Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 4.6B | 4.4B | 4.1B | 4.2B |
| Net income | 2.7B | 3.1B | 2.7B | 2.7B |
| Depreciation | 1.8B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B |
| Deferred taxes | 60.5M | 80.9M | 56.7M | 60M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 28M | 49.7M | 53.3M | 144.7M |
| Accounts receivable | 110.4M | 106.5M | -838.8M | -358M |
| Accounts payable | — | -577.5M | 1.2B | 762M |
| Other assets liabilities | -98.6M | 161.5M | -639.2M | -490.5M |
| Investing activities | -6.6B | -2.3B | -1.8B | -1.4B |
| Capital expenditures | -1.9B | -1.5B | -1.3B | -1.0B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -4.3B | -878M | -325.6M | -433.5M |
| Purchase of investments | -639.1M | -55.6M | -196.7M | -49.5M |
| Sale of investments | 184.2M | 194.2M | 0 | 100.5M |
| Other investing activity | 4.2M | 5.5M | -15.9M | 4.6M |
| Financing activities | 2.2B | -3.4B | -3.0B | -4.9B |
| Long term debt issuance | 7.3B | 0 | 990.1M | 16.5M |
| Long term debt payments | -3.9B | -584.8M | -1.7B | -2.1B |
| Short term debt issuance | 549.6M | 0 | — | -1.5B |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.3B | -2.4B | -1.8B | -1.0B |
| Common dividends | -453M | -377.7M | -330.1M | -268.3M |
| Other financing charges | — | — | -56.9M | — |
| End cash position | 1.3B | 834.2M | 2.1B | 3.0B |
| Income tax paid | 770.7M | 794.5M | 714.6M | 669.9M |
| Interest paid | 491.3M | 353.6M | 329.7M | 313.3M |
| Free cash flow | 2.9B | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.9B |