Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 1.7B | 1.1B | 920M | 947M |
| Net income | 1.1B | 825M | 641M | 565M |
| Depreciation | 459M | 477M | 426M | 441M |
| Deferred taxes | 51M | -58M | 36M | 88M |
| StockBased compensation | 66M | 47M | 41M | 46M |
| Other non cash items | — | — | — | -50M |
| Accounts receivable | -34M | -195M | -52M | -76M |
| Accounts payable | 70M | -58M | 306M | 109M |
| Other assets liabilities | 6M | 29M | -478M | -176M |
| Investing activities | -343M | -492M | -235M | -540M |
| Capital expenditures | -194M | -184M | -146M | -105M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -149M | -308M | -89M | -435M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | -1.4B | -633M | -708M | -653M |
| Long term debt issuance | 2.3B | 5.6B | 6.1B | 5.4B |
| Long term debt payments | -2.3B | -5.5B | -6.1B | -5.6B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.1B | -409M | -473M | -300M |
| Common dividends | -140M | -123M | -111M | -92M |
| Other financing charges | -70M | -143M | -94M | -100M |
| End cash position | 715M | 620M | 541M | 473M |
| Income tax paid | 237M | 233M | 157M | 123M |
| Interest paid | 181M | 210M | 179M | 164M |
| Free cash flow | 1.6B | 1.0B | 889M | 943M |