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UPSIDE: 24.14%
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 1,000.1 1,036.8 794.6 846.4 790.9 794.3 714.6 698.2 666.9 609.4 588.4 597.5 584.1 560.0 501.8 460.4 449.4 410.3 367.1 334.7 320.7 315.6 277.1 263.2 246.8 244.8 206.4 186.3 195.3 182.8 165.1 157.3 151.7
Cost of Revenue 632.7 47.7 431.3 316.1 307.1 402.7 373.4 277.3 264.4 243.0 229.4 243.8 243.4 221.8 181.8 164.1 216.1 137.7 130.7 116.2 20.5 21.8 21.9 22.9 21.1 15.1 13 11.1 12.5 12.1 12.7 12.6 0
Gross Profit 367.4 989.1 363.4 530.4 483.8 391.6 341.2 420.9 402.5 366.4 359.0 353.7 340.7 338.1 320.1 296.3 233.3 272.6 236.4 218.6 300.2 293.8 255.2 240.3 225.7 229.7 193.4 175.2 182.8 170.7 152.4 144.7 151.7
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 141.6 139.5 142.2 132.8 126.9 117.1 108.7 100.8 102.9 98.5 113.1 97.4 98.1 93.9 85.8 75.3 75.2 59.4 54.3 52.8 48.7 47.1 41.0 37.6 36.5 33.0 28 24.4 23.5 21.7 20 18.2 0
Other Expenses 44.3 624.5 144.0 269.9 230.1 137.9 133.1 (13.8) 6.5 5.0 1.9 3.1 3.5 5.1 167.1 102.7 99.9 131.2 120.0 110.2 191.7 188.1 171.1 159.7 154.3 151.9 122.6 110.2 111.1 106.5 97.2 91.4 0
Operating Expenses 185.8 764.1 286.2 402.7 357.0 255.0 241.8 291.7 278.9 265.4 263.3 245.1 247.6 244.9 252.9 234.5 175.2 190.7 174.3 162.9 240.4 235.2 212.1 197.4 190.8 184.9 150.6 134.6 134.6 128.2 117.2 109.6 0
Operating Income
Operating Income 181.6 225.1 77.1 127.7 126.8 136.7 99.4 110.5 94.6 76.2 71.2 81.8 74.0 73.8 67.2 61.8 58.1 82.0 62.1 55.6 59.8 58.6 43.1 42.9 34.9 44.8 42.8 40.6 48.2 42.5 35.2 35.1 151.7
Interest Expense 66.7 57.5 49.8 44.3 43.2 41.9 41.2 37.9 33.9 30.5 27.3 26.9 28.9 28.1 29.7 26.4 21.3 17.2 17.1 17.0 17.7 17.8 17.5 16.8 16.0 14.6 0 12.4 0 11.9 11.5 11.4 0
Interest Income 0 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profitability
EBITDA 358.0 424.3 217.5 263.3 259.9 251.6 213.3 205.4 211.2 169.2 158.7 171.7 153.1 155.3 142.6 133.8 97.9 94.8 96.3 86.3 83.4 82.3 66.4 64.1 54.1 63.1 56.1 59.4 61 54.6 45.8 45.8 151.7
EBIT 213.7 290.1 94.4 146.0 148.3 150.7 122.0 119.7 132.6 104.0 95.5 108.4 92.8 98.4 90.6 88.6 58.1 81.1 68.3 55.6 59.8 58.6 43.1 42.9 34.9 44.8 46.6 43.1 48.7 42.5 35.2 35.1 151.7
Income Before Tax 147.0 232.6 44.6 101.6 105.1 108.8 80.8 81.5 100.5 75.5 70.3 84.7 67.7 70.3 37.7 37.7 40.6 63.9 49.0 40.9 47.2 43.1 32.3 31.6 24.7 31.5 32.1 29 37.3 31.3 24.6 24 0
Income Tax Expense 19.1 42.5 (6.8) 6.4 4.1 12.0 17.7 15.9 33.4 26.8 25.3 28.0 20.5 21.5 29.5 0 0 24.1 17.9 15.3 20.0 17.1 12.9 12.6 9.7 11.6 12.2 10.6 14 12.2 9.9 9.6 (15.5)
Net Income 128.2 190.8 51.9 96.0 101.1 96.8 63.1 65.6 67.2 48.7 45.0 56.7 47.3 48.8 37.7 37.7 40.6 39.8 31.2 25.6 27.2 26.0 19.4 19.1 15.0 20.0 19.9 18.4 23.3 19.1 14.7 14.4 15.5
Per Share Data
EPS (Basic) 2.15 3.26 0.91 1.77 1.96 1.97 1.31 1.36 1.52 1.02 0.94 1.19 1.02 1.17 0.90 0.90 0.98 0.95 0.75 0.67 0.74 0.70 0.57 0.63 0.49 0.66 0.73 0.78 0.92 0.75 0.58 0.61 0.68
EPS (Diluted) 2.15 3.25 0.91 1.77 1.96 1.97 1.31 1.36 1.52 1.01 0.94 1.19 1.02 1.17 0.90 0.90 0.98 0.95 0.75 0.67 0.74 0.70 0.57 0.63 0.49 0.66 0.72 0.66 0.92 0.75 0.58 0.61 0.68
Shares Outstanding 59.6 58.6 57.0 54.3 51.6 49.3 48.2 48.1 48.0 48.0 47.9 47.8 46.4 41.9 41.8 41.6 41.5 41.4 41.3 37.8 36.8 34.8 31.1 30.4 30.4 30.3 30.2 25.4 25.6 25.2 25 23.3 22.7
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2009 2008 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Current Assets
Cash & Cash Equivalents 51.8 50.1 85.0 85.0 78.4 44.6 43.3 47.2 94.8 25.5 9.9 13.9 18.8 2.9 1.1 1.0 3.2 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.4 6.3 1.3
Short-Term Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net Receivables 217.5 188.2 177.0 176.0 131.7 78.1 119.3 47.1 48.9 47.5 58.5 48.0 35.6 32.1 31.9 30.1 28.6 22.7 19.4 20 18.6 20 17.7
Inventory 0 20.5 16.2 12.6 9.5 8.8 7.7 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.5 5.1 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.5 3
Other Current Assets 85.1 65.3 18.1 22.0 80.9 134.5 14.3 71.5 64.4 54.8 11.1 7.9 12.8 5.6 7.2 7.2 6.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.9 3.9
Total Current Assets 354.4 324.1 296.3 295.5 300.5 266.0 184.7 188.7 227.9 142.1 92.2 79.8 70.4 43.5 43.0 40.4 40.8 30.8 26.6 28.3 26.8 32.7 27.4
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment 0 4,147.9 3,765.9 3,056.8 2,816.9 2,650.6 2,409.9 2,232.7 2,037.0 1,859.3 1,198.1 1,112.4 800.3 759.5 697.0 624.3 582.0 515.4 478.3 460.4 443.6 422.2 407.9
Goodwill 37.1 37.1 37.0 36.8 36.8 31.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intangible Assets 24.6 24.1 20.7 16.8 30.0 12.1 10.9 24.7 11.0 11.8 14.3 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long-Term Investments 0 0 0 0 0 (276.0) 0 140.5 208.2 57.0 112.3 125.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Assets 5,255.1 647.1 475.6 444.8 439.1 433.7 503.2 60.1 60.8 51.9 28.5 23.7 72.2 70.0 60.6 45.5 43.8 41.4 43.6 42.6 42 30 28.9
Total Non-Current Assets 5,316.7 4,856.1 4,404.6 3,650.3 3,322.8 3,128.2 3,027.0 2,649.0 2,512.5 2,269.7 1,433.4 1,338.3 872.5 829.5 757.6 669.8 625.8 556.8 521.9 503 485.6 452.2 436.8
Total Assets 5,671.2 5,180.3 4,700.9 3,945.8 3,623.3 3,394.2 3,211.7 2,837.7 2,740.4 2,411.7 1,525.6 1,418.1 942.9 873.0 800.6 710.2 666.6 587.6 548.5 531.3 512.4 484.9 464.2
Current Liabilities
Account Payables 175.7 167.5 160.3 144.1 144.4 131.7 111.8 95.6 94.0 77.8 43.7 41.8 19.7 23.8 23.7 24.0 26.5 16.7 16 15.5 14.7 14.8 12.2
Short-Term Debt 133.5 277.4 181.6 74.4 40.2 375.1 198.4 170.0 291.0 123.3 25.0 42.8 1.1 7.4 37.4 27.4 17.5 16.3 24.7 14.5 7.5 0 7
Deferred Revenue 0 22.0 13.5 8.1 3.9 2.2 2.0 4.2 46.7 44.4 4.4 (4.2) 35.3 25.1 (6.9) 0.2 2.3 15.6 (9.8) 0 5.1 0 3.9
Other Current Liabilities 109.0 28.6 39.5 29.3 58 44.9 13.3 25.3 63.2 8.4 19.8 16.3 24.3 0 0 0 0 10.4 (1.3) 0 0 0 1.4
Total Current Liabilities 418.2 538.4 430.3 294.6 271.9 588.7 358.7 321.2 491.0 250.2 110.4 123.2 57.2 63.6 91.5 79.0 63.7 55.5 55.5 43.1 34.8 25.8 30.1
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt 1,472.0 1,104.6 1,049.7 1,049.8 1,055.8 776.6 781.5 710.0 515.8 531.7 374.3 287.5 274.8 272.2 250.4 202.6 187.1 168.9 136.3 138.6 142.2 145.5 128.9
Deferred Tax Liabilities 450.9 411.1 458.1 425.3 294.6 0 323.0 213.0 192.9 298.9 94.2 74.7 57.5 40.9 34.1 31.7 28.6 24.2 30.8 28.8 26.8 17.5 15.7
Other Non-Current Liabilities 1,626.9 1,475.7 1,316.7 837.1 630.9 1,089.2 950.4 1,070.6 1,033.8 970.3 206.3 825.8 (332.4) (313.2) (284.5) 196.8 184.9 (193.1) (166.4) (167.4) 0 (163) 0
Total Non-Current Liabilities 3,561.0 3,003.6 2,840.2 2,328.8 2,179.4 1,884.2 2,073.1 1,786.4 1,556.0 1,502.0 994.6 1,113.3 905.4 855.0 759.3 431.1 400.6 351.5 320.7 168 169 163 144.6
Total Liabilities 3,979.2 3,542.0 3,270.5 2,623.4 2,451.4 2,472.9 2,431.8 2,107.5 2,046.9 1,752.3 1,104.9 1,015.2 651.8 625.0 597.9 510.1 464.3 406.9 376.2 363.7 354.7 334.5 316.3
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 44.9 44.9 44.9 43.5 42.8
Retained Earnings 729.3 674.9 549.6 556.7 514.9 472.2 417.1 392.1 356.8 324.1 204.9 188.8 156.9 150.9 149.2 147.3 149.2 132.7 123.9 119.1 109.3 103.4 101.6
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (13.9) (7.2) 0 0 0 0 0 (996.7) (911.0) (848.0) (511.0) (470.7) (0.7) (0.3) (0.1) (0.8) (0.5) (0.5) (202.4) (187.2) (174.8) (162.2) (151.3)
Total Stockholders' Equity 1,692.0 1,638.3 1,426.7 1,317.6 1,166.5 921.3 779.9 730.2 693.5 659.5 420.6 402.9 291.1 248.0 202.7 200.1 202.3 180.7 172.3 167.6 157.7 150.4 147.9
Total Liabilities & Equity 5,671.2 5,180.3 4,700.9 3,945.8 3,623.3 3,394.2 3,211.7 2,837.7 2,740.4 2,411.7 1,525.6 1,418.1 942.9 873.0 800.6 710.2 666.6 587.6 548.5 531.3 512.4 484.9 464.2
Debt Metrics
Total Debt 1,616.7 1,395.5 1,247.0 1,140.7 1,097.8 1,171.9 998.1 880.0 806.8 655.1 399.2 330.3 275.9 279.6 287.7 230.0 204.6 172.9 161 153.7 149.7 145.5 135.9
Net Debt 1,564.9 1,345.4 1,162.0 1,055.7 1,019.4 1,127.3 954.8 832.9 712.0 629.6 389.4 316.4 257.1 276.7 286.7 229.0 201.3 171.5 160.4 152 148.3 139.2 134.6
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Operating Activities
Net Income 127.8 190.1 51.9 95.3 101.0 96.8 63.1 65.6 67.2 48.7 27.2 26.0 19.4 19.1 15.0 20.0 19.9 18.4 23.3 19.1 14.7 14.4
Depreciation & Amortization 146.5 134.1 123.1 117.4 111.6 100.9 91.3 85.7 78.6 65.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stock-Based Compensation 5.0 3.7 3.0 5.2 6.8 4.6 6.7 3.1 3.1 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Change in Working Capital (3.7) (126.5) 15.4 (22.2) (6.7) (110.0) 2.7 3.8 (16.9) 12.9 28.6 (14.4) 3.5 (4.7) 2.7 (0.4) 6 3.5 1.3 3.1 3.2 (0.5)
Other Non-Cash Items (11.3) 48.9 (11.3) 21.3 (6.2) (8.9) (10.4) (0.2) (5.3) 3.2 26.5 26.1 18.7 18.3 18.0 18.3 15.7 13.5 12.9 13.2 10.2 10.3
Operating Cash Flow 302.6 290.9 217.8 243.8 231.7 117.9 168.8 179.0 147.8 159.7 86.3 55.4 44.4 33.4 38.6 34.6 42.7 37.5 39.4 33.2 29.8 25.5
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditure (517.0) (470.8) (383.7) (327.8) (293.2) (298.7) (273.8) (271.7) (259.2) (228.9) (94.5) (68.6) (74.3) (88.4) (62.0) (37.2) (44.5) (34.6) (32.9) (35.7) (27.3) (28.3)
Acquisitions 0 (1.6) (0.2) 0 (6.5) (40.5) 0 1.5 4.7 2.8 (0.5) (0.9) (6.1) (2.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purchases of Investments 0 0 0 0 0 (4.6) (2.2) (4.9) (5.6) (2.9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sales/Maturities of Investments 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.5 1.6 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Investing Activities (3.1) (2.5) (5.5) (7.8) (2.2) (2.3) 0.0 (1.4) 51.9 (2.3) 2.3 0.0 4.8 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Investing Cash Flow (520.1) (474.9) (389.4) (335.5) (300.9) (346.1) (276.0) (273.1) (206.7) (230.8) (92.7) (69.5) (75.5) (87.7) (62.0) (37.2) (44.5) (34.6) (32.9) (35.7) (27.3) (28.3)
Financing Activities
Net Debt Issuance 222.3 148.9 106.0 29.6 (61.4) 172.8 102.6 72.9 151.2 43.0 (1.0) (3.7) (10.9) 52.7 25.0 18.0 8.8 7.3 4.1 4.1 9.6 (8.7)
Stock Repurchased (1.4) (1.4) (1.8) (2.0) (1.8) (1.7) (2.5) (1.6) (1.5) (0.7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dividends Paid (73.9) (65.5) (59.0) (54.2) (47.4) (41.8) (38.0) (36.0) (34.6) (33.1) (21.1) (20.1) (17.7) (17.2) (17.1) (16.4) (13.9) (13.7) (13.5) (13.2) (12.9) (11.7)
Other Financing Activities 68.2 23.7 126.4 122.7 17.5 100.7 40.6 11.3 13.0 78.6 18.5 16.2 17.7 18.8 13.2 1.9 8.8 2.7 3.3 5.3 5 5.3
Financing Cash Flow 219.3 194.7 171.5 96.1 104.7 230.0 102.7 46.5 128.1 87.8 (2.9) 30.0 32.9 54.4 21.2 4.1 2.2 (4.1) (6.1) (2.4) 2.4 2.6
Cash Position
Net Change in Cash 1.7 10.7 (0.1) 4.4 35.5 1.8 (4.4) (47.6) 69.3 16.7 (9.3) 16.0 1.8 0.1 (2.3) 1.6 0.3 (1.1) 0.3 (4.9) 5 (0.2)
Cash at Beginning 95.7 85.0 85.0 80.7 45.1 43.3 47.7 95.3 25.5 8.8 18.8 2.9 1.1 1.0 3.2 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.4 6.3 1.3 1.5
Cash at End 97.4 95.7 85.0 85.0 80.7 45.1 43.3 47.7 94.8 25.5 9.5 18.8 2.9 1.1 1.0 3.2 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.4 6.3 1.3
Free Cash Flow (214.4) (179.9) (165.9) (84.0) (61.5) (180.7) (105.0) (92.7) (111.4) (69.2) (8.3) (13.2) (29.8) (54.9) (23.5) (2.5) (1.8) 2.9 6.5 (2.5) 2.5 (2.8)
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Income Statement
Revenue 1,000.1 1,036.8 794.6 846.4 790.9 794.3 714.6 698.2 666.9 609.4 588.4 597.5 584.1 560.0 501.8 460.4 449.4 410.3 367.1 334.7 320.7 315.6 277.1 263.2 246.8 244.8 206.4 186.3 195.3 182.8 165.1 157.3 151.7
Gross Profit 367.4 989.1 363.4 530.4 483.8 391.6 341.2 420.9 402.5 366.4 359.0 353.7 340.7 338.1 320.1 296.3 233.3 272.6 236.4 218.6 300.2 293.8 255.2 240.3 225.7 229.7 193.4 175.2 182.8 170.7 152.4 144.7 151.7
Operating Income 181.6 225.1 77.1 127.7 126.8 136.7 99.4 110.5 94.6 76.2 71.2 81.8 74.0 73.8 67.2 61.8 58.1 82.0 62.1 55.6 59.8 58.6 43.1 42.9 34.9 44.8 42.8 40.6 48.2 42.5 35.2 35.1 151.7
Net Income 128.2 190.8 51.9 96.0 101.1 96.8 63.1 65.6 67.2 48.7 45.0 56.7 47.3 48.8 37.7 37.7 40.6 39.8 31.2 25.6 27.2 26.0 19.4 19.1 15.0 20.0 19.9 18.4 23.3 19.1 14.7 14.4 15.5
EPS (Diluted) 2.15 3.25 0.91 1.77 1.96 1.97 1.31 1.36 1.52 1.01 0.94 1.19 1.02 1.17 0.90 0.90 0.98 0.95 0.75 0.67 0.74 0.70 0.57 0.63 0.49 0.66 0.72 0.66 0.92 0.75 0.58 0.61 0.68
Balance Sheet
Cash & Equivalents 51.8 50.1 85.0 85.0 78.4 44.6 43.3 47.2 94.8 25.5 9.9 13.9 18.8 2.9 1.1 1.0 3.2 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.4 6.3 1.3
Total Assets 5,671.2 5,180.3 4,700.9 3,945.8 3,623.3 3,394.2 3,211.7 2,837.7 2,740.4 2,411.7 1,525.6 1,418.1 942.9 873.0 800.6 710.2 666.6 587.6 548.5 531.3 512.4 484.9 464.2
Total Debt 1,616.7 1,395.5 1,247.0 1,140.7 1,097.8 1,171.9 998.1 880.0 806.8 655.1 399.2 330.3 275.9 279.6 287.7 230.0 204.6 172.9 161 153.7 149.7 145.5 135.9
Stockholders' Equity 1,692.0 1,638.3 1,426.7 1,317.6 1,166.5 921.3 779.9 730.2 693.5 659.5 420.6 402.9 291.1 248.0 202.7 200.1 202.3 180.7 172.3 167.6 157.7 150.4 147.9
Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow 302.6 290.9 217.8 243.8 231.7 117.9 168.8 179.0 147.8 159.7 86.3 55.4 44.4 33.4 38.6 34.6 42.7 37.5 39.4 33.2 29.8 25.5
Capital Expenditure (517.0) (470.8) (383.7) (327.8) (293.2) (298.7) (273.8) (271.7) (259.2) (228.9) (94.5) (68.6) (74.3) (88.4) (62.0) (37.2) (44.5) (34.6) (32.9) (35.7) (27.3) (28.3)
Free Cash Flow (214.4) (179.9) (165.9) (84.0) (61.5) (180.7) (105.0) (92.7) (111.4) (69.2) (8.3) (13.2) (29.8) (54.9) (23.5) (2.5) (1.8) 2.9 6.5 (2.5) 2.5 (2.8)