Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.2B | 6.5B | 4.6B | 4.2B |
| Net income | 6.0B | 5.5B | 5.6B | 5.8B |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | — |
| StockBased compensation | 24M | 23M | -22M | 21M |
| Other non cash items | 2.0B | 2.1B | 1.6B | 1.2B |
| Accounts receivable | -468M | 200M | -284M | -1.0B |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -2.4B | -1.3B | -2.2B | -1.9B |
| Investing activities | -2.6B | -2.3B | -2.0B | -2.5B |
| Capital expenditures | -2.0B | -2.1B | -2.2B | -2.3B |
| Net intangibles | -3.1B | -2.9B | -2.7B | -2.9B |
| Net acquisitions | -79M | -159M | -156M | -292M |
| Purchase of investments | -496M | — | 0 | -2M |
| Sale of investments | — | 37M | 356M | 66M |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | 83M |
| Financing activities | -2.6B | -3.4B | -3.9B | -2.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 30.0B | 23.0B | 22.8B | 15.9B |
| Long term debt payments | -33.1B | -23.0B | -22.5B | -14.5B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | 0 | 43M | 0 |
| Common stock repurchase | — | — | — | — |
| Common dividends | -5.9B | -5.7B | -5.6B | -5.4B |
| Other financing charges | 6.4B | 2.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| End cash position | 1.9B | 1.6B | 2.0B | 2.4B |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 6.8B | 6.2B | 5.7B | 5.4B |