Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 21.7B | 20.4B | 18.0B | 17.6B |
| Net income | 7.4B | 6.9B | 7.6B | 6.1B |
| Depreciation | 5.5B | 5.4B | 5.1B | 5.1B |
| Deferred taxes | 3.2B | 2.2B | 1.9B | 2.4B |
| StockBased compensation | 644M | 570M | 448M | 510M |
| Other non cash items | 4.7B | 5.7B | 4.5B | 4.7B |
| Accounts receivable | 341M | -1.1B | -48M | 164M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -149M | 717M | -1.5B | -1.2B |
| Investing activities | -3.3B | -4.4B | -4.6B | -5.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -3.7B | -4.5B | -4.8B | -5.5B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -46M | 9M | -70M | -444M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | 522M | 119M | 288M | 64M |
| Financing activities | -9.9B | -8.6B | -10.6B | -11.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 5.5B | 202M | 91M | 454M |
| Long term debt payments | -10.1B | -3.9B | -7.9B | -9.5B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -937M | -362M | 0 | 0 |
| Common dividends | -2.7B | -3.0B | -2.4B | -2.4B |
| Other financing charges | -1.6B | -1.5B | -394M | -192M |
| End cash position | 11.2B | 10.3B | 9.9B | 12.0B |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 11.2B | 8.6B | 8.1B | 9.2B |