Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 11.9B | 12.1B | 10.2B | 11.6B |
| Net income | 9.6B | 9.2B | 9.0B | 7.7B |
| Depreciation | 3.8B | 3.5B | 3.3B | 3.2B |
| Deferred taxes | 176M | -271M | -787M | 488M |
| StockBased compensation | 362M | 380M | 343M | 301M |
| Other non cash items | -439M | -76M | -555M | -631M |
| Accounts receivable | -138M | -793M | -1.8B | -651M |
| Accounts payable | -1.2B | 420M | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| Other assets liabilities | -314M | -261M | -1.1B | -582M |
| Investing activities | -154M | 23M | 2.8B | 1.4B |
| Capital expenditures | 342M | 198M | 251M | 166M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -90M | -239M | 2.6B | 108M |
| Purchase of investments | -425M | -555M | -291M | -58M |
| Sale of investments | 5M | 571M | 174M | 1.1B |
| Other investing activity | 14M | 48M | 11M | 5M |
| Financing activities | -13.4B | -6.3B | -10.6B | -11.4B |
| Long term debt issuance | 4.0B | 5.5B | 3.4B | 4.1B |
| Long term debt payments | -9.5B | -6.1B | -6.2B | -8.7B |
| Short term debt issuance | 539M | 2.3B | -13M | 45M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1B | -1B | -1.5B | -106M |
| Common dividends | -7.2B | -6.7B | -6.2B | -5.8B |
| Other financing charges | -188M | -213M | -179M | -912M |
| End cash position | 8.6B | 9.8B | 5.1B | 5.7B |
| Income tax paid | 3.1B | 2.5B | 2.8B | 1.9B |
| Interest paid | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.0B | 1.2B |
| Free cash flow | 7.2B | 7.9B | 5.6B | 7.0B |