Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 16.3B | 14.3B | 11.9B | 10.9B |
| Net income | 12.9B | 11.2B | 9.9B | 8.7B |
| Depreciation | 897M | 799M | 750M | 726M |
| Deferred taxes | -527M | -236M | -651M | -69M |
| StockBased compensation | 526M | 460M | 295M | 273M |
| Other non cash items | 2.0B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.4B |
| Accounts receivable | 21M | -717M | -469M | -484M |
| Accounts payable | 75M | -99M | 190M | 100M |
| Other assets liabilities | 460M | 1.2B | 243M | 253M |
| Investing activities | -2.7B | -634M | -815M | -4.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -474M | -371M | -442M | -407M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -2.5B | 0 | -313M | -4.4B |
| Purchase of investments | -658M | -736M | -594M | -911M |
| Sale of investments | 964M | 479M | 537M | 856M |
| Other investing activity | -3M | -6M | -3M | 33M |
| Financing activities | -11.1B | -9.7B | -10.4B | -6.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 4.0B | 1.6B | 1.1B | 2.0B |
| Long term debt payments | -1.3B | 0 | -724M | -650M |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -11.0B | -9.0B | -8.8B | -5.9B |
| Common dividends | -2.4B | -2.2B | -1.9B | -1.7B |
| Other financing charges | -201M | -89M | -161M | -345M |
| End cash position | 10.8B | 10.5B | 9.2B | 9.9B |
| Income tax paid | 3.3B | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | 571M | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 13.6B | 10.9B | 10.1B | 8.6B |