Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 7.4B | 5.4B | 6.5B | 7.0B |
| Net income | 5.0B | 3.4B | 5.3B | 4.1B |
| Depreciation | 4.4B | 4.2B | 4.1B | 4.6B |
| Deferred taxes | -47M | -402M | -1.7B | -88M |
| StockBased compensation | 437M | 425M | 420M | 442M |
| Other non cash items | 218M | 309M | -133M | -871M |
| Accounts receivable | -2.6B | -2.6B | 203M | -2.2B |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -4M | 57M | -1.8B | 969M |
| Investing activities | 1.7B | 127M | -54M | 1.1B |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | -611M | -751M | -487M | -308M |
| Net acquisitions | 1.8B | 6M | 28M | 791M |
| Purchase of investments | -360M | -117M | -355M | -247M |
| Sale of investments | 202M | 226M | 179M | 389M |
| Other investing activity | 65M | 12M | 94M | 145M |
| Financing activities | -6.6B | -4.5B | -5.9B | -6.7B |
| Long term debt issuance | 0 | 22.9B | 1M | 4.1B |
| Long term debt payments | -2.5B | -10.6B | -3M | -4.3B |
| Short term debt issuance | -4M | -437M | 489M | -113M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -444M | -12.9B | -2.8B | -2.3B |
| Common dividends | -3.2B | -3.2B | -3.1B | -3.0B |
| Other financing charges | -452M | -317M | -415M | -1.1B |
| End cash position | 5.6B | 6.6B | 6.2B | 7.8B |
| Income tax paid | 1.2B | 1.5B | 2.4B | 1.1B |
| Interest paid | 1.9B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Free cash flow | 3.9B | 4.7B | 4.4B | 4.6B |