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RPM International Inc
(NYSE:RPM) 

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RPM International Inc. manufactures and sells specialty chemicals for the industrial, specialty, and consumer markets worldwide. It offers waterproofing, coatings, and institutional roofing systems; sealants, air barriers, tapes, and foams; residential home weatherization systems; roofing and buildi...

Founded: 1947
Full Time Employees: 14,600
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals

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      net sales
    2,113,743,000 2,081,975,000 1,476,562,000 1,845,318,000 1,968,789,000 2,008,163,000 1,522,982,000 1,792,275,000 2,011,857,000 2,016,210,000 1,516,176,000 1,791,708,000 1,932,320,000 1,983,890,000 1,433,879,000 1,639,538,000 1,650,420,000 1,269,395,000 1,485,915,000 1,606,670,000 1,173,976,000 1,401,292,000 1,472,764,000 1,362,531,000 1,345,394,000 1,022,496,000 1,190,770,000 1,252,063,000 988,555,000 1,700,707,000 773,643,000 916,085,000 985,918,000 981,768,000 678,920,000 826,343,000 894,810,000 666,594,000 858,658,000 915,953,000 857,341,000 635,396,000 889,965,000 985,465,000 731,773,000 905,708,000 930,339,000 679,494,000 809,386,000 844,161,000 612,475,000 739,350,000 747,352,000 516,337,000 
      yoy
    7.36% 3.68% -3.05% 2.96% -2.14% -0.40% 0.45% 0.03% 4.12% 1.63% 5.74% 9.28% 17.08% 56.29% -3.50% 2.05% 40.58% -9.41% 0.89% 17.92% -12.74% 37.05% 23.68% 8.82% 36.10% -39.88% 53.92% 36.68% 0.27% 73.23% 13.95% 10.86% 10.18% 47.28% -20.93% -9.78% 4.37% 4.91% -3.52% -7.05% 17.16% -29.85% -4.34% 45.03% -9.59% 7.29% 51.90% -8.10% 8.30% 63.49%     
      qoq
    1.53% 41.00% -19.98% -6.27% -1.96% 31.86% -15.03% -10.91% -0.22% 32.98% -15.38% -7.28% -2.60% 38.36% -12.54% -0.66% 30.02% -14.57% -7.52% 36.86% -16.22% -4.85% 8.09% 1.27% 31.58% -14.13% -4.90% 26.66% -41.87% 119.83% -15.55% -7.08% 0.42% 44.61% -17.84% -7.65% 34.24% -22.37% -6.26% 6.84% 34.93% -28.60% -9.69% 34.67% -19.20% -2.65% 36.92% -16.05% -4.12% 37.83% -17.16% -1.07% 44.74%  
      cost of sales
    1,220,527,000 1,200,204,000 909,072,000 1,080,774,000 1,132,116,000 1,177,583,000 915,818,000 1,044,047,000 1,183,240,000 1,241,062,000 978,142,000 1,101,317,000 1,187,849,000 1,245,388,000 935,293,000 1,056,924,000 1,037,069,000 797,454,000 899,743,000 953,015,000 739,229,000 871,894,000 898,010,000 824,562,000 773,386,000 593,923,000 669,089,000 700,021,000 575,593,000 906,786,000 470,443,000 547,064,000 576,292,000 565,342,000 409,402,000 486,846,000 519,384,000 406,762,000 495,447,000 522,123,000 499,225,000 400,738,000 533,239,000 581,876,000 440,528,000 537,970,000 546,437,000 416,009,000 483,315,000 499,088,000 368,135,000 440,091,000 431,233,000 305,220,000 
      gross profit
    893,216,000 881,771,000 567,490,000 764,544,000 836,673,000 830,580,000 607,164,000 748,228,000 828,617,000 775,148,000 538,034,000 690,391,000 744,471,000 738,502,000 498,586,000 582,614,000 613,351,000 471,941,000 586,172,000 653,655,000 434,747,000 529,398,000 574,754,000 537,969,000 572,008,000 428,573,000 521,681,000 552,042,000 412,962,000 793,921,000 303,200,000 369,021,000 409,626,000 416,426,000 269,518,000 339,497,000 375,426,000 259,832,000 363,211,000 393,830,000 358,116,000 234,658,000 356,726,000 403,589,000 291,245,000 367,738,000 383,902,000 263,485,000 326,071,000 345,073,000 244,340,000 299,259,000 316,119,000 211,117,000 
      yoy
    6.76% 6.16% -6.53% 2.18% 0.97% 7.15% 12.85% 8.38% 11.30% 4.96% 7.91% 18.50% 21.38% 56.48% -14.94% -10.87% 41.08% -10.85% 1.99% 21.50% -24.00% 23.53% 10.17% -2.55% 38.51% -46.02% 72.06% 49.60% 0.81% 90.65% 12.50% 8.70% 9.11% 60.27% -25.80% -13.80% 4.83% 10.73% 1.82% -2.42% 22.96% -36.19% -7.08% 53.17% -10.68% 6.57% 57.12% -11.95% 3.15% 63.45%     
      qoq
    1.30% 55.38% -25.77% -8.62% 0.73% 36.80% -18.85% -9.70% 6.90% 44.07% -22.07% -7.26% 0.81% 48.12% -14.42% -5.01% 29.96% -19.49% -10.32% 50.35% -17.88% -7.89% 6.84% -5.95% 33.47% -17.85% -5.50% 33.68% -47.98% 161.85% -17.84% -9.91% -1.63% 54.51% -20.61% -9.57% 44.49% -28.46% -7.77% 9.97% 52.61% -34.22% -11.61% 38.57% -20.80% -4.21% 45.70% -19.19% -5.51% 41.23% -18.35% -5.33% 49.74%  
      gross margin %
    42.26% 42.35% 38.43% 41.43% 42.50% 41.36% 39.87% 41.75% 41.19% 38.45% 35.49% 38.53% 38.53% 37.22% 34.77% 35.54% 37.16% 37.18% 39.45% 40.68% 37.03% 37.78% 39.03% 39.48% 42.52% 41.91% 43.81% 44.09% 41.77% 46.68% 39.19% 40.28% 41.55% 42.42% 39.70% 41.08% 41.96% 38.98% 42.30% 43.00% 41.77% 36.93% 40.08% 40.95% 39.80% 40.60% 41.26% 38.78% 40.29% 40.88% 39.89% 40.48% 42.30% 40.89% 
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    573,534,000 592,845,000 501,710,000 529,836,000 526,146,000 554,504,000 504,760,000 523,289,000 531,032,000 530,071,000 450,019,000 490,607,000 485,205,000 498,039,000 433,569,000 437,709,000 418,850,000 402,186,000 399,418,000 395,953,000 381,866,000 403,357,000 400,566,000 430,080,000 394,409,000 386,032,000 419,494,000 384,085,000 370,913,000 556,575,000 277,456,000 281,874,000 273,140,000 296,648,000 255,930,000 250,070,000 253,421,000 257,212,000 270,352,000 273,199,000 259,215,000 265,618,000 278,982,000 292,690,000 266,160,000 274,718,000 271,035,000 240,964,000 249,715,000 237,585,000 224,657,000 246,808,000 214,860,000 195,273,000 
      restructuring expense
    8,814,000 6,764,000 3,456,000 7,557,000 7,202,000 15,912,000 6,359,000 1,239,000 6,498,000 8,685,000 4,154,000 1,272,000 1,354,000 1,148,000 1,140,000 2,977,000 1,010,000                                      
      interest expense
    29,326,000 25,939,000 22,993,000 23,177,000 24,434,000 27,276,000 28,527,000 30,348,000 31,818,000 33,630,000 30,756,000 27,918,000 26,711,000 23,801,000 22,016,000 21,002,000 21,109,000 20,964,000 21,266,000 21,745,000 23,972,000 26,341,000 28,317,000 23,127,000 26,773,000 23,769,000 22,905,000 22,778,000 23,140,000 27,339,000 17,897,000 17,909,000 17,806,000 16,415,000 16,502,000 16,468,000 16,042,000 15,802,000 14,672,000 12,797,000 12,960,000 13,520,000 17,394,000 10,586,000 9,462,000 12,107,000 12,718,000 11,146,000 11,315,000 13,203,000 9,962,000 9,854,000 8,575,000 8,600,000 
      investment (income)
    -13,404,000 -3,281,000 -1,266,000 -8,526,000 -11,026,000 -9,098,250 -18,665,000 -5,289,000         -5,750,000  -9,519,000 -12,763,000   -5,385,000  -4,453,000 -3,627,000 -2,416,000 -3,838,000 -2,909,000 -12,456,000 -2,190,000 -1,045,000  -2,797,250 -4,903,000     -1,094,000               
      other (income)
    -3,101,000                            -88,000 -2,092,250 -1,399,000 -5,887,000                       
      income before income taxes
    298,047,000 248,376,000 40,951,000 212,982,000 290,451,000 239,278,000 83,581,000 195,824,000 269,154,000 206,639,000 42,487,000 175,135,000 225,121,000 221,677,000 40,497,000 163,154,000 181,471,000 55,860,000 166,956,000 241,369,000 16,308,000 101,753,000 142,849,000 66,593,000 155,284,000 16,997,000 -106,857,000 148,475,000 21,906,000 218,177,000 11,436,000 76,170,000 118,704,000 107,856,000 1,989,000 77,268,000 107,940,000 -11,349,000 80,244,000 108,928,000 64,685,000 -44,480,000 60,350,000 100,313,000 15,623,000 80,913,000 100,149,000 11,375,000 80,041,000 94,285,000 -5,279,000 27,597,000 77,684,000 -7,756,000 
      provision for income taxes
    70,207,000 22,367,000 -11,363,000 29,532,000 61,897,000 58,442,000 22,103,000 50,009,000 67,841,000 54,968,000 15,248,000 43,593,000 55,842,000 22,371,000 7,248,000 38,038,000 46,676,000 17,394,000 39,072,000 60,584,000 4,218,000 24,431,000 36,353,000 17,420,000 38,381,000 4,313,000 -36,601,000 35,081,000 2,613,000                          
      net income
    227,840,000 226,009,000 52,314,000 183,450,000 228,554,000 180,836,000 61,478,000 145,815,000 201,313,000 151,671,000 27,239,000 131,542,000 169,279,000 199,306,000 33,249,000 125,116,000 134,795,000 38,466,000 127,884,000 180,785,000 12,090,000 77,322,000 106,496,000 49,173,000 116,903,000 12,684,000 -70,256,000 113,394,000 19,293,000 160,801,000 7,924,000 53,919,000 83,340,000 73,478,000 1,193,000 53,503,000 74,994,000 -9,400,000 55,893,000 73,025,000 39,306,000 -30,933,000 41,726,000 69,517,000 12,150,000 54,855,000 68,268,000 10,052,000 52,941,000 61,342,000 -2,687,000 18,527,000 49,961,000 -4,772,000 
      yoy
    -0.31% 24.98% -14.91% 25.81% 13.53% 19.23% 125.70% 10.85% 18.92% -23.90% -18.08% 5.14% 25.58% 418.14% -74.00% -30.79% 1014.93% -50.25% 20.08% 267.65% -89.66% 509.60% -251.58% -56.64% 505.93% -92.11% -986.62% 110.30% -76.85% 118.84% 564.21% 0.78% 11.13% -881.68% -97.87% -26.73% 90.80% -69.61% 33.95% 5.05% 223.51% -156.39% -38.88% 591.57% -77.05% -10.58% -2640.68% -45.74% 5.96% -1385.46%     
      qoq
    0.81% 332.02% -71.48% -19.73% 26.39% 194.15% -57.84% -27.57% 32.73% 456.82% -79.29% -22.29% -15.07% 499.43% -73.43% -7.18% 250.43% -69.92% -29.26% 1395.33% -84.36% -27.39% 116.57% -57.94% 821.66% -118.05% -161.96% 487.75% -88.00% 1929.29% -85.30% -35.30% 13.42% 6059.09% -97.77% -28.66% -897.81% -116.82% -23.46% 85.79% -227.07% -174.13% -39.98% 472.16% -77.85% -19.65% 579.15% -81.01% -13.70% -2382.92% -114.50% -62.92% -1146.96%  
      net income margin %
    10.78% 10.86% 3.54% 9.94% 11.61% 9.01% 4.04% 8.14% 10.01% 7.52% 1.80% 7.34% 8.76% 10.05% 2.32% 7.63% 8.17% 3.03% 8.61% 11.25% 1.03% 5.52% 7.23% 3.61% 8.69% 1.24% -5.90% 9.06% 1.95% 9.45% 1.02% 5.89% 8.45% 7.48% 0.18% 6.47% 8.38% -1.41% 6.51% 7.97% 4.58% -4.87% 4.69% 7.05% 1.66% 6.06% 7.34% 1.48% 6.54% 7.27% -0.44% 2.51% 6.69% -0.92% 
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    235,000 251,000 280,000 246,000 862,000 225,000 279,000 310,000 231,000 311,000 265,000 198,000 266,000 301,000 230,000 241,000 213,000 224,000 225,000 190,000 237,000 292,000 308,000 -51,000 487,000 756,000 670,000 625,000 711,000 2,508,000 1,299,000 3,988,000 6,529,000 3,304,000 96,000 4,712,000 5,998,000                  
      net income attributable to rpm international inc. stockholders
    227,605,000 225,758,000 52,034,000 183,204,000 227,692,000 180,611,000 61,199,000 145,505,000 201,082,000 151,360,000 26,974,000 131,344,000 169,013,000 199,005,000 33,019,000 124,875,000 134,582,000 38,242,000 127,659,000 180,595,000 11,853,000 77,030,000 106,188,000 49,224,000 116,416,000 11,928,000 -70,926,000 112,769,000 18,582,000 158,293,000 6,625,000 49,931,000 76,811,000 70,174,000 1,097,000 48,791,000 68,996,000                  
      average number of shares of common stock outstanding:
                                                          
      basic
    127,283,000 -58,000 127,536,000 127,658,000 127,691,000 -36,000 127,781,000 127,758,000 127,633,000 -57,000 127,495,000 127,585,000 127,617,000 -65,000 127,943,000 128,022,000 128,083,000 128,447,000 128,500,000 128,418,000 128,426,000 128,393,000 128,882,000 131,058,000 131,236,000 130,677,000 130,695,000 130,600,000 129,068,000 1,366,000 128,121,000 127,986,000 128,094,000 20,000 127,166,000 127,012,000 127,787,000 127,500,000 127,373,000 126,774,000 78,000 126,575,000 127,090,000 124,935,000 120,091,000 120,057,000 119,677,000 118,430,000 117,600,000 117,467,000 116,881,000 116,710,000 116,542,000 117,284,000 
      diluted
    127,950,000 -111,000 128,154,000 128,344,000 128,420,000 25,000 128,334,000 128,249,000 128,771,000 27,000 128,035,000 128,911,000 128,161,000 -42,000 129,702,000 128,494,000 128,570,000 129,949,000 129,090,000 128,783,000 130,028,000 129,079,000 129,504,000 131,667,000 135,720,000 130,677,000 130,695,000 135,241,000 129,068,000 3,661,000 130,377,000 128,432,000 128,628,000 46,000 129,442,000 127,670,000 128,254,000 127,500,000 129,164,000 127,098,000 -298,000 126,575,000 128,137,000 130,188,000 130,223,000 130,608,000 130,026,000 129,001,000 128,674,000 128,192,000 116,881,000 127,542,000 127,262,000 119,152,000 
      earnings per share of common stock attributable to rpm international inc. stockholders:
                                                          
      basic
    1.78 1.77 0.41 1.43 1.78 1.4 0.48 1.13 1.57 1.19 0.21 1.02 1.31 1.54 0.26 0.97 1.04 0.3 0.98 1.39 0.09 0.6 0.82 0.37 0.87 0.09 -0.54 0.85 0.14 1.18 0.05 0.38 0.59   0.38 0.53                  
      diluted
    1.77 1.76 0.4 1.42 1.77 1.4 0.47 1.13 1.56 1.18 0.21 1.02 1.31 1.53 0.25 0.96 1.04 0.29 0.98 1.39 0.09 0.59 0.82 0.37 0.86 0.09 -0.54 0.83 0.14 1.16 0.05 0.38 0.59   0.38 0.53                  
      other expense
     -224,000 -354,000 -482,000 -534,000 2,191,000 2,602,000 2,817,000 2,554,000 2,712,000 2,339,000 2,310,000 2,416,000 -2,845,000 -2,742,000 -2,920,000 -3,339,000 1,256,000 3,133,000 3,118,000 1,422,000 1,951,000 1,785,000 3,412,000 -5,000 502,000 257,000 542,000                           
      goodwill impairment
              36,745,000                                            
      (gain) on sales of assets and business
             -2,751,000 -25,743,000                                            
      investment expense
            -12,439,000 -3,838,000 -2,723,000 -6,851,000 3,664,000 6,174,000 4,355,000 2,816,000  -11,454,000   3,836,000 -8,805,000  7,033,000                               
      (gain) on sales of assets
                 -9,492,000 -249,000 -42,124,000                                       
      restructuring charges
                     3,129,000 4,918,000 4,233,000 7,343,000 4,801,000 6,622,000 7,724,000                               
      cash dividends declared per share of common stock
                           0.35 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.275 0.275 0.305 0.215 0.215 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.205 0.205 0.205 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.19 0.19 0.19         
      goodwill and other intangible asset impairments
                             4,900,000 188,298,000                            
      benefit from income taxes
                                 15,281,750 3,512,000 22,251,000 35,364,000 14,376,750 796,000 23,765,000 32,946,000  24,351,000 35,903,000   18,624,000 30,796,000 3,473,000 26,058,000 31,881,000  27,100,000 32,943,000  9,070,000 27,723,000 -2,984,000 
      investment income
                                    -24,000   -4,309,000 -1,977,000 -1,833,000 -2,057,000                
      earnings per share of common stock attributable to
                                                          
      rpm international inc. stockholders:
                                                          
      basic
                                     0.23 0.01                    
      diluted
                                     0.228 0.01                    
      earnings per share of common stock attributable to rpm international inc. stockholders
                                                          
      basic
    1.78 1.77 0.41 1.43 1.78 1.4 0.48 1.13 1.57 1.19 0.21 1.02 1.31 1.54 0.26 0.97 1.04 0.3 0.98 1.39 0.09 0.6 0.82 0.37 0.87 0.09 -0.54 0.85 0.14 1.18 0.05 0.38 0.59   0.38 0.53                  
      diluted
    1.77 1.76 0.4 1.42 1.77 1.4 0.47 1.13 1.56 1.18 0.21 1.02 1.31 1.53 0.25 0.96 1.04 0.29 0.98 1.39 0.09 0.59 0.82 0.37 0.86 0.09 -0.54 0.83 0.14 1.16 0.05 0.38 0.59   0.38 0.53                  
      benefit for income taxes
                                         -1,949,000   25,379,000 -13,547,000      1,323,000   -2,592,000    
      basic earnings per share of common stock
                                         -0.07 0.44 0.57 0.16 -0.24 0.33 0.56 0.1 0.46 0.57 0.08 0.45 0.52 -0.02 0.16 0.43 -0.04 
      diluted earnings per share of common stock
                                         -0.07 0.43 0.57 0.158 -0.24 0.33 0.54 0.1 0.43 0.53 0.08 0.42 0.49 -0.02 0.15 0.4 -0.04 
      asbestos-related settlement
                                                          
      asbestos
                                                          
      cash dividends per share of common stock
                                                  0.175 0.175 0.175 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.15 
      asbestos (income)/charge
                                                    -15,000,000      
      asbestos charge
                                                        15,000,000  
      asbestos charges
                                                      15,000,000 15,000,000  15,000,000 
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        assets
                                                           
        current assets
                                                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      297,075,000 302,137,000 241,895,000 268,683,000 231,555,000 237,379,000 248,905,000 262,746,000 240,586,000 215,787,000 193,870,000 232,118,000 197,574,000 201,672,000 193,191,000 192,851,000 213,212,000 249,214,000 272,945,000 251,765,000 212,242,000 208,173,000 212,091,000 226,914,000 210,796,000 205,907,000 194,470,000 220,712,000 332,868,000 272,178,000 300,955,000 373,355,000 435,011,000 275,479,000 299,157,000 219,312,000 256,199,000 363,928,000 255,840,000 253,387,000 205,237,000             
        trade accounts receivable
      1,472,993,000 1,509,109,000 1,105,085,000 1,290,536,000 1,344,177,000 1,419,445,000 1,072,032,000 1,233,340,000 1,418,886,000 1,503,040,000 1,203,212,000 1,340,127,000 1,407,866,000 1,432,632,000 1,085,396,000 1,173,494,000 1,171,914,000 998,783,000 1,081,841,000 1,159,130,000 948,351,000 1,047,813,000 1,109,259,000      873,946,000 613,399,000 661,825,000 725,005,000 712,863,000 543,870,000 574,675,000 624,636,000 502,190,000 583,289,000 640,472,000 638,659,000 502,919,000 607,189,000 735,700,000 554,943,000 614,465,000 675,227,000 481,916,000 554,205,000 600,223,000 443,619,000 511,964,000 556,675,000 396,989,000 
        inventories
      1,068,183,000 1,036,475,000 1,044,776,000 995,262,000 1,003,459,000 956,465,000 1,080,698,000 1,102,815,000 1,117,441,000 1,135,496,000 1,341,303,000 1,389,591,000 1,339,954,000 1,212,618,000 1,191,791,000 1,040,923,000 997,255,000 913,302,000 829,617,000 783,472,000 914,197,000 883,722,000 860,518,000 879,633,000 856,461,000 762,167,000 728,597,000 739,716,000 613,644,000 517,172,000 510,527,000 495,830,000 463,120,000 472,984,000 433,792,000 421,228,000 441,578,000 434,230,000 435,174,000 406,175,000 463,613,000 493,241,000 509,314,000 485,302,000 461,946,000 471,660,000 453,285,000 434,971,000 418,243,000 397,282,000 364,324,000 363,396,000 337,562,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      365,271,000 322,577,000 367,197,000 326,155,000 319,107,000 282,059,000 344,948,000 320,106,000 335,065,000 329,845,000 340,990,000 355,024,000 342,294,000 304,887,000 339,977,000 352,153,000 330,315,000 286,274,000 268,029,000 262,668,000 240,678,000 220,557,000 234,401,000 252,634,000 224,347,000 232,217,000 239,383,000 194,285,000 219,556,000 265,245,000 230,954,000 243,467,000 239,212,000 217,962,000 194,218,000 192,488,000 222,689,000 204,388,000 209,432,000 210,155,000 211,224,000 194,596,000 207,441,000 206,206,000 202,615,000 202,033,000 190,568,000 189,414,000 185,163,000 165,042,000 183,720,000 173,601,000 147,354,000 
        total current assets
      3,203,522,000 3,170,298,000 2,758,953,000 2,880,636,000 2,898,298,000 2,895,348,000 2,746,583,000 2,919,007,000 3,111,978,000 3,184,168,000 3,079,375,000 3,316,860,000 3,287,688,000 3,151,809,000 2,810,355,000 2,759,421,000 2,712,696,000 2,447,573,000 2,452,432,000 2,457,035,000 2,315,468,000 2,360,265,000 2,416,269,000 2,372,211,000 2,079,879,000 2,041,105,000 2,095,085,000 1,930,308,000 2,062,295,000 1,684,432,000 1,721,211,000 1,855,343,000 1,867,970,000 1,531,729,000 1,522,366,000 1,478,335,000 1,466,871,000 1,630,324,000 1,585,217,000 1,552,916,000 1,420,496,000 1,537,289,000 1,691,443,000 1,678,497,000 1,510,718,000 1,546,252,000 1,319,752,000 1,364,771,000 1,353,495,000 1,139,343,000 1,200,938,000 1,211,734,000 1,108,972,000 
        property, plant and equipment, at cost
      2,805,421,000 2,738,373,000 2,629,810,000 2,615,862,000 2,568,792,000 2,515,847,000 2,459,045,000 2,407,579,000 2,372,532,000 2,332,916,000 2,237,743,000 2,187,570,000 2,135,573,000 2,132,915,000 2,080,631,000 2,035,005,000 1,949,817,000 1,887,807,000 1,851,794,000 1,803,824,000 1,731,101,000 1,712,511,000 1,674,713,000 1,624,380,000 1,433,413,000 1,353,282,000 1,362,075,000 1,278,553,000 1,191,676,000 1,044,980,000 1,010,673,000 1,010,855,000 998,245,000 978,169,000 953,128,000 934,136,000 1,067,577,000 1,070,943,000 1,055,935,000  1,008,251,000 1,007,208,000 1,045,614,000 993,290,000 973,709,000 976,253,000 909,844,000 903,160,000 898,328,000 834,149,000 823,899,000 838,474,000 801,789,000 
        allowance for depreciation
      -1,306,637,000 -1,264,974,000 -1,236,755,000 -1,238,798,000 -1,219,084,000 -1,184,784,000 -1,172,164,000 -1,154,468,000 -1,127,209,000 -1,093,440,000 -1,071,722,000 -1,061,701,000 -1,036,199,000 -1,028,932,000 -1,031,613,000 -1,011,928,000 -998,993,000 -985,176,000 -962,395,000 -942,849,000 -900,368,000 -890,736,000 -861,697,000 -830,753,000 -731,279,000 -714,353,000 -729,584,000 -698,902,000                          
        property, plant and equipment
      1,498,784,000 1,473,399,000 1,393,055,000 1,377,064,000 1,349,708,000 1,331,063,000 1,286,881,000 1,253,111,000 1,245,323,000 1,239,476,000 1,166,021,000 1,125,869,000 1,099,374,000 1,103,983,000 1,049,018,000 1,023,077,000 950,824,000 902,631,000 889,399,000 860,975,000 830,733,000 821,775,000 813,016,000 793,627,000 702,134,000 638,929,000 632,491,000 579,651,000 532,805,000 402,781,000 382,127,000 387,439,000 390,027,000 381,478,000 378,147,000 376,234,000 444,959,000 455,954,000 458,515,000 470,103,000 450,099,000 455,155,000 483,153,000 458,926,000 459,180,000 465,187,000 438,503,000 438,784,000 441,139,000 412,346,000 413,919,000 436,409,000 384,859,000 
        other assets
                                                           
        goodwill
      1,657,612,000 1,617,626,000 1,358,632,000 1,341,129,000 1,315,790,000 1,308,911,000 1,309,744,000 1,311,653,000 1,300,833,000 1,293,588,000 1,288,071,000 1,341,580,000 1,333,066,000 1,337,868,000 1,343,962,000 1,338,465,000 1,349,137,000 1,310,762,000 1,300,777,000 1,278,534,000 1,265,237,000 1,259,556,000 1,249,818,000 1,229,476,000 1,133,013,000 1,085,763,000 1,222,659,000 1,182,293,000 1,147,374,000 869,557,000 865,529,000 842,431,000 831,489,000 824,413,000 794,092,000 783,685,000 882,739,000 871,393,000 860,554,000 856,166,000 830,567,000 844,980,000 890,211,000 854,980,000 846,275,000 836,768,000 792,854,000 815,125,000 792,353,000 734,749,000 717,456,000 728,967,000 660,760,000 
        other intangible assets, net of amortization
      832,195,000 780,826,000 510,385,000 512,568,000 504,562,000 512,972,000 523,677,000 533,659,000 541,994,000 554,991,000 562,732,000 581,909,000 586,204,000 592,261,000 601,641,000 611,427,000 626,244,000 612,702,000 620,399,000 583,787,000 597,018,000 595,311,000 601,747,000 607,212,000 579,237,000 521,198,000 563,225,000 566,977,000 459,536,000 349,533,000 353,652,000 320,082,000 312,867,000 314,368,000 309,466,000 308,318,000 366,127,000 359,762,000 353,820,000 358,097,000 347,995,000 348,770,000 370,256,000 347,330,000 351,764,000 350,132,000 336,884,000 321,002,000 317,866,000 325,625,000 318,254,000 305,676,000 279,005,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      394,831,000 370,399,000 346,221,000 353,706,000 365,972,000 331,555,000 326,998,000 324,272,000 324,655,000 329,582,000 327,179,000 295,384,000 296,101,000 307,797,000 312,157,000 302,701,000 298,878,000 292,224,000 297,695,000 283,546,000 289,654,000 284,852,000 257,628,000                               
        deferred income taxes
      147,436,000 147,436,000 34,368,000 35,945,000 36,563,000 33,522,000 17,517,000 25,201,000 19,907,000 15,470,000 17,023,000 16,201,000 16,450,000 18,914,000 23,122,000 23,368,000 26,671,000 37,991,000 37,154,000 36,577,000 36,601,000 34,719,000 36,335,000 17,849,000 25,872,000 59,619,000 53,381,000 29,042,000 22,281,000 16,438,000 16,950,000 17,686,000 17,764,000 21,434,000 20,524,000 20,671,000 44,215,000 44,489,000 44,299,000 44,540,000 37,503,000 36,974,000 37,620,000 41,084,000 40,612,000 37,489,000 56,286,000 51,677,000 41,896,000 40,323,000 37,598,000 40,006,000 53,928,000 
        other
      210,165,000 215,965,000 217,961,000 182,022,000 178,982,000 173,172,000 171,004,000 170,474,000 170,587,000 164,729,000 169,022,000 171,710,000 184,105,000 195,074,000 190,347,000 196,440,000 201,754,000 188,502,000 192,352,000 193,965,000 231,159,000 224,520,000 221,612,000 218,578,000 212,084,000 200,847,000 193,233,000 186,623,000 168,412,000 107,782,000 109,494,000 111,798,000 112,676,000 103,770,000 114,484,000 112,273,000 114,195,000 89,931,000 87,318,000 80,139,000 161,293,000 167,008,000 183,102,000 94,119,000 91,744,000 99,481,000 91,593,000 90,233,000 85,557,000 73,870,000 67,276,000 55,237,000 51,877,000 
        total other assets
      3,242,239,000 3,132,252,000 2,467,567,000 2,425,370,000 2,401,869,000 2,360,132,000 2,348,940,000 2,365,259,000 2,357,976,000 2,358,360,000 2,364,027,000 2,406,784,000 2,415,926,000 2,451,914,000 2,471,229,000 2,472,401,000 2,502,684,000 2,442,181,000 2,448,377,000 2,376,409,000 2,419,669,000 2,398,958,000 2,367,140,000 2,073,115,000 1,950,206,000 1,867,427,000 1,999,323,000 1,938,130,000 1,783,265,000 1,326,872,000 1,328,675,000 1,274,311,000 1,257,032,000 1,242,551,000 1,218,042,000 1,204,276,000 1,425,535,000 1,392,261,000 1,384,138,000 1,386,902,000 1,339,855,000 1,360,758,000 1,443,569,000 1,296,429,000 1,289,783,000 1,286,381,000 1,221,331,000 1,226,360,000 1,195,776,000 1,134,244,000 1,102,986,000 1,089,880,000 991,642,000 
        total assets
      7,944,545,000 7,775,949,000 6,619,575,000 6,683,070,000 6,649,875,000 6,586,543,000 6,382,404,000 6,537,377,000 6,715,277,000 6,782,004,000 6,609,423,000 6,849,513,000 6,802,988,000 6,707,706,000 6,330,602,000 6,254,899,000 6,166,204,000 5,792,385,000 5,790,208,000 5,694,419,000 5,565,870,000 5,580,998,000 5,596,425,000 5,238,953,000 4,732,219,000 4,547,461,000 4,726,899,000 4,448,089,000 4,378,365,000 3,414,085,000 3,432,013,000 3,517,093,000 3,515,029,000 3,155,758,000 3,118,555,000 3,058,845,000 3,337,365,000 3,478,539,000 3,427,870,000 3,409,921,000 3,210,450,000 3,353,202,000 3,618,165,000 3,433,852,000 3,259,681,000 3,297,820,000 2,979,586,000 3,029,915,000 2,990,410,000 2,685,933,000 2,717,843,000 2,738,023,000 2,485,473,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                           
        current liabilities
                                                           
        accounts payable
      762,013,000 755,889,000 640,446,000 672,921,000 693,519,000 649,650,000 577,861,000 650,771,000 684,075,000 680,938,000 577,761,000 679,596,000 785,984,000 800,369,000 675,529,000 655,502,000 647,568,000 569,002,000 540,678,000 525,980,000 475,613,000 475,288,000 477,050,000 471,268,000 417,730,000 429,941,000 430,475,000 367,038,000 525,680,000 287,363,000 324,519,000 335,453,000 358,790,000 264,539,000 274,313,000 283,470,000 230,361,000 249,432,000 291,658,000 294,814,000 225,674,000 282,429,000 338,064,000 280,195,000 297,099,000 314,862,000 250,775,000 264,743,000 289,340,000 210,851,000 228,028,000 257,355,000 172,076,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
      7,434,000 7,691,000 7,057,000 6,060,000 6,779,000 136,213,000 6,225,000 5,548,000 6,885,000 178,588,000 3,130,000 3,713,000 303,387,000 603,454,000 703,250,000 302,719,000 1,649,000 1,027,000 75,709,000 45,913,000 71,234,000 102,136,000 582,611,000 453,874,000 383,980,000 3,880,000 4,201,000 3,405,000 5,662,000 3,238,000 1,950,000 2,343,000 2,549,000 2,867,000 2,674,000 2,774,000 5,534,000 2,940,000 169,314,000 168,547,000 172,424,000 171,247,000 7,041,000 101,579,000 101,455,000 102,322,000 3,514,000 4,857,000 5,245,000 18,600,000 18,422,000 95,000 3,425,000 
        accrued compensation and benefits
      189,846,000 287,398,000 215,643,000 213,999,000 180,785,000 297,249,000 237,951,000 204,921,000 170,333,000 257,328,000 204,542,000 197,266,000 165,796,000 262,445,000 206,632,000 180,549,000 156,031,000 190,167,000 161,515,000 133,880,000 154,129,000 139,403,000 119,349,000 133,637,000 133,588,000 126,097,000 106,145,000 129,105,000 173,846,000 133,427,000 124,262,000 112,789,000 156,981,000 127,964,000 115,757,000 100,030,000 121,856,000 115,749,000 99,825,000 124,138,000 100,543,000 102,716,000 96,151,000 120,055,000 101,662,000 90,191,000 112,127,000 105,297,000 91,955,000 87,230,000 76,898,000 60,092,000 69,077,000 
        accrued losses
      30,749,000 36,701,000 33,568,000 35,126,000 32,440,000 32,518,000 30,897,000 34,881,000 28,753,000 26,470,000 22,101,000 25,795,000 26,160,000 24,508,000 25,646,000 25,283,000 25,309,000 23,457,000 23,717,000 22,269,000 22,831,000 21,646,000 20,142,000 22,954,000 37,123,000 33,846,000 32,969,000 27,581,000                          
        other accrued liabilities
      424,834,000 379,768,000 346,747,000 365,781,000 369,060,000 350,434,000 349,015,000 358,234,000 378,601,000 347,477,000 311,974,000 383,664,000 367,920,000 325,632,000 323,846,000 319,536,000 333,065,000 303,852,000 331,074,000 364,735,000 238,324,000 245,595,000 297,420,000 217,660,000 258,102,000 292,849,000 309,813,000 255,274,000 204,411,000 147,080,000 149,266,000 177,684,000 159,324,000 144,398,000 143,746,000 138,824,000 132,271,000 145,682,000 134,002,000 119,270,000 117,363,000 126,106,000 134,846,000 112,333,000 111,917,000 136,041,000 104,363,000 120,991,000 132,646,000 76,033,000 91,557,000 119,867,000 71,684,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,414,876,000 1,467,447,000 1,243,461,000 1,293,887,000 1,282,583,000 1,466,064,000 1,201,949,000 1,254,355,000 1,268,647,000 1,490,801,000 1,119,508,000 1,290,034,000 1,649,247,000 2,016,408,000 1,934,903,000 1,483,589,000 1,163,622,000 1,087,505,000 1,132,693,000 1,092,777,000 962,131,000 984,068,000 1,496,572,000 1,299,393,000 1,230,523,000 886,613,000 883,603,000 782,403,000 937,086,000 623,308,000 652,780,000 683,292,000 735,289,000 604,653,000 600,241,000 589,510,000 639,584,000 664,053,000 845,358,000 849,162,000 758,509,000 821,171,000 713,104,000 744,393,000 738,950,000 764,676,000 597,138,000 623,839,000 640,935,000 512,110,000 539,435,000 555,572,000 419,601,000 
        long-term liabilities
                                                           
        long-term debt, less current maturities
      2,661,990,000 2,638,922,000 2,090,182,000 2,019,846,000 2,045,387,000 1,990,935,000 2,187,140,000 2,246,834,000 2,498,426,000 2,505,221,000 2,819,432,000 2,841,066,000 2,534,108,000 2,083,155,000 1,883,106,000 2,163,274,000 2,429,623,000 2,310,483,000 2,224,627,000 2,297,172,000 2,488,529,000 2,421,339,000 2,018,185,000 1,918,868,000 1,597,553,000 1,634,967,000 1,652,529,000 1,749,823,000 1,345,965,000 1,099,460,000 1,092,454,000 1,103,078,000 1,106,304,000 932,839,000 922,463,000 932,979,000 902,563,000 903,285,000 737,414,000 762,295,000 810,806,000 791,364,000 965,423,000 1,031,740,000 840,564,000 921,734,000 933,027,000 944,899,000 926,382,000 860,897,000 848,014,000 870,175,000 835,625,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      340,420,000 317,334,000 296,861,000 304,517,000 316,064,000 281,281,000 278,009,000 278,028,000 279,632,000 285,524,000 283,981,000 254,217,000 255,625,000 265,139,000 270,293,000 259,962,000 256,661,000 251,563,000 256,045,000 242,903,000 247,685,000 243,863,000 215,131,000                               
        other long-term liabilities
      243,524,000 241,117,000 224,270,000 244,891,000 234,368,000 214,816,000 268,940,000 298,257,000 287,087,000 267,111,000 239,046,000 292,101,000 285,634,000 276,990,000 308,340,000 404,548,000 417,072,000 502,724,000 560,749,000 545,707,000 391,677,000 415,838,000 407,285,000 370,812,000 569,859,000 701,091,000 699,822,000 609,952,000 466,659,000 218,740,000 225,519,000 232,904,000 224,026,000 256,265,000 255,797,000 249,443,000 200,924,000 225,591,000 195,686,000 205,650,000 141,024,000 137,884,000 174,545,000 165,621,000 175,883,000 162,579,000 102,215,000 103,066,000 102,994,000 97,599,000 82,013,000 74,973,000 68,751,000 
        total long-term liabilities
      3,473,075,000 3,421,720,000 2,700,332,000 2,671,533,000 2,715,765,000 2,608,254,000 2,832,242,000 2,920,468,000 3,163,794,000 3,148,203,000 3,434,933,000 3,467,394,000 3,156,139,000 2,707,470,000 2,559,054,000 2,933,554,000 3,211,862,000 3,155,210,000 3,107,072,000 3,149,571,000 3,250,390,000 3,193,630,000 2,753,828,000 2,403,514,000 2,215,969,000 2,377,514,000 2,405,732,000 2,425,166,000 1,862,685,000 1,391,573,000 1,391,206,000 1,398,064,000 1,392,372,000 1,244,435,000 1,234,033,000 1,232,456,000 1,489,767,000 1,532,643,000 1,358,203,000 1,417,088,000 1,411,452,000 1,411,286,000 1,643,149,000 1,462,629,000 1,289,630,000 1,389,781,000 1,353,055,000 1,380,591,000 1,375,644,000 1,098,063,000 1,079,176,000 1,089,521,000 1,030,900,000 
        contingencies and accrued losses
                                                           
        stockholders' equity
                                                           
        preferred stock, par value 0.01; authorized 50,000 shares; none issued
                                                           
        common stock
      1,282,000 1,283,000 1,284,000 1,286,000 1,287,000 1,286,000 1,288,000 1,289,000 1,290,000 1,288,000 1,289,000 1,291,000 1,291,000 1,292,000 1,295,000 1,297,000 1,297,000 1,298,000 1,301,000 1,300,000 1,299,000 1,298,000 1,297,000 1,331,000 1,336,000 1,336,000 1,334,000 1,328,000 1,333,000 1,315,000 1,312,000 1,311,000 1,306,000 1,304,000 1,300,000 1,295,000 1,296,000 1,295,000 1,291,000 1,285,000 1,284,000 1,284,000 1,291,000 1,218,000 1,218,000 1,213,000 1,208,000 1,196,000 1,189,000 1,185,000 1,183,000 1,177,000 1,175,000 
        paid-in capital
      1,183,272,000 1,177,796,000 1,172,247,000 1,164,301,000 1,156,977,000 1,150,751,000 1,144,282,000 1,141,970,000 1,133,941,000 1,124,825,000 1,119,786,000 1,113,025,000 1,105,211,000 1,096,147,000 1,085,317,000 1,073,039,000 1,061,161,000 1,045,585,000 1,035,539,000 1,024,879,000 1,013,561,000 1,007,554,000 1,001,081,000 976,345,000 946,955,000 938,963,000 930,123,000 895,131,000 790,102,000 750,386,000 743,118,000 739,181,000 735,245,000 745,514,000 733,813,000 725,927,000 798,721,000 795,080,000 794,254,000 780,967,000 778,362,000 775,459,000 772,841,000 600,126,000 596,644,000 589,120,000 574,932,000 554,689,000 547,877,000 538,339,000 547,517,000 538,016,000 533,226,000 
        treasury stock
      -973,372,000 -953,856,000 -934,470,000 -915,818,000 -897,686,000 -864,502,000 -844,345,000 -830,402,000 -812,041,000 -784,463,000 -769,933,000 -756,872,000 -754,477,000 -717,019,000 -691,418,000 -675,471,000 -671,314,000 -621,836,000 -595,851,000 -587,232,000 -553,663,000 -547,683,000 -543,650,000 -313,764,000 -216,366,000 -215,936,000 -213,379,000 -191,693,000 -85,400,000 -69,068,000 -68,494,000 -62,765,000 -62,495,000 -62,430,000 -61,586,000 -49,781,000 -40,237,000 -40,237,000 -42,990,000 -50,453,000 -50,283,000 -50,279,000 -29,691,000 -5,940,000 -5,730,000 -3,474,000        
        accumulated other comprehensive
      -512,832,000 -533,631,000 -598,290,000 -580,763,000 -540,590,000 -537,290,000 -593,729,000 -589,690,000 -593,189,000 -604,935,000 -604,821,000 -601,046,000 -612,905,000 -537,337,000 -552,308,000 -573,745,000 -540,508,000 -622,937,000 -649,819,000 -667,662,000 -592,024,000 -576,707,000 -601,253,000 -501,100,000 -533,165,000 -555,541,000 -506,251,000 -497,754,000 -156,882,000     -13,122,000 -52,547,000 -80,734,000 -20,441,000  -3,525,000               
        retained earnings
      3,356,848,000 3,193,764,000 3,033,505,000 3,047,021,000 2,929,439,000 2,760,639,000 2,639,310,000 2,637,387,000 2,551,142,000 2,404,125,000 2,306,836,000 2,334,063,000 2,256,939,000 2,139,346,000 1,992,160,000 2,010,991,000 1,937,940,000 1,745,375,000 1,756,571,000 1,678,309,000 1,481,339,000 1,516,230,000 1,485,917,000 1,369,695,000 1,084,462,000 1,112,610,000 1,223,611,000 1,031,020,000 833,691,000 632,530,000 654,157,000 632,422,000 583,035,000 540,258,000 566,438,000 544,930,000 468,675,000 504,636,000 475,279,000 443,429,000 431,946,000 488,561,000 472,555,000 538,523,000 549,513,000 517,815,000 412,878,000 423,892,000 391,835,000 510,479,000 532,084,000 532,451,000 471,537,000 
        total rpm international inc. stockholders' equity
      3,055,198,000 2,885,356,000 2,674,276,000 2,716,027,000 2,649,427,000 2,510,884,000 2,346,806,000 2,360,554,000 2,281,143,000 2,140,840,000 2,053,157,000 2,090,461,000 1,996,059,000 1,982,429,000 1,835,046,000 1,836,111,000 1,788,576,000 1,547,485,000 1,547,741,000 1,449,594,000 1,350,512,000 1,400,692,000 1,343,392,000 1,532,507,000 1,283,222,000 1,281,432,000 1,435,438,000 1,238,032,000                          
        noncontrolling interest
      1,396,000 1,426,000 1,506,000 1,623,000 2,100,000 1,341,000 1,407,000 2,000,000 1,693,000 2,160,000 1,825,000 1,624,000 1,543,000 1,399,000 1,599,000 1,645,000 2,144,000 2,185,000 2,702,000 2,477,000 2,837,000 2,608,000 2,633,000 3,539,000 2,505,000 1,902,000 2,126,000 2,488,000 195,750,000 131,006,000 132,933,000 131,398,000 124,204,000 95,146,000 96,863,000 95,242,000                  
        total equity
      3,056,594,000 2,886,782,000 2,675,782,000 2,717,650,000 2,651,527,000 2,512,225,000 2,348,213,000 2,362,554,000 2,282,836,000 2,143,000,000 2,054,982,000 2,092,085,000 1,997,602,000 1,983,828,000 1,836,645,000 1,837,756,000 1,790,720,000 1,549,670,000 1,550,443,000 1,452,071,000 1,353,349,000 1,403,300,000 1,346,025,000 1,536,046,000 1,285,727,000 1,283,334,000 1,437,564,000 1,240,520,000 1,578,594,000 1,399,204,000 1,388,027,000 1,435,737,000 1,387,368,000 1,306,670,000 1,284,281,000 1,236,879,000                  
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      7,944,545,000 7,775,949,000 6,619,575,000 6,683,070,000 6,649,875,000 6,586,543,000 6,382,404,000 6,537,377,000 6,715,277,000 6,782,004,000 6,609,423,000 6,849,513,000 6,802,988,000 6,707,706,000 6,330,602,000 6,254,899,000 6,166,204,000 5,792,385,000 5,790,208,000 5,694,419,000 5,565,870,000 5,580,998,000 5,596,425,000 5,238,953,000 4,732,219,000 4,547,461,000 4,726,899,000 4,448,089,000                          
        commitments and contingencies
                                                           
        trade accounts receivable (less allowances of
                                                           
        53,678 and 46,344, respectively)
                             1,013,030,000                              
        41,357 and 24,600, respectively)
                              788,275,000                             
        40,909 and 24,600, respectively)
                               840,814,000                            
        27,940 and 24,600, respectively)
                                932,635,000                           
        deferred income taxes, non-current
                                20,206,000 2,237,000 7,943,000        62,474,000 71,175,000 82,446,000 92,500,000              
        22,450 and 24,526, respectively)
                                 746,553,000                          
        allowance for depreciation and amortization
                                  -658,871,000 -642,199,000 -628,546,000 -623,416,000 -608,218,000 -596,691,000 -574,981,000 -557,902,000 -622,618,000 -614,989,000 -597,420,000  -558,152,000 -552,053,000 -562,461,000 -534,364,000 -514,529,000 -511,066,000 -471,341,000 -464,376,000 -457,189,000 -421,803,000 -409,980,000 -402,065,000 -416,930,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                           
        accrued loss reserves
                                  27,487,000 52,200,000 52,783,000 55,023,000 57,645,000 64,885,000 63,751,000 64,412,000 74,562,000 75,250,000 75,559,000 77,393,000 77,505,000 73,673,000 72,002,000 72,731,000 69,317,000 68,260,000 68,434,000 69,493,000 63,174,000 64,396,000 69,530,000 63,163,000 51,605,000 
        stockholders’ equity
                                                           
        total rpm international inc. stockholders’ equity
                                  1,382,844,000 1,268,198,000 1,255,094,000 1,304,339,000 1,263,164,000 1,211,524,000 1,187,418,000 1,141,637,000                  
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                  4,378,365,000 3,414,085,000 3,432,013,000 3,517,093,000 3,515,029,000 3,155,758,000 3,118,555,000 3,058,845,000 3,337,365,000 3,478,539,000 3,427,870,000 3,409,921,000 3,210,450,000 3,353,202,000 3,618,165,000 3,433,852,000 3,259,681,000 3,297,820,000 2,979,586,000 3,029,915,000 2,990,410,000 2,685,933,000 2,717,843,000 2,738,023,000 2,485,473,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                   -46,965,000 -74,999,000 -5,810,000 6,073,000     21,069,000  -31,557,000 -120,820,000 -94,280,000 44,916,000 92,903,000 89,456,000 38,689,000 40,375,000 45,708,000 32,930,000 25,757,000 18,448,000 21,286,000 29,034,000 
        asbestos-related liabilities
                                          75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 57,500,000 57,500,000 53,000,000 57,925,000 58,458,000 58,575,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 55,000,000 50,000,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
                                          1,208,014,000 1,281,843,000 1,224,309,000 1,143,671,000 1,040,489,000 1,120,745,000 1,261,912,000 1,226,830,000 1,231,101,000 1,143,363,000 1,029,393,000 1,025,485,000 973,831,000 1,075,760,000 1,099,232,000 1,092,930,000 1,034,972,000 
        land
                                             33,836,000              
        buildings and leasehold improvements
                                             305,927,000              
        machinery and equipment
                                             716,792,000              
        less allowance for depreciation and amortization
                                             586,452,000              
        total liabilities
                                             2,266,250,000              
        30
                                                           
        cash and short-term investments
                                               205,289,000 201,368,000 390,962,000 191,080,000 159,843,000 137,697,000 134,504,000 107,970,000 93,077,000 103,332,000 78,056,000 173,139,000 
        income taxes payable
                                                          1,734,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                            
          net income
        227,840,000 226,009,000 52,314,000 183,450,000 228,554,000 180,836,000 61,478,000 145,815,000 201,313,000 151,671,000 27,239,000 131,542,000 169,279,000 199,306,000 33,249,000 125,116,000 134,795,000 38,466,000 127,885,000 180,785,000 12,089,000 77,322,000 106,496,000 12,684,000 -70,256,000 113,394,000 160,801,000 7,924,000 53,919,000 83,340,000 73,478,000 1,193,000 53,503,000 74,994,000 61,609,000 -9,400,000 55,893,000 73,025,000 39,306,000 -30,933,000 41,726,000 69,517,000 -87,564,000 12,150,000 54,855,000 68,268,000 10,051,000 52,941,000 61,342,000 -2,687,000 18,527,000 49,961,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                            
          depreciation and amortization
        51,464,000 53,748,000 47,349,000 46,558,000 46,185,000 44,595,000 42,479,000 40,638,000 43,539,000 39,763,000 38,436,000 38,334,000 38,416,000  38,320,000 38,031,000 37,944,000 36,613,000 37,189,000 35,317,000 35,948,000 41,733,000 35,839,000                    22,964,000 20,627,000 20,897,000 20,878,000 21,235,000 18,638,000 19,173,000 18,173,000 18,284,000 16,759,000 
          deferred income taxes
        1,304,000 -57,495,000 -15,760,000 -26,606,000 -4,646,000 -7,828,000 7,764,000 -7,869,000 2,295,000 -2,270,000 12,702,000 -2,277,000 -1,919,000 -8,159,000 -10,778,000 -2,678,000 -3,452,000 22,687,000 -152,000 1,938,000 7,931,000 -846,000 -4,580,000    9,597,000 -1,405,000 -246,000 -1,374,000 1,877,000 508,000 3,002,000 2,321,000  4,841,000 7,554,000 11,370,000  1,746,000 7,142,000 -2,108,000           
          stock-based compensation expense
        5,475,000 5,548,000 7,945,000 7,323,000 6,226,000 6,468,000 2,310,000 8,029,000 9,118,000 5,037,000 6,759,000 7,815,000 9,062,000 10,827,000 12,277,000 11,247,000 5,763,000 10,039,000 10,661,000 10,457,000 5,847,000 6,474,000 6,560,000 7,992,000 8,842,000 8,171,000 13,695,000 3,181,000 3,567,000 3,125,000 3,513,000 2,742,000 3,631,000 2,396,000                   
          net (gain) on marketable securities
        -8,673,000  5,559,000 -4,713,000 -5,971,000            -3,476,000 -9,480,000 -8,388,000 -11,784,000                                 
          other
        -324,000 1,904,000 -300,000 -265,000 -70,000 982,000 -2,763,000 -1,093,000 5,100,000 999,000 788,000 -215,000 111,000 -178,000 119,000 69,000 -76,000 -200,000 -184,000 -10,000 334,000 -955,000 250,000 -225,000 343,000 18,000 4,294,000 -923,000 -4,714,000 -490,000 -778,000 -244,000 217,000 -281,000  1,908,000 2,131,000 2,018,000  8,689,000 -31,016,000 8,978,000  -1,134,000 -712,000 374,000 -3,903,000 4,775,000 286,000 824,000 1,081,000 -556,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect from purchases and sales of businesses:
                                                            
          decrease in receivables
        49,331,000 -357,466,000 179,826,000 44,592,000 78,011,000 -347,617,000 158,250,000 184,550,000 87,712,000  129,811,000 73,197,000 -266,000 -357,812,000 90,003,000 -17,656,000 98,166,000 90,005,000 90,335,000 692,000 98,270,000 67,433,000 116,349,000 79,552,000 82,208,000 28,663,000 -207,471,000 51,527,000   -168,994,000 32,161,000    94,909,000    105,365,000 128,811,000 83,267,000           
          (increase) in inventory
        -16,005,000          47,418,000 -41,299,000 -148,188,000        -32,437,000 -18,489,000 -22,640,000     -712,000 2,426,000 -27,113,000  -36,507,000 -11,277,000 -33,603,000   2,605,000 -28,999,000   16,315,000 -31,922,000           
          (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets
        -18,051,000    -37,620,000    -14,277,000   12,996,000 -36,021,000    -15,648,000   -5,526,000   -5,801,000     8,925,000 -2,509,000 -7,531,000  -4,409,000 947,000 -12,102,000    -9,135,000    -1,259,000           
          increase in accounts payable
        7,810,000 78,900,000 -29,190,000 -17,788,000 52,152,000    18,840,000    15,113,000 111,107,000 19,407,000 13,621,000 -42,912,000 23,494,000 3,386,000 4,945,000                                 
          (decrease) in accrued compensation and benefits
        -99,296,000  2,811,000 31,863,000 -116,792,000  33,931,000 34,480,000 -88,460,000  7,977,000 30,246,000 -92,970,000  26,007,000 26,752,000 -100,201,000 27,812,000 26,449,000 -55,368,000 15,121,000 19,591,000 -73,180,000     8,440,000 9,211,000 -45,873,000  12,191,000 15,581,000 -37,281,000  -1,549,000 15,616,000 -24,313,000  -3,710,000 6,566,000 -55,342,000           
          (decrease) in accrued losses
        -6,098,000                                                    
          increase in other accrued liabilities
        42,733,000   -15,352,000 46,144,000   -22,538,000 72,726,000   31,838,000 62,459,000   -19,550,000 37,866,000  -20,379,000 109,399,000  -36,944,000 50,588,000  -9,958,000 38,015,000 54,868,000 -25,061,000 -30,146,000 15,194,000 2,951,000 -19,783,000 11,371,000 33,696,000  -42,205,000 13,682,000 33,410,000    -14,483,000           
          cash from operating activities
        237,510,000 149,178,000 91,504,000 279,449,000 248,059,000 181,160,000 173,364,000 408,571,000 359,210,000 314,097,000 72,093,000 167,360,000 23,555,000 22,780,000 -3,404,000 83,248,000 76,107,000 72,403,000 261,414,000 318,089,000 81,014,000 155,024,000 145,139,000 14,747,000 152,232,000 6,500,000 124,695,000 43,424,000 102,554,000 7,476,000 47,182,000 7,870,000 141,991,000 41,123,000 15,063,000 4,179,000   132,408,000 30,539,000 116,378,000 -12,330,000           
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                            
          capital expenditures
        -62,461,000 -71,006,000 -58,192,000 -49,990,000 -50,742,000 -75,877,000 -48,793,000 -37,099,000 -52,201,000 -74,710,000 -66,262,000 -55,645,000 -57,818,000 -70,002,000 -50,985,000 -49,528,000 -51,888,000 -32,283,000 -29,455,000 -41,488,000 -34,037,000 -34,791,000 -36,602,000 -59,354,000 -16,085,000 -13,440,000 -4,913,000 -18,089,000 -6,404,000 -12,078,000 -3,255,000 -5,782,000   -12,137,000 -12,688,000 -12,199,000           
          free cash flows
        175,049,000 78,172,000 33,312,000 229,459,000 197,317,000 105,283,000 124,571,000 371,472,000 307,009,000 239,387,000 5,831,000 111,715,000 -34,263,000 -47,222,000 -54,389,000 33,720,000 24,219,000 40,120,000 231,959,000 276,601,000 46,977,000 120,233,000 108,537,000 14,747,000 152,232,000 6,500,000 65,341,000 27,339,000 89,114,000 2,563,000 29,093,000 1,466,000 129,913,000 37,868,000 15,063,000 -1,603,000   132,408,000 18,402,000 103,690,000 -24,529,000           
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
        -115,695,000 -468,445,000 -41,676,000 -79,426,000 -6,223,000 -145,000 -11,378,000 -4,026,000 -11,169,000 -36,373,000 -11,000,000 -2,226,000 -78,429,000 -35,802,000 -737,000   -28,821,000 -5,683,000 -30,598,000    111,932,000 -18,275,000 -96,991,000 -35,914,000 -18,303,000 -10,707,000 -9,962,000  -54,627,000 -8,693,000 -349,000  -2,916,000 -1,884,000 -1,849,000  -4,704,000 -5,904,000 -3,387,000 4,542,000 -40,290,000 -39,270,000 -26,461,000 -135,780,000 
          purchase of marketable securities
        -6,283,000 -8,153,000 -54,107,000 -12,139,000 -11,394,000 -2,390,000 -8,534,000 -5,822,000 -16,235,000 -5,501,000 -2,864,000 -3,869,000 -6,440,000 -1,358,000 -4,198,000 -3,633,000 -5,843,000 -7,492,000 -6,188,000 -17,104,000 -2,744,000 -4,336,000 -9,996,000    -24,683,000 -19,516,000 -28,022,000 -11,315,000 -20,504,000 -34,274,000 -17,986,000 -19,296,000  -37,357,000 -34,732,000 -4,077,000  -2,450,000 -39,209,000 -29,924,000           
          proceeds from sales of marketable securities
        1,525,000 27,633,000 46,658,000 8,614,000 4,188,000 24,559,000 8,334,000 4,353,000 9,443,000 3,135,000 2,525,000 2,955,000 4,116,000 12,529,000 2,825,000 3,413,000 2,766,000 7,584,000 5,119,000 16,070,000 8,225,000 10,263,000 2,837,000 12,108,000 11,986,000 12,602,000 19,002,000 6,957,000 23,116,000 13,821,000 13,666,000 24,541,000 18,152,000 20,676,000  29,717,000 35,761,000 897,000  1,840,000 34,502,000 29,110,000           
          cash (used for) investing activities
        -182,391,000 -519,869,000 -107,129,000 -134,455,000 -64,081,000 -52,571,000 -42,230,000 -50,122,000 -61,517,000 -74,305,000 -11,392,000 -67,572,000 -96,435,000 -37,877,000 -53,270,000 -77,883,000 -90,517,000 -31,967,000 -143,683,000 -42,278,000 -57,357,000 -32,267,000 -74,456,000    52,617,000 -52,742,000 -112,180,000 -37,406,000 -39,391,000 -30,769,000 -20,309,000 -15,471,000  -67,913,000 -13,512,000 -6,290,000    -6,952,000           
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                            
          additions to long-term and short-term debt
        35,000,000 374,064,000 78,961,000 -12,721,000 37,807,000    852,000 -148,161,000 -27,904,000 267,734,000 250,051,000 136,597,000 196,590,000 43,830,000 60,547,000  -121,000 136,000 158,979,000 463,559,000 75,718,000 346,152,000 -15,300,000 91,669,000 186,434,000 14,933,000 -176,000 7,391,000 162,668,000 12,918,000 15,140,000 9,773,000  -97,000 303,386,000 817,000  20,937,000 37,836,000 49,373,000  124,561,000 -28,968,000 34,695,000 198,537,000 16,466,000 93,372,000 13,909,000 -2,226,000 177,231,000 
          reductions of long-term and short-term debt
        -14,972,000 127,371,000 -2,357,000 -2,213,000 -131,809,000 -59,322,000 -66,601,000 -256,400,000 -193,085,000 -1,328,000 -2,340,000 -276,531,000 -75,264,000 -29,012,000 -71,760,000 -262,000 -471,000 6,578,000 -43,006,000 -213,090,000 -121,296,000 -541,870,000 -874,000    -175,621,000 -16,639,000 -12,021,000 -10,824,000 6,237,000 -2,348,000 -25,756,000 -2,635,000  -339,000 -301,843,000 -25,290,000  -152,599,000 -48,763,000 -813,000  56,123,000 -58,008,000 -830,000 -210,809,000 -790,000 -41,234,000 96,000 -1,317,000 -150,620,000 
          cash dividends
        -64,521,000 -65,499,000 -65,550,000 -65,622,000 -58,892,000 -59,282,000 -59,276,000 -59,260,000 -54,065,000 -54,071,000 -54,201,000 -54,220,000 -51,420,000 -51,819,000 -51,850,000 -51,824,000 -48,901,000 -49,438,000 -49,397,000 -46,622,000 -46,744,000 -46,717,000 -45,323,000    -41,872,000 -28,251,000 -28,196,000 -27,424,000 -27,396,000 -27,278,000 -27,282,000 -26,629,000  -26,561,000 -26,536,000 -25,701,000  -25,682,000 -25,719,000 -24,751,000  -23,139,000 -23,158,000 -21,170,000 -21,066,000 -20,884,000 -18,999,000 -18,918,000 -18,894,000 -17,635,000 
          repurchases of common stock
        -17,500,000  -17,499,000 -17,500,000 -17,500,000  -12,488,000 -12,500,000 -12,500,000  -12,500,000 -25,000,000  -15,000,000 -12,500,000                                    
          shares of common stock returned for taxes
        -1,921,000 -1,546,000 -990,000 -754,000 -15,396,000 -2,599,000 -1,260,000 -5,856,000 -14,833,000 -1,795,000 -427,000 -2,395,000 -12,430,000 -643,000 -947,000 -4,157,000 -5,802,000 -1,354,000 -8,614,000 -7,115,000                                 
          cash (used for) financing activities
        -64,135,000  -7,760,000 -100,459,000 -185,952,000           -18,777,000 -7,187,000 -69,643,000 -101,139,000 -268,908,000        -27,562,000 -44,212,000 -29,856,000  -12,112,000 -47,380,000 -28,311,000  -27,204,000                 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        3,954,000 14,825,000 -3,403,000 -7,407,000 -3,850,000 -873,000 -4,477,000 -338,000 1,449,000 -20,000 -1,455,000 308,000 -10,963,000 -5,917,000 3,155,000 -6,949,000 -11,895,000 5,476,000 4,588,000 11,446,000 -4,062,000 2,806,000 -4,728,000   1,111,000 10,448,000 8,103,000 -18,562,000 -1,870,000 6,221,000 11,333,000 5,543,000 6,616,000  -16,791,000 11,433,000 4,089,000               
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        -5,062,000 60,242,000 -26,788,000 37,128,000 -5,824,000 -11,526,000 -13,841,000 22,160,000 24,799,000 21,917,000 -38,248,000 34,544,000 -4,098,000 8,481,000 340,000 -20,361,000 -33,492,000 -23,731,000 21,180,000 18,349,000 4,069,000 -3,918,000 -11,077,000    152,147,000 -28,777,000 -72,400,000 -61,656,000 159,532,000 -23,678,000 79,845,000 3,957,000  -107,729,000 108,088,000 2,453,000               
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        302,137,000 237,379,000 215,787,000 201,672,000 246,704,000 233,416,000 223,168,000 265,152,000 -91,457,000 435,011,000 215,355,000  253,387,000               
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        297,075,000 60,242,000 -26,788,000 37,128,000 231,555,000 -11,526,000 -13,841,000 22,160,000 240,586,000 21,917,000 -38,248,000 34,544,000 197,574,000 8,481,000 340,000 -20,361,000 213,212,000 -23,731,000 21,180,000 251,765,000 4,069,000 -3,918,000 212,091,000 4,889,000 11,437,000 194,470,000 60,690,000 -28,777,000 -72,400,000 373,355,000 159,532,000 -23,678,000 79,845,000 219,312,000  -107,729,000 108,088,000 255,840,000               
          supplemental disclosures of cash flows information:
                                                            
          cash paid during the period for:
                                                            
          interest
        28,640,000 21,529,000 23,942,000 21,551,000 26,438,000 25,880,000 29,184,000 28,767,000 32,819,000 30,705,000 30,992,000 27,763,000 24,493,000 23,709,000 17,034,000 23,794,000 17,301,000 17,325,000 23,781,000 17,566,000 20,588,000 40,468,000 18,485,000                              
          income taxes, net of refunds
        38,080,000 24,012,000 50,280,000 86,235,000 43,728,000 31,599,000 47,490,000 106,466,000 18,052,000 683,000 49,719,000 68,221,000 15,813,000 41,392,000 28,036,000 74,810,000 28,016,000 22,477,000 78,224,000 16,845,000 15,720,000 62,027,000 11,295,000                              
          supplemental disclosures of noncash investing activities:
                                                            
          capital expenditures accrued within accounts payable at quarter-end
        17,265,000  -1,685,000 1,226,000 15,180,000  158,000 -2,713,000 15,176,000  3,268,000 146,000 8,733,000                                        
          goodwill impairment
                                                           
          net loss on marketable securities
             -3,418,000 -10,270,000 225,000 -6,451,000 -1,155,000 429,000 -3,794,000 6,606,000 7,674,000 8,215,000                                      
          net (gain) on sales of assets and businesses
                                                            
          decrease in inventory
         62,081,000 -53,558,000 1,010,000 -43,991,000 124,725,000 17,875,000 14,962,000 22,281,000       -56,786,000 -68,155,000  -21,740,000 43,395,000                                 
          decrease in prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets
         -26,696,000 -24,780,000   -6,923,000 9,089,000   -3,443,000    -13,546,000 15,671,000   10,351,000   11,223,000                                
          increase in accrued compensation and benefits
                                                            
          increase in accrued losses
         2,516,000 -1,444,000 2,950,000 -123,000 1,592,000 -3,966,000 6,121,000 2,211,000   -408,000 1,873,000 -971,000 337,000 208,000 -3,530,000 -323,000 1,441,000 1,936,000 1,226,000 1,490,000 404,000                              
          proceeds from sales of assets and businesses
             1,172,000                                               
          repurchase of common stock
                                                            
          payments of acquisition-related contingent consideration
           -60,000   -60,000 -3,705,000 -60,000 -5,654,000 -60,000 -1,000 -2,217,000 -40,000 -56,000 -131,000                              
          cash from financing activities
               -335,951,000 -274,343,000 -217,855,000 -97,494,000 -65,552,000 79,745,000 29,495,000       -15,526,000 -129,481,000 -77,032,000                   310,000           
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                            
          capital expenditures accrued within accounts payable at year-end
                                                            
          net loss on sales of assets and businesses
              -1,047,000 360,000 3,263,000                                            
          (decrease) in other accrued liabilities
                                               -35,656,000             
          restructuring charges, net of payments
                     -175,000 -234,000 -103,000 -2,004,000 -1,539,000 -319,000 -1,972,000 1,581,000 -2,324,000 611,000                              
          fair value adjustments to contingent earnout obligations
                     783,000 1,443,000 1,027,000 -883,000 2,712,000                                 
          (decrease) in accounts payable
              -72,154,000    -99,591,000          426,000 -6,881,000 -63,831,000     -40,854,000 -19,276,000 -27,069,000  -10,387,000 -11,188,000 -16,781,000  -25,116,000 -44,320,000 -3,156,000  -57,936,000 -55,764,000 -74,736,000           
          net (gain) on sales of assets and a business
                 -2,751,000                                           
          (increase) in receivables
                                                            
          proceeds from sales of assets and a business
                 4,970,000                                           
          net (gain) on sales of assets
                     -9,492,000 -249,000                                      
          proceeds from sales of assets
                     24,677,000 1,314,000                                      
          depreciation & amortization
                                                            
          other non-cash interest expense
                               2,185,000 2,483,000 2,481,000                           
          realized/unrealized losses on marketable securities
                            5,678,000 -5,887,000 -2,854,000                              
          loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                            
          supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                            
          conversion of debt to equity
                                                            
          payments of contingent earnout obligations in excess of fair value
                                                            
          shares repurchased
                             -100,000,000                              
          shares returned for taxes
                             -4,028,000 -6,127,000                              
          depreciation
                               17,775,000 17,889,000 17,679,000 19,743,000 12,909,000 12,882,000 13,009,000 12,903,000 12,694,000 13,458,000 13,330,000  15,515,000 15,550,000 15,557,000  15,258,000 15,790,000 16,385,000           
          amortization
                               11,386,000 10,990,000 11,121,000 15,623,000 4,876,000 5,917,000 5,110,000 5,319,000 5,143,000 5,032,000 4,874,000  5,472,000 5,679,000 5,449,000  5,455,000 5,430,000 5,824,000           
          shares repurchased and shares returned for taxes
                                                            
          income taxes
                                                            
          goodwill and other intangible asset impairments
                               4,900,000                             
          reversal of contingent earnout obligations
                                                            
          realized (gains) on sales of marketable securities
                                                            
          shares repurchased and returned for taxes
                                                            
          payments to 524(g) trust
                                                            
          reversal of contingent consideration obligations
                                                            
          impairment on investment in kemrock
                                                            
          loss contingency
                                                            
          asset impairment charge
                                                            
          other-than-temporary impairments on marketable securities
                                     407,000    57,000  90,000 28,000 118,000               
          (decrease) in accrued loss reserves
                                  5,750,000 -583,000 -2,691,000 -2,622,000  1,134,000 -661,000 -1,431,000                   
          (decrease) in contingent payment
                                                            
          investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                            
          repurchase of stock
                                  -6,333,000 -575,000 -5,795,000 -204,000 -52,000 -843,000 -11,815,000 -9,101,000      -4,000 -20,599,000 -24,585,000  -210,000 -2,256,000 -3,474,000       
          exercise of stock options
                                  1,779,000 2,970,000 1,976,000 1,205,000 4,063,000 5,439,000 2,333,000 281,000  1,625,000 2,602,000 2,692,000        2,419,000 18,108,000 4,860,000 965,000 2,979,000 2,710,000 1,412,000 
          cash from (used for) financing activities
                                             -47,482,000               
          supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                            
          debt from business combinations
                                                            
          increase in receivables
                                     -4,211,000        -1,814,000               
          net loss upon deconsolidation of sphc
                                                            
          increase in accrued loss reserves
                                           -689,000 -307,000 -1,834,000  3,586,000 1,672,000 21,000           
          payments made for asbestos-related claims
                                           -19,956,000 -18,925,000 -18,556,000  -19,760,000 -16,400,000 -16,036,000           
          decrease in cash due to deconsolidation of sphc
                                                            
          issuance of stock for convertible-bond redemption
                                                            
          decrease (increase) in receivables
                                         10,016,000                   
          net sales
                                                            
          income before income taxes
                                                            
          return on sales %
                                                            
          basic earnings per share attributable to rpm international inc. stockholders
                                                            
          diluted earnings per share attributable to rpm international inc. stockholders
                                                            
          total rpm international inc. stockholders’ equity
                                                            
          total rpm international inc. stockholders’ equity per share
                                                            
          return on total rpm international inc. stockholders’ equity %
                                                            
          average shares outstanding
                                                            
          cash dividends paid
                                                            
          cash dividends declared per share
                                                            
          retained earnings
                                                            
          working capital
                                                            
          total assets
                                                            
          long-term debt
                                                            
          note:
                                                            
          item 7.
                                                            
          item 7a.
                                                            
          increase in inventory
                                                            
          increase in prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets
                                           -16,183,000                 
          cash from (used for) operating activities
                                             52,136,000               
          basic earnings per share
                                                            
          diluted earnings per share
                                                            
          stockholders’ equity
                                                            
          stockholders’ equity per share
                                                            
          return on stockholders’ equity %
                                                            
          item 8.
                                                            
          earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
                                               -73,000 -495,000 -436,000           
          decrease (increase) in inventory
                                                            
          proceeds from the sales of assets or businesses
                                                            
          issuance of stock for convertible bond redemption
                                                            
          exercise of stock options, including tax benefit
                                               290,000 604,000 1,086,000  847,000         
          cash from (used for) investing activities
                                                            
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and short-term investments
                                                -31,923,000 -10,911,000  7,843,000 9,630,000 1,207,000 -36,000 2,589,000 -353,000 1,633,000 -354,000 -810,000 
          net change in cash and short-term investments
                                                3,921,000 -29,883,000           
          cash and short-term investments at beginning of period
                                                231,251,000  159,016,000 108,616,000 184,140,000 
          cash and short-term investments at end of period
                                                3,921,000 201,368,000  199,882,000 31,237,000 159,843,000 3,193,000 26,534,000 107,970,000 -10,255,000 25,276,000 78,056,000 
          note a —
                                                            
          cash dividends per share
                                                            
          items not affecting cash and other
                                                   973,000 26,312,000 -1,112,000 -8,183,000 829,000 2,379,000 -13,370,000 5,827,000 6,420,000 
          changes in operating working capital
                                                   35,963,000 21,789,000 -76,408,000 31,015,000 4,730,000 -49,320,000 14,981,000 18,435,000 -39,049,000 
          changes in asbestos-related liabilities, net of tax
                                                   -12,024,000 -16,731,000 -14,657,000 -11,665,000 -8,803,000 -10,523,000 -1,270,000 1,513,000 -1,115,000 
          purchases of marketable securities
                                                   -30,965,000 -17,602,000 -26,129,000 -37,317,000 -14,008,000 -18,214,000 -21,401,000   
          proceeds from the sale of marketable securities
                                                   25,319,000 15,436,000 25,667,000 24,592,000 16,438,000 10,996,000 21,500,000   
          proceeds from the sale of assets
                                                           
          increase in cash and short-term investments
                                                   199,882,000 31,237,000 827,000 3,193,000   -10,255,000 25,276,000 -106,084,000 
          raw material and supplies
                                                    -3,127,000 146,390,000       
          finished goods
                                                    -6,587,000 325,270,000    27,913,000 -6,321,000 256,545,000 
          total inventory
                                                    -9,714,000 471,660,000       
          nonvested, june 1, 2006
                                                      14,920    
          granted
                                                      260 18,520    
          vested
                                                      380      
          forfeited/expired
                                                            
          nonvested, february 28, 2007
                                                            
          nonvested, november 30, 2006
                                                            
          (decrease) in cash and short-term investments
                                                        -646,000    
          nonvested, august 31, 2006
                                                        15,010    
          raw materials and supplies
                                                         5,045,000 7,249,000 106,851,000 
          proceeds from (purchases of) marketable securities
                                                           -3,788,000 
          additions to (reductions of) long-term and short-term debt