And then on the big capex stuff, things like Methanex, we've talked about before, and in terms of methanol.And we are looking pretty good, as I said, and things that are happening in the Permian and around the downstream sector in general, and then you layer on the LNG. And with the reminder that investor conference is in New York at the Stock Exchange on Friday the 3rd of May, so this Friday, I will hand it back to the operator who will open the call up for questions.
KBR's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Form 10-Qs and 8-Ks, and other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss some of the important risk factors that KBR has identified that may affect the business, results of operations and financial condition. And then we'll start to see that ramp-up happen progressively through 2020 and beyond.
I think our book-to-bill of 2.4 in the quarter clearly demonstrates that.
In terms of transition, I mean, I think it's probably well known now publicly. We've done that and we don't need to do M&A to outpace growth in the industry. So I do think that we're pretty well positioned, as Mark said, to start to see sequential growth tick up in the second half of the year.Thank you. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.36.That's up 6% over last year on higher revenues, good margins and offset somewhat by the equity in earnings and higher interest. We've got obviously a bouyant downstream sort of gas monetization market that really is driving a lot of opportunities for things like ethane and other technologies. And of course in a tendering situation, that is obviously a risk.And we've come out of this, I think, really winning three of the seven regions.
It was also awarded contracts for setting the theater and associated performance task orders to support the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and Northern Command (NORTHCOM). Good morning and congratulations. Is technology on a path to grow double digits or at the high end of that range going forward? I would like to personally thank all the people at KBR for their continued vigilance and passion around this subject. I will remind you that no one company was allowed to win CENTCOM and Afghanistan due to their scale and complexity.Today, two companies support Afghanistan. "For LOGCAP V, the Army prioritized past performance, proposal quality and capabilities ahead of price. And they typically are funded through RDT&E obviously.We've done very well, I think, in our logistics business, and there's a strong mix of O&M funding and obviously some contingency funding supporting what we're doing in CENTCOM at the moment. So I think all that -- I think no degradation in margins, maybe potential for upside.And then beyond that, I think we're really looking at growth in volume and be very well placed strategically with more assurance about the future. Combined with the recently announced LOGCAP V win and also the GICS code change, I'm pleased to report that the new KBR has really come out the block strongly in 2019 with our Q1 results.We are of course building on the growth and momentum from '17 through 2018, and this is actually the ninth consecutive quarter where we have met or exceeded expectation. And I think that's what's happened here.We had a whole many quarters in a row where we were well above that level in our government business, and so the change of GICS code is appropriate.
But I can't guarantee that.Got it. And has the cadence of the order growth improved from the beginning of the year to where we are now? Thank you.Stock Advisor launched in February of 2002.
We'll explore it a bit more obviously on Friday.
And as you know, that was a key part of our strategic build-out in the past.
We're really pleased with the operating cash flow result of almost $50 million in what is usually a soft first quarter.
Thank you.Thank you. KBR's proposal was likely so superior that the Army viewed the risk of replacing current vendors already in-theater to be worthwhile. You've talked about SENSE for a while, but I sense -- no pun intended, that you might be seeing more market share gain opportunities as well.Yeah. In terms of other recompetes, this one in -- for the Marines where we do the preposition stock, that's really the major one this year and not last year. And we've sort of talked about SENSE for a while because, actually, the procurement cycle takes a while.