Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.4B | 1.1B | 1.7B | 1.6B |
| Net income | 1.3B | 752M | 682M | 659M |
| Depreciation | 1.1B | 1.0B | 992M | 933M |
| Deferred taxes | 249M | 170M | 150M | 182M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | -82M | -734M | -68M | -230M |
| Accounts receivable | -103M | -12M | 45M | 15M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | -69M | 22M |
| Other assets liabilities | -96M | -92M | -9M | 68M |
| Investing activities | 765M | -550M | -712M | -532M |
| Capital expenditures | -133M | -73M | -35M | -146M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 898M | — | — | — |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | 0 | 0 | 146M |
| Other investing activity | — | -477M | -677M | -532M |
| Financing activities | -211M | 1.6B | 1.0B | 874M |
| Long term debt issuance | 335M | 3.5B | 2.8B | 3.3B |
| Long term debt payments | -235M | -2.0B | -1.3B | -2.0B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | -7M | — |
| Common stock issuance | 250M | 253M | 12M | 41M |
| Common stock repurchase | — | — | — | — |
| Common dividends | -509M | -467M | -436M | -407M |
| Other financing charges | -52M | 338M | -58M | -36M |
| End cash position | 476M | 185M | 157M | 175M |
| Income tax paid | 16M | — | — | -123M |
| Interest paid | 489M | 549M | 498M | 458M |
| Free cash flow | -390M | -1.2B | -446M | -517M |