Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

19. Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited), see accompanying accountants’ report

Quarterly financial information for fiscal 2018 and 2017 are presented in the following table, in thousands of dollars, except per share data:


	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
2018
Revenue	$	90,429	$	99,538	$	102,996	$	115,934
Total costs and expenses		59,035		63,818		65,521		76,079
Operating earnings		31,394		35,720		37,475		39,855
Net earnings		26,352		30,737		28,011		25,893
Net earnings per share, basic		0.51		0.59		0.54		0.50
Net earnings per share, diluted		0.49		0.57		0.52		0.48

2017
Revenue	$	57,576	$	75,829	$	80,398	$	88,435
Total costs and expenses		40,788		49,762		58,056		54,091
Operating earnings		16,788		26,067		22,342		34,344
Net earnings		10,297		17,368		15,961		13,658
Net earnings per share, basic		0.21		0.34		0.31		0.27
Net earnings per share, diluted		0.19		0.32		0.29		0.26