Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 3.6B | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.5B |
| Net income | 3.2B | 1.9B | 2.4B | 2.3B |
| Depreciation | 826M | 794M | 785M | 769M |
| Deferred taxes | -789M | -77M | -147M | -354M |
| StockBased compensation | 127M | 123M | 119M | 94M |
| Other non cash items | 205M | 230M | 140M | 43M |
| Accounts receivable | -134M | -146M | 200M | -518M |
| Accounts payable | 159M | -1M | -396M | 560M |
| Other assets liabilities | -28M | 117M | -396M | -389M |
| Investing activities | -270M | -36M | -110M | -347M |
| Capital expenditures | 16M | 4M | 106M | 86M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -280M | -62M | -204M | -427M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -6M | 22M | -12M | -6M |
| Financing activities | -3.0B | -1.8B | -1.7B | -1.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 348M | 499M | 588M | 661M |
| Long term debt payments | -352M | -591M | -558M | -708M |
| Short term debt issuance | -75M | -40M | 370M | 0 |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -2.1B | -945M | -1.4B | -831M |
| Common dividends | -760M | -725M | -685M | -647M |
| Other financing charges | -57M | -34M | -41M | -28M |
| End cash position | 1.3B | 1.7B | 1.1B | 1.2B |
| Income tax paid | 475M | 425M | 421M | 371M |
| Interest paid | 64M | 75M | 58M | 58M |
| Free cash flow | 2.8B | 2.4B | 1.7B | 2.0B |