Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 10.2B | 8.8B | 10.0B | 9.6B |
| Net income | 6.7B | 6.1B | 6.8B | 7.7B |
| Depreciation | 3.3B | 3.1B | 3.0B | 2.9B |
| Deferred taxes | 22M | 229M | 571M | -70M |
| StockBased compensation | 360M | 262M | 341M | 440M |
| Other non cash items | 283M | 224M | 182M | 126M |
| Accounts receivable | -799M | -935M | -797M | -962M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | 334M | -126M | -59M | -540M |
| Investing activities | -4.8B | -5.2B | -3.4B | -2.5B |
| Capital expenditures | -4.9B | -4.7B | -4.4B | -3.6B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 62M | -442M | 1.0B | 1.1B |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -5M | -19M | -21M | -4M |
| Financing activities | -4.6B | -4.1B | -5.7B | -6.7B |
| Long term debt issuance | 7.5B | 3.2B | 6.0B | 4.3B |
| Long term debt payments | -4.3B | -909M | -2.8B | -3.9B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | -1.0B | 120M | 2.8B |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -6.0B | -3.8B | -7B | -8.2B |
| Common dividends | -690M | -661M | -653M | -624M |
| Other financing charges | -1.1B | -917M | -1.3B | -1.1B |
| End cash position | 1.9B | 935M | 908M | 1.5B |
| Income tax paid | 1.8B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 2.2B |
| Interest paid | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.5B |
| Free cash flow | 5.6B | 4.7B | 4.1B | 5.4B |