Revenues for the quarter grew 5.6% to $553.3 million compared to $524 million for the same quarter in 2019.
Net income rose approximately 16.5% [Phonetic] to $74.9 million [Phonetic] or $0.23 per diluted shares, compared to $64 million or $0.20 per diluted shares for the second quarter of last year.
Revenues for the first six months of the year were $1.04 billion, an increase of 9.3% compared to $953 million for the same period last year.
Net income for the first six months increased 8.9% to $118.1 million [Phonetic] or $0.36 per diluted share compared to $0.33 per diluted share for the comparable period last year, a 9% increase.
Residential pest control grew an outstanding 14.8%.
Commercial, however, excluding fumigation, was down 5.2%.
We have offset some of those commercial revenue shortfalls with termite and ancillary service, which was up 7.3%.
On the plus side, most of our residential customers have been at home 24/7 and they are becoming even more conscious of their home and, in some cases, the need to protect their family and property from unwanted pests.
The record book for performance was completely rewritten as our inbound telephone sales effort replaced seven of the top 10 sales days in our history.
From what we are currently experiencing, we are optimistic that these results will continue into the third quarter as July performance certainly reflects that as the remaining three top 10 sales days have been replaced.
Adams Pest founded by John Adams and established in 1944 has expertise in all aspects of general pests and wildlife control and is the market leader in the Greater Melbourne and Adelaide areas.
Looking at the numbers, the second quarter revenue of $553.3 million was an increase of 5.6% over the prior year's second quarter revenue of $524 million.
Income before income taxes was $103.5 million or 19% above 2019.
Net income was $75.4 million, up 17.2% compared to last year.
Our GAAP earnings per share were $0.23 per diluted share.
EBITDA was $126.9 million and rose 16.4% compared to 2019.
The first six months revenue of $1.041 billion was an increase of 9.3% over the prior year's first six months revenue of $953 million.
Income before income taxes was $158.9 million or 11.1% above last year.
Net income was $118.6 million, up 9.3% compared to 2019.
Our GAAP earnings per share were $0.36 per diluted share.
EBITDA was $206.1 million and rose 13.6% compared to 2019.
This along with the transition to new, more diversified vendors impacted our materials and supplies costs between $2 million and $3 million in Q2 and will impact the business in a similar manner for the remainder of the year.
As Gary reviewed, our total revenue increase of 5.6% included 3.1% from Clark and other acquisitions and the remaining 2.5% was from pricing and organic growth.
In total residential pest control, which made up 47% of our revenue, was up 14.8%, commercial pest control, ex fumigation, which made up 33% of our revenue was down 5.2% and termite and ancillary services, which made up approximately 20% of our revenue, was up 7.3%.
Again, total revenue less acquisitions was up 2.5% and from that residential was up 10.3%, commercial, ex fumigation, decreased 7.8% and termite and ancillary grew by 5.5%.
Our feedback from customers shared on our NPS score for our residential product showed 2.4 percentage points higher than last year, which included a new COVID-19 category.
In total, gross margin increased to 53.8% from 51.7% in the prior year's quarter.
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the quarter increased $1.8 million to $21.9 million, an increase of 8.9%.
Depreciation increased $1 million due to acquisitions, vehicles acquired and equipment purchases, while amortization of intangible assets increased $754,000 due to the amortization of customer contracts from several acquisitions, including Clark.
Sales, general and administrative expenses for the second quarter increased $9.4 million, or 5.8%, to $171.3 million, or 30.9% of revenues, which was flat to last year.
As for our cash position for the period ended June 30th, 2020, we spent $56 million on acquisitions, compared to $410.1 million in the same period last year, which included Clark.
We paid $65.5 million on dividends and had $12.4 million of capex, which was slightly lower compared to 2019.
We ended the period with $134.8 million in cash of which $73.2 million is held by our foreign subsidiaries.
Yesterday, the Board of Directors approved a temporary reduction of the regular cash dividend to $0.08 per share that will be paid on September 10th, 2020 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 10th, 2020.

Summary:
Revenues for the quarter grew 5.6% to $553.3 million compared to $524 million for the same quarter in 2019.
Net income rose approximately 16.5% [Phonetic] to $74.9 million [Phonetic] or $0.23 per diluted shares, compared to $64 million or $0.20 per diluted shares for the second quarter of last year.
Our GAAP earnings per share were $0.23 per diluted share.