Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 4.2B | 4.7B | 5.0B | 3.6B |
| Net income | 4.4B | 5.0B | 5.0B | 3.4B |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | — |
| StockBased compensation | 26M | 29M | 30M | 37M |
| Other non cash items | — | — | — | — |
| Accounts receivable | -304M | 13M | -463M | -359M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | 13M | -351M | 469M | 506M |
| Investing activities | -3.6B | -1.1B | -2.9B | -3.1B |
| Capital expenditures | -1.3B | -18M | -2.6B | -1.4B |
| Net intangibles | -96M | -83M | -70M | -62M |
| Net acquisitions | -2.2B | -1.0B | -282M | -1.7B |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -6M | -15M | 2M | 64M |
| Financing activities | 2.1B | -2.2B | -237M | 475M |
| Long term debt issuance | 9.6B | 2.5B | 3.9B | 1.8B |
| Long term debt payments | -6.6B | -4.1B | -3.6B | -1.3B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | 0 | 48M |
| Common stock repurchase | -431M | -300M | -32M | -75M |
| Common dividends | -168M | -281M | -459M | — |
| Other financing charges | -299M | 5M | -17M | 89M |
| End cash position | 1.6B | 737M | 1.2B | 902M |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 1.8B | 2.2B | 1.6B | 1.6B |