Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 29.5B | 56.0B | 32.3B | 11.9B |
| Net income | 16.0B | 21.5B | 21.0B | 16.4B |
| Depreciation | 13.1B | 13.8B | 13.7B | 14.3B |
| Deferred taxes | 563M | 556M | 2.4B | 1.4B |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 535M | 1.3B | 432M | 476M |
| Accounts receivable | 3.9B | 306M | -3.3B | -6.8B |
| Accounts payable | -889M | 572M | 5.3B | 12.1B |
| Other assets liabilities | -3.8B | 18.0B | -7.3B | -26.0B |
| Investing activities | -3.2B | -2.5B | 34M | -2.1B |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | -14.2B | -13.9B | -15.2B | -11.6B |
| Net acquisitions | -2.4B | -1.7B | -2.3B | -2.7B |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | 347M | 490M | 577M | 722M |
| Other investing activity | -1.1B | -1.3B | 1.8B | -75M |
| Financing activities | -14.4B | -29.7B | -19.3B | -25.5B |
| Long term debt issuance | 7.6B | 130M | 1.1B | 3.2B |
| Long term debt payments | -802M | -1.4B | -339M | -672M |
| Short term debt issuance | -5.1B | -14.3B | -6.1B | -10.9B |
| Common stock issuance | 521M | 383M | 370M | 381M |
| Common stock repurchase | -8.0B | -9.2B | -7.7B | -1.8B |
| Common dividends | -7.7B | -7.5B | -10.0B | -8.2B |
| Other financing charges | -853M | 2.1B | 3.4B | -7.5B |
| End cash position | 25.8B | 27.3B | 33.0B | 21.3B |
| Income tax paid | 10.6B | 12.7B | 14.5B | 4.5B |
| Interest paid | 2.9B | 2.9B | 2.3B | 1.9B |
| Free cash flow | 15.9B | 23.0B | 31.7B | 18.1B |