Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 6.6B | 5.9B | 7.3B | 7.7B |
| Net income | 3.9B | 4.2B | 6.3B | 5.4B |
| Depreciation | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.1B |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | — |
| StockBased compensation | 288M | 306M | 295M | 184M |
| Other non cash items | 25M | 8M | — | 601M |
| Accounts receivable | 331M | 322M | -389M | -597M |
| Accounts payable | 19M | -149M | -18M | 484M |
| Other assets liabilities | -336M | -1.0B | -1.0B | -529M |
| Investing activities | -2.0B | -7.0B | -2.1B | -12.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -1.4B | -1.4B | -1.1B | -1.2B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -558M | -5.6B | -582M | -10.9B |
| Purchase of investments | -331M | -172M | -523M | -925M |
| Sale of investments | 253M | 61M | 18M | 126M |
| Other investing activity | 34M | 44M | 51M | 37M |
| Financing activities | -8.4B | -273M | -2.6B | 1.3B |
| Long term debt issuance | — | 0 | 0 | 984M |
| Long term debt payments | -1.7B | -620M | -965M | -1.3B |
| Short term debt issuance | 5M | -1.0B | -723M | 2.3B |
| Common stock issuance | 162M | 68M | 31M | 86M |
| Common stock repurchase | -6.0B | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common dividends | -768M | -1.2B | -818M | -742M |
| Other financing charges | -131M | 2.5B | -95M | -16M |
| End cash position | 2.1B | 5.9B | 6.0B | 2.6B |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 5.3B | 5.8B | 7.4B | 7.1B |