Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.3B | 2.4B | 806M | 2.4B |
| Net income | 947M | 808M | 813M | 1.3B |
| Depreciation | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Deferred taxes | 142M | 157M | 89M | 249M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | -254M | -286M | -105M | -82M |
| Accounts receivable | -155M | 241M | -677M | -103M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | 402M | 311M | -440M | -96M |
| Investing activities | -36M | -979M | -102M | 765M |
| Capital expenditures | -160M | -167M | -107M | -133M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 124M | -812M | 5M | 898M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | 614M | 1.1B | 1.3B | -211M |
| Long term debt issuance | 2.0B | 3.6B | 1.9B | 335M |
| Long term debt payments | -952M | -2.1B | -106M | -235M |
| Short term debt issuance | -28M | 73M | 20M | 0 |
| Common stock issuance | 286M | 192M | 69M | 250M |
| Common stock repurchase | — | — | — | — |
| Common dividends | -626M | -579M | -544M | -508M |
| Other financing charges | -28M | 38M | -11M | -53M |
| End cash position | 178M | 248M | 182M | 476M |
| Income tax paid | 69M | 15M | 1M | 16M |
| Interest paid | 677M | 607M | 490M | 489M |
| Free cash flow | -808M | -265M | -1.6B | -390M |