Selected Consolidated Financial Information
| (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) |
Year ended November 30 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2002 |
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| Per Common Share Data (1) |
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| Basic Earnings per Share |
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| Income from continuing operations |
$ 5.73 |
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$ 3.51 |
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$ 1.35 |
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$ 3.00 |
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$ 3.00 |
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| Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes |
.25 |
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.37 |
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.28 |
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.77 |
|
.61 |
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| Net Income |
5.98 |
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3.88 |
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1.63 |
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3.77 |
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3.61 |
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| Diluted Earnings per Share |
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| Income from continuing operations |
5.64 |
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3.44 |
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1.32 |
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2.92 |
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2.90 |
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| Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes |
.24 |
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.36 |
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.27 |
|
.75 |
|
.59 |
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| Net Income |
5.88 |
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3.80 |
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1.59 |
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3.67 |
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3.49 |
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| Weighted-average shares (basic) |
8,731,839 |
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8,410,563 |
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8,270,487 |
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7,925,229 |
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7,772,032 |
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| Weighted-average shares (diluted) |
8,871,695 |
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8,579,194 |
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8,448,987 |
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8,149,460 |
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8,052,164 |
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| Net Income |
5.88 |
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3.80 |
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1.59 |
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3.67 |
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3.49 |
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| Dividends |
.80 |
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.80 |
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.80 |
|
.76 |
|
.64 |
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| Stock price high |
80.01 |
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46.61 |
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40.05 |
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35.53 |
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38.74 |
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| Stock price low |
44.66 |
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31.76 |
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28.60 |
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24.89 |
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22.26 |
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| Price/earnings ratio (range) |
14-8 |
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12-8 |
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25-18 |
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10-7 |
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11-6 |
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| Operating Results |
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| Sales |
$ 549,180 |
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$ 494,767 |
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$ 406,230 |
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$ 410,215 |
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$ 356,162 |
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| Gross profit |
132,389 |
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125,210 |
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92,209 |
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110,221 |
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88,397 |
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| Interest expense, net |
(1,682) |
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(5,520) |
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(5,522) |
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(6,755) |
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(6,855) |
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| Provision for income taxes |
(10,905) |
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(11,040) |
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(4,789) |
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(9,474) |
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(11,244) |
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| Equity in earnings of joint venture,
net of taxes |
13,550 |
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9,005 |
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10,791 |
|
614 |
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3,309 |
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| Income from continuing operations |
50,060 |
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29,509 |
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11,151 |
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23,808 |
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23,297 |
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| Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes |
2,140 |
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3,101 |
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2,308 |
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6,092 |
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4,760 |
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| Net income |
52,200 |
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32,610 |
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13,459 |
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29,900 |
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28,059 |
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| Net income/sales |
9.5% |
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6.6% |
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3.3% |
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7.3% |
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7.9% |
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| Return on equity |
15.8% |
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11.3% |
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5.0% |
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12.8% |
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13.5% |
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| Financial Condition at Year- end (2) |
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| Working capital |
$ 280,467 |
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$ 216,126 |
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$ 180,813 |
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$ 177,009 |
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$ 149,205 |
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| Property, plant and equipment, net |
134,470 |
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154,665 |
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153,651 |
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150,586 |
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145,242 |
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| Investments in joint ventures |
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| Equity method |
14,501 |
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13,777 |
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16,042 |
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13,064 |
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12,940 |
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| Cost method |
3,784 |
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5,922 |
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5,922 |
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5,479 |
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5,987 |
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| Total assets |
634,664 |
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578,036 |
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543,937 |
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533,492 |
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462,942 |
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| Long-term debt, less current portion |
72,525 |
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77,109 |
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75,349 |
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86,044 |
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102,823 |
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| Cash Flow (2) |
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| Expenditures for property, plant and equipment |
$ 35,519 |
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$ 25,371 |
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$ 18,312 |
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$ 17,107 |
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$ 14,514 |
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| Depreciation and amortization |
17,440 |
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18,924 |
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18,897 |
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18,371 |
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18,572 |
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(1) Share and per share data reflect a two-for-one stock split declared in 2003.
(2) Amounts include both continuing and discontinued operations.
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