Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

v3.10.0.1
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of advertising costs expensed
Years ended December 31,   2018   2017   2016
(in thousands)                        
Advertising   $ 69,875     $ 66,115     $ 61,258  
Schedule of cash and cash equivalents
At December 31,   2018   2017
(in thousands) (in US dollars)                
Cash held in foreign bank accounts   $ 53,613     $ 57,790  
Schedule of depreciation
Years ended December 31,   2018   2017   2016
(in thousands)                        
Depreciation   $ 30,364     $ 27,381     $ 24,725  
Reconciliation of weighted average shares outstanding along with the earnings per share attributable to restricted shares of common stock (participating securities)

All share and per share information in the following chart are restated for the stock split effective December 10, 2018:

 

Years Ended December 31,   2018   2017   2016
Net income available to stockholders   $ 231,663     $ 179,124     $ 167,369  
Less: Dividends paid                        
Common Stock     (151,458 )     (120,930 )     (107,880 )
Restricted shares of common stock     (1,284 )     (1,087 )     (1,122 )
Undistributed earnings for the period   $ 78,921     $ 57,107     $ 58,367  
Allocation of undistributed earnings:                        
Common stock   $ 78,255     $ 56,567     $ 57,722  
Restricted shares of common stock     666       540       645  
Basic and diluted shares outstanding:                        
Common stock     324,529       323,890       323,745  
Restricted shares of common stock     2,762       3,091       3,619  
      327,291       326,981       327,366  
Basic and diluted earnings per share:                        
Common stock:                        
Distributed earnings   $ 0.47     $ 0.37     $ 0.33  
Undistributed earnings     0.24       0.18       0.18  
    $ 0.71     $ 0.55     $ 0.51  
Restricted shares of common stock                        
Distributed earnings   $ 0.47     $ 0.35     $ 0.31  
Undistributed earnings     0.24       0.18       0.18  
    $ 0.71     $ 0.53     $ 0.49