Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.0B | 4.9B | 5.0B | 5.3B |
| Net income | 6.5B | 5.7B | 5.0B | 6.2B |
| Depreciation | 529M | 427M | 418M | 415M |
| Deferred taxes | -106M | 124M | 602M | -865M |
| StockBased compensation | 753M | 630M | 708M | 734M |
| Other non cash items | -2.6B | -1.6B | -1.0B | -1.5B |
| Accounts receivable | -443M | -586M | 416M | -322M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | 360M | 266M | -1.2B | 638M |
| Investing activities | -3.4B | -1.0B | -1.2B | -2.0B |
| Capital expenditures | -255M | -344M | -533M | -341M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -2.9B | -189M | 0 | -1.1B |
| Purchase of investments | -945M | -872M | -909M | -1.0B |
| Sale of investments | 766M | 400M | 242M | 429M |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | 1.8B | -2.1B | -5.5B | -2.3B |
| Long term debt issuance | 5.5B | 1.2B | 0 | 1.0B |
| Long term debt payments | -1.1B | -59M | -776M | -750M |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.9B | -1.9B | -2.3B | -1.5B |
| Common dividends | -3.1B | -3.0B | -3.0B | -2.5B |
| Other financing charges | 2.4B | 1.7B | 645M | 1.5B |
| End cash position | 12.8B | 8.8B | 7.4B | 9.3B |
| Income tax paid | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 2.7B |
| Interest paid | 289M | 200M | 177M | 189M |
| Free cash flow | 4.7B | 3.8B | 4.4B | 4.6B |