| Jan 2008 | Jan 2007 | Jan 2006 | Jan 2005 | |
| Sales | 19.37B | 18.16B | 16.08B | 14.45B |
| Cost of Sales | 13.45B | 12.64B | 11.20B | 10.07B |
| Gross Operating Profit | 5.92B | 5.52B | 4.88B | 4.37B |
| Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses | 3.99B | 3.72B | 3.26B | 2.97B |
| Research & Development | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA) | 1.94B | 1.80B | 1.62B | 1.40B |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 388.90M | 339.30M | 303.90M | 278.84M |
| Interest Income | 46.73M | 58.84M | 59.94M | 31.04M |
| Other Income - Net | -2.16M | -2.77M | -1.94M | -1.46M |
| Special Income / Charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT) | 1.59B | 1.52B | 1.37B | 1.16B |
| Interest Expense | 38.34M | 47.81M | 56.77M | 39.89M |
| Pre-Tax Income | 1.55B | 1.47B | 1.31B | 1.12B |
| Income Taxes | 559.61M | 497.97M | 479.79M | 407.18M |
| Minority Interest | -802.00K | -321.00K | 298.00K | 0.00 |
| Net Income From Continuing Operations | 995.67M | 973.68M | 834.41M | 708.39M |
| Net Income From Discontinued Operations | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net Income From Total Operations | 995.67M | 973.68M | 834.41M | 708.39M |
| Extraordinary Income/Losses | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Income From Cum. Effect of Acct. Change | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Income From Tax Loss Carryforward | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Other Gains / Losses | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total Net Income | 995.67M | 973.68M | 834.41M | 708.39M |
| Normalized Income (Net Income From Continuing Operations, Ex. Special Income / Charge) |
995.67M | 973.68M | 834.41M | 708.39M |
| Preferred Dividends | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income Available To Common | 995.67M | 973.68M | 834.41M | 708.39M |
| Basic EPS from Continuing Ops. | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 0.95 |
| Basic EPS from Discontinued Ops. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Total Operations | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 0.95 |
| Basic EPS from Extraordinary Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Cum Effect of Accounting Change | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Tax Loss Carryf'd. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS from Other Gains (Losses) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Basic EPS, Total | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 0.95 |
| Basic Normalized Net Income/Share | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 0.95 |
| EPS fr Continuing Ops. | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| EPS fr Discontinued Ops | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Total Ops. | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| EPS fr Extraord. Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Cum Effect of Accounting Change | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Tax Loss Carfd. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS fr Other Gains (L) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EPS, Total | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| Diluted Normalized Net Inc/Shr (Net Income From Continuing Operations, Ex. Special Income / Charge) |
1.38 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 0.93 |
| Dividends Paid per Share | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.13 |