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UPSIDE: 44.63%
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Revenue
Revenue 3,129.1 3,200.5 3,310.1 3,338.6 3,303.7 2,695.5 2,383.0 2,215.4 2,054.5 1,829.0 1,650.7 1,604.4 1,653.6 1,700.0 1,628.7 1,523.6 1,614.3 1,705.4 1,671.1 1,621.5 1,380.6 1,266.5 1,145.0 1,077.8 1,123.0 1,355.2 1,535.6 1,294.9 841 619.6 373.8 334.7 321.7
Cost of Revenue 2,156.2 2,256.7 2,363.2 2,346.3 2,332.8 1,913.0 1,679.0 1,540.0 1,421.7 1,276.0 1,162.7 1,150.3 1,189.7 1,185.9 1,134.7 1,008.5 1,087.0 1,184.1 1,136.8 1,086.2 938.0 882.2 811.6 757.4 811.2 984.1 1,162.3 993 689.5 532.1 315 276.1 269.3
Gross Profit 972.8 943.7 946.8 992.3 970.9 782.6 704.0 675.4 632.8 553.0 488.1 454.0 463.9 514.2 493.9 515.2 527.3 521.3 534.3 535.3 442.7 384.3 333.4 320.3 311.8 371.1 373.3 301.9 151.5 87.5 58.8 58.6 52.4
Operating Expenses
R&D Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SG&A Expenses 707.8 703.4 736.2 732.3 716.4 584.6 552.0 508.0 476.7 421.9 389.3 397.8 416.0 439.7 408.7 394.1 401.3 416.0 434.9 398.5 342.5 302.2 261.1 267.6 297.8 303.1 289.4 209 109.2 66.9 48.1 44.7 41.9
Other Expenses 0 55.0 0 0 0 0 0.2 (3.9) (1.6) 0 0.0 0.4 (0.7) 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.5 16.1 5.4 3.1 2.5 1.8 2.6 1.7
Operating Expenses 707.8 758.3 736.2 732.3 716.4 584.6 552.0 508.0 476.7 421.9 389.3 397.8 416.0 439.7 408.7 394.1 401.3 845.7 434.9 398.5 342.5 302.2 261.1 267.6 297.8 329.1 309.9 225.1 114.6 70 49.9 47.3 43.6
Operating Income
Operating Income 265.0 185.4 210.6 260.0 257.1 198.0 151.4 167.3 156.1 129.4 91.4 56.2 40.2 74.4 87.5 97.5 103.2 97.0 133.7 95.6 80.0 69.8 47.2 12.4 67.9 71 87.8 36.9 16.5 9.7 9.9 12.2 9.5
Interest Expense 57.7 57.5 57.0 58.3 58.6 44.0 42.6 39.2 28.2 42.8 40.0 42.8 43.1 40.3 38.0 33.7 22.7 44.7 32.4 11.5 13.7 14.2 115.7 19.8 74.5 27.3 29.7 6.5 2.1 7.4 7.9 5.6 5.8
Interest Income 24.9 19.7 7.4 0.7 0.4 4.0 9.6 3.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.5 3.0 2.5 0 0.5 0.1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profitability
EBITDA 359.3 290.8 307.2 386.8 366.7 288.1 212.7 214.5 198.8 168.8 132.4 107.8 72.6 105.7 114.6 138.5 155.8 (288.7) 130.1 160.8 100.1 100.6 72.3 52.8 15.5 38.0 75.2 87.2 42.3 20.6 11.7 14.8 11.2
EBIT 274.4 200.0 219.5 257.2 250.9 197.8 161.9 167.3 156.1 112.5 91.6 72.0 39.6 75.2 86.0 109.6 126.7 (324.4) 99.4 136.8 100.1 82.1 72.3 52.8 (12.8) 11.9 54.7 71.1 36.9 17.5 8.9 8.8 11.3
Income Before Tax 216.8 142.4 162.4 198.9 194.8 153.7 119.3 127.4 126.4 69.6 51.5 13.9 (3.5) 34.9 48.0 75.9 104.0 (359.6) 53.7 102.2 84.0 66.3 55.7 43.7 (7.4) (6.6) 43.7 58.1 30.4 14.4 2 6.6 3.7
Income Tax Expense 52.8 33.1 36.3 46.2 42.0 32.2 26.6 3.3 46.7 24.1 18.5 4.0 (2.6) 12.8 19.6 28.1 36.4 (93.1) 20.0 35.8 30.3 25.0 21.0 15.2 (0.2) 5.2 19.2 24.4 12.8 6 0.9 2.6 1.6
Net Income 162.8 108.0 125.6 152.2 151.7 120.7 92.8 123.6 78.8 44.5 32.0 8.8 (1.9) 21.2 28.3 45.8 65.9 (267.3) 32.3 65.5 53.8 41.4 34.6 (83.7) (7.1) (11.8) 24.5 33.7 17.6 8.4 1.1 4 2.1
Per Share Data
EPS (Basic) 2.58 1.64 1.92 2.29 2.25 2.23 1.63 2.39 1.57 0.91 0.66 0.18 -0.04 0.44 0.50 0.71 0.95 -3.76 0.46 0.97 2.58 2.03 1.79 -4.50 -0.39 -0.63 0.90 1.18 1.11 1.42 0.19 0.83 0.60
EPS (Diluted) 2.55 1.62 1.88 2.24 2.20 2.20 1.61 2.32 1.52 0.87 0.64 0.18 -0.04 0.44 0.50 0.70 0.94 -3.76 0.45 0.95 2.50 1.97 1.73 -3.64 -0.39 -0.63 0.89 1.02 1.07 1.42 0.18 0.83 0.60
Shares Outstanding 63.1 65.7 53.5 53.2 53.9 54.0 56.8 51.7 50.2 49.0 48.6 48.9 48.1 47.6 56.2 64.3 69.5 71.1 70.8 67.8 20.8 20.3 19.3 18.6 18.4 18.8 27.3 28.5 15.9 5.9 5.8 4.8 3.5
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2009 2008 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Current Assets
Cash & Cash Equivalents 882.5 753.5 488.7 177.4 426.4 652.7 497.7 482.1 32.4 93.0 85.7 26.9 12.2 77.6 10.9 8.3 5.7 8 10.3 100.1 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
Short-Term Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net Receivables 325.3 326.2 332.9 376.8 385.4 391.8 300.1 275.9 237.9 201.2 206.6 260.6 184.0 146.1 131.0 141.8 151.2 149.4 142.3 85 62.2 41.3 44.8 25.1
Inventory 722.1 757.9 838.2 938 685.2 439.6 466.2 427.8 382.1 362.0 284.8 349.5 237.9 217.2 193.2 217.9 242.6 316.1 292.8 218.8 169.8 69.4 69 79.5
Other Current Assets 46.2 49.1 14.1 14.7 13.1 13.7 13.0 10.9 12.6 10.9 44.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.3 26.9 10.5 7.2 5.8 4.5 3.4
Total Current Assets 1,976.1 1,886.8 1,707.1 1,553.9 1,543.7 1,525.3 1,307.2 1,217.3 683.1 714.8 621.5 671.8 464.9 456.1 361.1 403.8 420.1 484.8 472.3 414.4 240.5 116.6 118.5 108.3
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment 586.1 584.3 565.3 583.3 494.2 360.5 245.4 217.6 180.9 158.2 164.7 174.0 105.6 101.5 100.9 108.8 111.7 94.2 86.4 22.7 11.5 12.1 10.8 4.7
Goodwill 554.7 551.4 546.4 546.4 369.4 290.0 286.1 281.2 256.3 231.4 207.7 201.5 0 0 222.5 372.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intangible Assets 447.6 473.3 497.2 543.2 134.4 134.9 146.1 152.3 116.1 95.9 103.4 107.4 338.4 222.8 0 372.0 382.3 346.5 339.4 113 30 11 0 0
Long-Term Investments 30.5 31.5 38.7 38.5 12.2 (41.0) (57.3) 18.5 (70.6) 0.5 (53.6) (34.7) 0 (47.5) (16.9) (16.9) (21.1) (21.1) (1.5) (1.7) (1.7) 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Assets 30.6 26.2 23.9 (130.8) 575.0 28.7 40.2 (29.1) 70.6 11.9 53.6 104.6 0 47.5 47.5 32.1 33.2 30.3 30.6 8.9 1.7 3 12.5 10.1
Total Non-Current Assets 1,649.5 1,666.6 1,671.5 1,728.1 1,573.0 814.1 717.8 689.9 623.9 497.4 529.4 587.6 495.3 373.0 370.8 512.9 527.3 471 456.4 144.6 43.2 26.1 23.3 14.8
Total Assets 3,625.6 3,553.4 3,378.6 3,282.0 3,116.7 2,339.4 2,025.0 1,907.2 1,306.9 1,212.2 1,150.9 1,259.3 960.2 829.1 732.0 916.6 947.4 955.8 928.7 559 283.7 142.7 141.8 123.1
Current Liabilities
Account Payables 234.6 212.6 190.9 215.7 245.5 205.2 149.2 110.3 103.3 102.4 108.8 133.4 105.9 105.1 96.8 127.9 121.7 188.1 153.7 136.2 104 45.1 46.9 52.2
Short-Term Debt 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 67.6 126.5 134.5 97.4 8.1 0.1 29.5 39.7 37.4 41.5
Deferred Revenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.6 (2.2) 0 17.9 47.5 47.5 (4.4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Current Liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29.6 32.8 24.2 11.3 6.5 8.5 4.7
Total Current Liabilities 538.8 515.4 458.0 465.9 522.3 440.3 278.5 213.0 220.2 202.2 194.2 221.0 171.9 153.2 207.1 292.8 299.0 315.1 194.6 160.5 144.8 91.3 92.8 98.4
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt 1,191.6 1,189.8 1,188.0 1,186.2 1,184.7 693.9 693.0 692.0 395.3 394.8 404.8 519.8 304.8 250.8 145.3 151.6 148.2 123.9 125.1 115.2 7.6 11.1 7 6
Deferred Tax Liabilities 118.6 117.6 144.3 147.4 56.0 41.0 57.3 49.4 54.3 29.1 0 7.0 3.7 0 2.0 16.9 36.2 21.1 20.2 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1
Other Non-Current Liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 3 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 (0.1)
Total Non-Current Liabilities 1,502.0 1,480.5 1,467.8 1,481.4 1,370.8 821.4 750.3 741.4 449.6 455.4 409.3 526.8 311.5 250.8 147.3 168.5 184.4 145 145.3 116.7 9.3 13 9.3 8.6
Total Liabilities 2,040.7 1,995.9 1,925.8 1,947.3 1,893.1 1,261.7 1,028.8 954.4 669.8 657.6 603.6 747.9 483.4 404.0 354.4 461.3 483.5 460.1 339.9 277.2 154.1 104.3 102.1 107
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0 0
Retained Earnings 1,015.1 959.5 859.4 755.3 646.1 510.8 421.7 362.9 239.3 160.5 12.0 (50.5) 65.7 24.4 (10.3) 73.4 82.7 94.5 70 36.3 18.7 10.3 11.9 7.9
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (3.8) (2.6) (3.0) (4.1) (0.8) (1.4) (1.7) (1.2) (1.0) (1.3) 1.1 3.2 0.1 (71.6) (61.2) (46.8) (35.3) 0 (0.2) (0.4) (8.9) (9.8) (9.2) (6.5)
Total Stockholders' Equity 1,583.3 1,555.7 1,451.4 1,333.7 1,222.2 1,076.8 996.0 952.4 635.7 553.0 545.1 508.8 476.8 425.1 377.5 455.3 463.9 495.7 588.8 281.8 129.6 38.4 39.7 16.1
Total Liabilities & Equity 3,625.6 3,553.4 3,378.6 3,282.0 3,116.7 2,339.4 2,025.0 1,907.2 1,306.9 1,212.2 1,150.9 1,259.3 960.2 829.1 732.0 916.6 947.4 955.8 928.7 559 283.7 142.7 141.8 123.1
Debt Metrics
Total Debt 1,440.3 1,420.4 1,374.4 1,382.4 1,356.6 814.1 693.1 692.2 395.7 395.3 408.1 523.1 305.8 250.3 212.9 278.1 282.8 221.3 133.2 115.3 37.1 50.8 44.4 47.5
Net Debt 557.8 666.9 885.7 1,205.0 930.2 161.4 195.4 210.0 363.3 302.3 322.4 496.2 293.6 172.6 202.0 269.8 277.1 213.3 122.9 15.2 35.8 50.7 44.2 47.2
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Operating Activities
Net Income 164.0 109.3 126.1 152.7 152.8 121.5 92.6 124.1 79.7 45.6 53.8 41.4 34.6 (83.7) (7.1) (11.8) 24.5 33.7 17.6 8.4 1.1 4 2.1
Depreciation & Amortization 84.9 90.8 87.7 80.9 74.7 55.4 50.8 47.2 42.7 40.0 20.4 18.5 17.9 17.6 28.4 26.0 20.5 16.1 5.4 3.1 1.8 2.6 1.7
Stock-Based Compensation 21.1 20.6 28.0 25.8 23.1 19.0 14.7 11.6 11.1 8.4 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Change in Working Capital (10.9) 80.8 87.5 (372.4) (43.9) 28.7 38.2 (67.8) (13.5) 37.4 (19.9) (2.3) (10.6) 14.3 7.0 15.6 19.6 (24.8) (13.6) (44.3) 7 (0.9) (4.1)
Other Non-Cash Items 75.6 107.9 64.6 50.8 58.9 46.3 2.0 3.9 (16.6) 16.9 (1.6) 0.2 150.6 0.3 16.6 0.1 (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) 0.1 (0.1) 0 0.1
Operating Cash Flow 332.5 394.9 381.6 (34.0) 250.8 264.3 205.0 114.1 114.3 151.4 57.7 64.4 51.2 72.8 38.8 40.1 63.6 30.8 10.2 (32.4) 10.4 5.7 (0.7)
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditure (41.4) (43.1) (54.0) (115.2) (80.3) (43.1) (31.6) (37.8) (44.7) (27.6) (18.7) (18.3) (18.0) (10.9) (13.9) (16.7) (32.7) (238.8) (4.6) (3) (2.8) (1.8) (1.2)
Acquisitions (3.3) (60.2) 20 0 (818.1) (41.2) (41.2) (91.2) (116.4) (69.0) (62.2) (158.9) (4.6) (18.3) (18.3) (34.4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purchases of Investments 0 (1.6) (0.5) (27.8) (0.5) (4.4) (2.0) (9.0) (12.5) (0.0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sales/Maturities of Investments 0 0 0 0 0 41.2 0 0 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Investing Activities (0.1) (0.2) (0.1) 0.0 (0.5) (0.6) (1.5) (1.0) (3.5) (4.6) 15.1 (14.9) (22.6) 18.3 (51.1) 0 0 (96.8) (96.8) (31.3) (1.3) (6.4) 0
Investing Cash Flow (44.9) (105.2) (34.6) (143.0) (899.4) (48.1) (76.3) (139.1) (164.6) (91.2) (65.8) (192.1) (22.6) (10.9) (32.2) (51.1) (32.7) (238.8) (101.4) (34.3) (4.1) (8.2) (1.2)
Financing Activities
Net Debt Issuance (0.2) (0.4) (0.3) (1.1) 463.5 (0.1) (46.2) 299.6 (0.5) (7.9) 18.4 54.0 37.4 (65.2) (4.7) 28.6 86.0 (84.2) 69.1 (3.6) (7.2) 8.1 (15.4)
Stock Repurchased (155.1) (24.1) (37.2) (62.3) (27.9) (59.1) (63.0) (13.8) (27.6) (10.9) (0.8) 0 0 0 0 (21.7) (121.7) (1.1) 0 (0.4) (0.1) (0.8) (0.7)
Dividends Paid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Financing Activities (1.3) (1.0) (0.1) (3.4) (15.1) (1.3) (1.6) 189.0 17.6 4.6 (0.5) 0 (7.3) 0 12.7 0 0 0 (7.1) (10.1) 0 0 18.5
Financing Cash Flow (156.6) (25.4) (37.6) (66.8) 420.5 (60.6) (110.8) 474.8 (10.4) (14.2) 25.1 62.2 38.1 (59.3) (4.0) 8.7 (33.2) 118.2 190 67.8 (6.3) 2.4 1.8
Cash Position
Net Change in Cash 130.0 265.5 310.7 (247.3) (226.9) 155.7 17.7 449.7 (60.6) 45.4 16.6 (65.4) 66.7 2.6 2.6 (2.3) (2.3) 0 (0.1) 0.2 0 (0.1) (0.1)
Cash at Beginning 768.4 502.9 192.2 439.5 666.4 510.7 493.0 32.4 93.0 47.6 12.2 77.6 10.9 8.3 5.7 8.0 10.3 100.1 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Cash at End 898.4 768.4 502.9 192.2 439.5 666.4 510.7 482.1 32.4 93.0 28.8 12.2 77.6 10.9 8.3 5.7 8 100.1 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
Free Cash Flow 291.1 351.8 327.7 (149.2) 170.5 221.2 173.4 76.3 69.7 123.8 39.0 46.1 33.2 61.9 24.9 23.4 30.9 (208) 5.6 (35.4) 7.6 3.9 (1.9)
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Income Statement
Revenue 3,129.1 3,200.5 3,310.1 3,338.6 3,303.7 2,695.5 2,383.0 2,215.4 2,054.5 1,829.0 1,650.7 1,604.4 1,653.6 1,700.0 1,628.7 1,523.6 1,614.3 1,705.4 1,671.1 1,621.5 1,380.6 1,266.5 1,145.0 1,077.8 1,123.0 1,355.2 1,535.6 1,294.9 841 619.6 373.8 334.7 321.7
Gross Profit 972.8 943.7 946.8 992.3 970.9 782.6 704.0 675.4 632.8 553.0 488.1 454.0 463.9 514.2 493.9 515.2 527.3 521.3 534.3 535.3 442.7 384.3 333.4 320.3 311.8 371.1 373.3 301.9 151.5 87.5 58.8 58.6 52.4
Operating Income 265.0 185.4 210.6 260.0 257.1 198.0 151.4 167.3 156.1 129.4 91.4 56.2 40.2 74.4 87.5 97.5 103.2 97.0 133.7 95.6 80.0 69.8 47.2 12.4 67.9 71 87.8 36.9 16.5 9.7 9.9 12.2 9.5
Net Income 162.8 108.0 125.6 152.2 151.7 120.7 92.8 123.6 78.8 44.5 32.0 8.8 (1.9) 21.2 28.3 45.8 65.9 (267.3) 32.3 65.5 53.8 41.4 34.6 (83.7) (7.1) (11.8) 24.5 33.7 17.6 8.4 1.1 4 2.1
EPS (Diluted) 2.55 1.62 1.88 2.24 2.20 2.20 1.61 2.32 1.52 0.87 0.64 0.18 -0.04 0.44 0.50 0.70 0.94 -3.76 0.45 0.95 2.50 1.97 1.73 -3.64 -0.39 -0.63 0.89 1.02 1.07 1.42 0.18 0.83 0.60
Balance Sheet
Cash & Equivalents 882.5 753.5 488.7 177.4 426.4 652.7 497.7 482.1 32.4 93.0 85.7 26.9 12.2 77.6 10.9 8.3 5.7 8 10.3 100.1 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
Total Assets 3,625.6 3,553.4 3,378.6 3,282.0 3,116.7 2,339.4 2,025.0 1,907.2 1,306.9 1,212.2 1,150.9 1,259.3 960.2 829.1 732.0 916.6 947.4 955.8 928.7 559 283.7 142.7 141.8 123.1
Total Debt 1,440.3 1,420.4 1,374.4 1,382.4 1,356.6 814.1 693.1 692.2 395.7 395.3 408.1 523.1 305.8 250.3 212.9 278.1 282.8 221.3 133.2 115.3 37.1 50.8 44.4 47.5
Stockholders' Equity 1,583.3 1,555.7 1,451.4 1,333.7 1,222.2 1,076.8 996.0 952.4 635.7 553.0 545.1 508.8 476.8 425.1 377.5 455.3 463.9 495.7 588.8 281.8 129.6 38.4 39.7 16.1
Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow 332.5 394.9 381.6 (34.0) 250.8 264.3 205.0 114.1 114.3 151.4 57.7 64.4 51.2 72.8 38.8 40.1 63.6 30.8 10.2 (32.4) 10.4 5.7 (0.7)
Capital Expenditure (41.4) (43.1) (54.0) (115.2) (80.3) (43.1) (31.6) (37.8) (44.7) (27.6) (18.7) (18.3) (18.0) (10.9) (13.9) (16.7) (32.7) (238.8) (4.6) (3) (2.8) (1.8) (1.2)
Free Cash Flow 291.1 351.8 327.7 (149.2) 170.5 221.2 173.4 76.3 69.7 123.8 39.0 46.1 33.2 61.9 24.9 23.4 30.9 (208) 5.6 (35.4) 7.6 3.9 (1.9)