Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 6.4B | 6.0B | 5.3B | 5.9B |
| Net income | 7.3B | 6.8B | 6.4B | 6.2B |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | — |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 67M | 58M | 52M | 50M |
| Accounts receivable | -661M | -381M | -646M | -138M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -290M | -474M | -540M | -161M |
| Investing activities | -1.2B | -8.7B | -11.6B | -964M |
| Capital expenditures | -1.2B | -1.0B | -916M | -883M |
| Net intangibles | -180M | -221M | -208M | -1.0B |
| Net acquisitions | 8M | -7.9B | -10.6B | -97M |
| Purchase of investments | -13M | -17M | -2M | -14M |
| Sale of investments | 0 | 216M | 0 | 30M |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | -1.3B | 6.1B | 1.4B | -3.0B |
| Long term debt issuance | 7.8B | 622M | 16.4B | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | -4.8B | 0 | -5.4B | — |
| Short term debt issuance | — | 622M | -5.4B | 1.1B |
| Common stock issuance | 500M | 9.1B | 0 | 306M |
| Common stock repurchase | — | 0 | -619M | -500M |
| Common dividends | -4.7B | -4.2B | -4.0B | -3.8B |
| Other financing charges | — | — | 521M | — |
| End cash position | 788M | 911M | 414M | 448M |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 1.4B | 3.0B | 4.0B | 3.3B |