160,000 195,182,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -22,939,000 9,856,000 148,079,000 -9,536,000 10,112,000 5,313,000 108,573,000 12,379,000 7,010,000 -9,280,000 149,560,000 -23,030,000 10,892,000 17,222,000 136,930,000 -12,717,000 16,480,000 19,920,000 119,561,000 -28,225,000 -23,406,000 19,794,000 109,781,000 -21,785,000 -48,084,000 74,039,000 91,476,000 -55,021,000 16,549,000 1,677,000 99,779,000 -26,780,000 11,352,000 20,409,000 89,978,000 39,752,000 2,250,000 -90,989,000 186,440,000 57,538,000 4,850,000 24,132,000 260,740,000 -159,067,000 -92,083,000 -87,311,000 603,369,000 32,779,000 -27,925,000 -80,379,000 580,753,000 35,689,000 288,024,000 -123,708,000 373,776,000 626,000 59,295,000 30,317,000 298,427,000 72,809,000 97,631,000 -5,226,000 175,377,000 -3,819,000 -94,759,000 -74,507,000 331,150,000 136,936,000 -173,914,000 50,910,000 294,232,000 89,327,000 -29,094,000 -83,666,000 265,224,000 38,406,000 37,939,000 2,843,000 145,204,000 -96,794,000 63,537,000 -22,492,000 288,298,000 72,143,000 22,262,000 -60,456,000 253,211,000 
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activity:
                                                                                               
          retained interest in securitization transactions
        215,482,000 222,826,000 251,917,000 271,056,000 274,324,000 238,101,000 226,957,000 262,420,000 266,524,000 238,422,000 241,375,000 299,840,000 273,094,000 263,086,000 286,607,000 240,909,000 222,339,000 235,469,000 201,861,000                                                                     
          non-cash losses (gains) and other
          1,745,000 -3,916,000 954,000 898,000 2,268,000 -6,573,000 2,142,000 1,526,000 3,559,000  1,841,000 589,000 3,385,000 -5,473,000 815,000                                                                       
          gains on investments
                   -890,000 -13,092,000 -87,827,000                                                                         
          bad debt expense
                               2,741,000 1,059,000 1,828,000 1,705,000 1,809,000 755,000 2,297,000 1,419,000 629,000 955,000 515,000 -457,000 1,700,000 872,000 955,000 4,719,000 985,000 1,246,000 675,000 478,000 1,018,000 840,000 1,118,000 244,000 627,000 -920,000 475,000 937,000 229,000 456,000 994,000 766,000 796,000 514,000 1,077,000 1,022,000 1,532,000 1,085,000 970,000 992,000 1,057,000 2,087,000 511,000 538,000 1,151,000 700,000 1,214,000 482,000 407,000 480,000 891,000 262,000 839,000 754,000 702,000 469,000 418,000 355,000 51,000 722,000 545,000 500,000 656,000 647,000 
          deferred income taxes
                               4,922,000   862,000 -2,759,000                                                            
          sale of investments
                   1,596,000 17,101,000 57,245,000                                                                         
          payments related to investments
                                                                                             
          other investing activities
                       2,097,000 396,000     -3,781,000 631,000 2,244,000 -1,026,000   12,343,000 12,754,000 13,778,000 9,337,000     18,578,000                                             
          draw (payment) on revolving credit
                 29,000,000 116,000,000                                                                             
          supplemental disclosures:
                                                                                               
          income taxes paid
                                                                                               
          interest paid
                                                                                               
          non-cash employee compensation
            3,745,000 4,635,000 7,015,000 4,194,000 2,956,000 1,234,000 7,159,000 5,421,000 4,887,000 5,658,000 7,839,000 5,327,000 8,501,000 7,077,000 9,583,000 8,693,000 9,359,000 9,068,000 10,234,000 11,143,000 8,356,000 7,569,000 6,357,000 13,533,000 6,364,000 7,979,000 8,656,000 1,771,000 2,561,000 5,509,000 9,184,000 8,264,000 7,046,000 6,576,000 6,965,000 5,915,000 6,876,000 7,282,000 6,412,000                                             
          additions to property and equipment
                -15,663,000 -12,225,000 -14,554,000 -11,820,000 -10,985,000 -7,786,000 -7,717,000 -4,687,000 -6,731,000 -7,931,000 -6,439,000 -8,937,000 -10,021,000 -13,950,000 -8,901,000 -26,808,000 -11,832,000 -11,910,000 -10,184,000 -15,024,000 -11,808,000 -9,757,000 -6,674,000 -9,562,000 -8,080,000 -14,335,000 -15,042,000 -23,074,000 -15,302,000 -23,914,000 -17,064,000    -16,681,000  -12,819,000 -11,880,000 -5,564,000  -5,494,000 -5,559,000 -3,206,000  -2,672,000 -12,132,000 -10,247,000  -9,153,000 -10,916,000 -9,130,000  -4,373,000 -5,125,000 -8,008,000  -5,343,000 -6,016,000 -11,479,000  -7,164,000 -4,173,000 -5,007,000   -3,061,000 -6,665,000 -12,432,000 -9,555,000 -10,871,000 -16,295,000 -8,943,000 -9,204,000 -5,286,000 -8,100,000 -8,334,000 -4,429,000 -4,689,000 -2,172,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                   -19,793,000                                                                         
          goodwill impairment
                                                                                               
          accelerated amortization of debt issuance costs on early retirement of debt
                                                                                            
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                          1,000,000,000                                                 
          debt issuance costs
                                          -11,600,000                                                 
          (payment) draw on revolving credit
                     1,000,000 -11,000,000                                                                         
          investment gain
                           -34,334,000                                                                 
          long term receivables
                       -2,698,000 -3,790,000                                                                       
          draw on (payments on) revolving credit
                                                                                               
          accelerated amortization of costs on early repayment of debt
                                                                                               
          deferred consideration in securitized receivables
                          -139,466,000 -181,615,000 -147,022,000 -106,610,000 -105,697,000 -93,775,000 -143,025,000                                                               
          change in assets and liabilities
                          -143,994,000                                                                     
          change in assets and liabilities, net of acquired:
                                                                                               
          payments on revolving credit
                                                                                               
          change in assets and liabilities, net of acquired
                            -69,213,000 140,819,000 34,134,000  -47,653,000 102,070,000 180,189,000  -135,824,000 51,887,000 -108,054,000  -42,811,000 -55,955,000 -140,771,000  -119,041,000 -98,438,000 -39,485,000    612,000  -15,927,000 2,877,000 -39,896,000  -27,011,000 7,808,000 -9,206,000  41,881,000 -5,669,000 -234,000  15,481,000 16,719,000 -43,506,000  28,881,000 -53,526,000 -10,195,000    -22,201,000  -10,863,000 -7,225,000 -2,690,000   -27,769,000 2,853,000  -13,048,000 -12,522,000 -19,665,000  8,369,000 10,600,000 17,485,000  -24,294,000 -24,611,000 22,799,000 
          retirement of long-term debt
                              -5,533,000 -5,532,000 -63,689,000 -3,688,000 -176,633,000 -157,377,000   -3,688,000 -14,300,000 -4,125,000 -4,125,000 -4,125,000 -4,125,000                                                  
          net income from discontinued operations
                                       334,000    -750,000 -7,142,000 9,392,000                                                 
          net income from continuing operations
                                   20,928,000    61,357,000 27,769,000 45,756,000 38,906,000 65,620,000 57,190,000 42,563,000 20,311,000                                                 
          adjustments to reconcile net income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                               
          intangible asset impairment
                                                                                              
          net cash from operating activities- continuing operations
                                   138,882,000    175,025,000 45,895,000 17,473,000 -72,779,000 242,420,000 -33,580,000                                                   
          net cash from operating activities- discontinued operations
                                       334,000    441,000                                                   
          net cash from investing activities- continuing operations
                                   -2,442,000    2,781,000 4,674,000 -557,000 -5,705,000 -754,000 -16,656,000                                                   
          net cash from investing activities- discontinued operations
                                           -441,000 -750,000                                                   
          debt amendment costs
                                                                                              
          draw on (payment on) revolving credit
                                                                                               
          acquisitions and equity investments, net of cash assumed
                                           -1,354,000 -499,000 -1,104,730,000                                                 
          proceeds from sale of securities
                                                                                             
          draw on (payment on) revolver
                                                                                               
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                              -160,820,000    -4,168,000           -123,708,000 -14,889,000                  -29,094,000               
          draw on revolver
                                    87,000,000 -71,000,000 104,000,000 -139,000,000 35,000,000 55,000,000 88,000,000 -178,000,000 118,000,000   130,000,000 135,000,000                                         
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                           -906,000 -64,000 -1,623,000 -63,000 34,000 -114,000 337,000 -512,000 -194,000 -264,000 -279,000 -553,000 -1,638,000 -193,000 -222,000 -434,000 -763,000 -64,000 -156,000 -388,000                                 
          purchase of investments
                                                  -359,000                                             
          settlement of swap
                                                                                               
          common stock issued
                                               -593,000 6,073,000   6,109,000 5,461,000 6,985,000 1,662,000 3,256,000 4,254,000 1,434,000 4,187,000 3,125,000 3,829,000 2,420,000 4,247,000 2,523,000 1,682,000 2,233,000 5,502,000 2,189,000 4,375,000 2,500,000 3,120,000 1,969,000 4,912,000 3,004,000 2,359,000 2,801,000 3,708,000 3,111,000 3,487,000 -1,112,000 12,619,000 3,580,000 4,118,000 3,832,000 7,878,000 5,867,000 2,777,000 7,044,000 4,143,000 6,264,000 2,772,000   1,542,000 2,336,000 
          esop activity
                                               1,510,000 -547,000   1,883,000 -483,000 -482,000 -483,000 3,090,000 -504,000 -505,000 -505,000  -436,000 -435,000 -436,000 -174,000 -365,000 -365,000 1,611,000                             
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                               57,538,000 4,850,000     -87,311,000 98,141,000 32,779,000 -27,925,000 -80,379,000 6,972,000 35,689,000    626,000 59,295,000 30,317,000 -42,164,000 72,809,000 97,631,000 -5,226,000 17,312,000   -74,507,000 22,986,000   50,910,000 52,441,000    40,832,000 38,406,000   -87,345,000 -96,794,000   1,138,000 72,143,000 22,262,000 -60,456,000 58,029,000 
          change in assets and liabilities net of acquired:
                                                                                               
          net cash from operating activities-continuing operations
                                              7,694,000                                                 
          net cash from operating activities-discontinued operations
                                              -2,270,000                                                 
          net cash from investing activities-continuing operations
                                              -1,121,794,000                                                 
          net cash from investing activities-discontinued operations
                                              -54,000                                                 
          non-cash charges related to medical divestitures
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sale
                                                                                               
          purchase of investment
                                                                                               
          retirement of long term debt
                                                                                               
          payment to revolver
                                                                                               
          repurchases of common stock with liability due to broker
                                                                                               
          loss on sale of assets
                                                                                               
          additions to property and equipment, net of acquisitions
                                                -14,334,000                                               
          acquisitions and equity investments, net of cash
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sales
                                                                                               
          payment on revolver
                                                -130,000,000                                             
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                 40,775,000 5,594,000                                             
          decrease (increase) in receivables
                                                                                               
          decrease (increase) in inventory
                                                                                               
          increase in accounts payable
                                                                                               
          increase in accrued liabilities
                                                                                               
          decrease (increase) in long-term receivables
                                                                                               
          debt issuance cost
                                                                                               
          esop compensation
                                                    -2,300,000 5,700,000 5,700,000 3,477,000 5,700,000 5,700,000 5,700,000 212,000 177,000 -5,333,000 5,700,000                                 
          acquisitions and equity investments
                                                    189,000    -4,059,000    -5,467,000                                   
          excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
                                                    264,000 279,000 553,000  193,000 222,000 434,000  64,000 156,000 388,000  -245,000 -156,000 -875,000  -126,000 -150,000 -105,000 -29,000 -26,000 -241,000 -50,000 -193,000 -56,000 -281,000 -248,000 1,265,000 -103,000 -15,000 -489,000             
          loss on sale of non-core assets
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of non-core assets
                                                                                               
          decrease in receivables
                                                                                               
          increase in long-term receivables
                                                                                               
          payments on revolver
                                                                                               
          other
                                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                                                                               
          finance contracts receivable, sold
                                                                                               
          advances on finance contracts
                                                                                               
          increase in inventory
                                                                                               
          payments of long-term debt
                                                                                               
          (payments on) borrowings from revolver
                                                                                               
          share-based compensation
                                                                2,622,000 2,620,000 2,669,000  2,221,000 2,167,000 2,230,000 1,930,000 1,862,000 1,976,000 1,962,000 1,769,000 1,976,000 2,009,000 1,969,000    2,068,000             
          acquisitions
                                                                -5,661,000 -46,682,000  -38,000 -28,113,000  -40,065,000 -69,364,000 -513,000  -1,428,000 -8,711,000 -2,828,000  -4,000,000 -4,601,000 -4,064,000  -6,500,000   -93,000 -19,906,000 -52,856,000 -24,600,000 -459,000   
          payments on credit facility
                                                                                               
          payments of debt issuance costs
                                                                                               
          (payments on) borrowings from credit facility
                                                                      -8,000,000                         
          payments and retirement of long-term debt and obligations under capital leases
                                                                        -130,004,000 -2,000 -2,000  -50,008,000 -8,000 -8,000  -75,000,000 -5,011,000 -5,002,000  -5,007,000 -5,007,000 -5,007,000  -5,166,000 -55,215,000 -5,205,000  -3,594,000 -55,000 -221,000 
          increase in receivables
                                                                                               
          proceeds from disposals of property and equipment
                                                                                              
          acquisitions, net of cash
                                                                                               
          borrowings from revolver payments of debt issuance costs
                                                                                               
          cash payments received on notes receivable from esop
                                                                                               
          loan to esop
                                                                                             
          borrowings from credit facility
                                                                                               
          supplemental noncash flow disclosure:
                                                                                               
          change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
                                                                                               
          distribution agreement
                                                                                   -100,000,000         
          convertible debenture conversion
                                                                                               
          see accompanying notes.
                                                                                               
          amortization of intangibles
                                                                             1,402,000 1,247,000  1,464,000 1,471,000 1,385,000  1,683,000 1,624,000 1,632,000  3,463,000 2,918,000 2,898,000  2,848,000 813,000 646,000 
          excess tax benefits from share-based compensation deferred income taxes
                                                                                               
          change in assets and liabilities, net of acquired businesses
                                                                                               
          additions to property and equipment, net of acquired businesses
                                                                                               
          sale of short-term investments
                                                                                               
          proceeds from debt
                                                                                             
          convertible debenture issued for acquisition
                                                                                               
          sale (purchase) of short-term investments
                                                                                    2,008,000 6,009,000 3,360,000        1,474,000 
          income before cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                           45,125,000 40,061,000 34,886,000 29,393,000 
          (purchase) sale of short-term investments
                                                                                        8,166,000 -10,434,000 -1,939,000     
          adjustments to reconcile income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                               
          amortization of deferred credits
                                                                                               
          amortization of goodwill and intangibles
                                                                                               
          deferred taxes
                                                                                               
          sale (purchase) of investments
                                                                                               
          common stock issued for acquisitions
                                                                                               
          less esop loan
                                                                                               
          net equity impact from acquisitions
                                                                                               
          common stock issued (purchased)
                                                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from by operating activities: