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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract]

Schedule Of Comparative Date For Performance Stock Units

		2024 Awards			2023 Awards			2022 Awards
TSR Awards
Shares of stock granted - target		7,133			8,107			7,983
Per-share fair value	$	673.71		$	633.32		$	595.70
Volatility		21.8	%		25.5	%		30.4	%
Risk-free interest rate		4.4	%		4.3	%		1.7	%
EPS Awards
Shares of stock granted - target		7,133			8,107			7,983
Per-share fair value	$	586.49		$	515.12		$	459.77
TSR Awards - Former CFO One-Time Grant
Shares of stock granted - target		6,424			-			-
Per-share fair value	$	830.86		$	-		$	-
Volatility		22.00			-	%		-	%
Risk-free interest rate		4.07			-	%		-	%
Common Assumptions
Service period (years)		2.9			2.9			2.9
Three-year measurement period ends December 31,		2026			2025			2024

Schedule Of Total Stock Option, Stock Award And PSU Activity

	Stock Options										Stock Awards					Performance Units (PSUs)
														Weighted
				Weighted Average					Aggregate					Average					Weighted
						Remaining			Intrinsic					Grant-Date		Number of			Average
	Number of			Exercise		Contractual			Value		Number of			Per-Share		Target			Grant-Date
	Options			Price		Life (Years)			(thousands)		Awards			Fair Value		Units			Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2023	1,117,223		$	462.94							-		$	-		44,154		$	549.65
Granted	318,015			597.70							2,272			564.34		20,690			692.43
Exercised/Vested	(226,836)			410.02							(2,272)			564.34		(9,559)			555.98
Canceled/ Forfeited	(26,221)			485.20							-			-		(3,565)			529.51
Outstanding at December 31, 2024	1,182,181		$	508.85		3.2			49,497		-		$	-		51,720		$	606.99
Vested and expected to vest
at December 31, 2024	1,182,181		$	508.85		3.2			49,497		-		$	-		54,200	*	$	565.33
Exercisable at December 31, 2024	569,991			466.88		2.2			37,929		n.a.			n.a.		n.a.			n.a.
* Amount includes 20,756 share units which vested and were converted to shares of stock and distributed in the first quarter of 2025.

Schedule Of Comparative Data For Stocks Option, Stock Awards And PSUs

		Years Ended December 31,
		2024			2023			2022
Total compensation expense of stock-based compensation
plans charged against income	$	52,110		$	40,793		$	33,613
Total income tax benefit recognized in income for stock
based compensation expense charged against income		12,730			9,709			8,487
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised		42,914			54,681			53,339
Total intrinsic value of stock awards vested during the period		1,282			1,444			1,170
Per-share weighted average grant-date fair value of
stock awards granted		564.34			545.69			496.25

Schedule Of Valuation Assumptions

		2024			2023			2022
Stock price on date of issuance	$	597.70		$	509.46		$	462.04
Grant date fair value per option	$	114.55		$	111.24		$	104.69
Number of options granted		318,015			315,555			312,598
Expected term (years)		3.5			3.5			3.5
Risk free rate of return		4.02	%		4.99	%		4.39	%
Volatility		17.81	%		19.24	%		22.29	%
Dividend yield		0.3	%		0.3	%		0.3	%
Forfeiture rate		-			-			-

Schedule Of Other Data For Stock Options, Stock Awards And PSUs

		Stock			Stock
		Options			Awards			PSUs
Total unrecognized compensation at the end of the year	$	62,439		$	-		$	11,385
Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation to be recognized (years)		2.2			-			1.6
Actual income tax benefit realized	$	9,570		$	286		$	2,520
Aggregate intrinsic value vested and expected to vest	$	49,497		$	-		$	28,912

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