Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.8B | 2.3B | 1.7B | 2.1B |
| Net income | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 2.0B |
| Depreciation | 497M | 491M | 465M | 448M |
| Deferred taxes | -338M | -61M | -286M | -80M |
| StockBased compensation | 74M | 60M | 62M | 58M |
| Other non cash items | -6M | -8M | 13M | 1M |
| Accounts receivable | -61M | -102M | -137M | -155M |
| Accounts payable | 31M | 13M | -29M | -17M |
| Other assets liabilities | 109M | -423M | -533M | -171M |
| Investing activities | 340M | -45M | -297M | 19M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 285M | -59M | -312M | -14M |
| Purchase of investments | -5M | -4M | -9M | -12M |
| Sale of investments | 62M | 12M | 23M | 44M |
| Other investing activity | -2M | 6M | 1M | 1M |
| Financing activities | -2.7B | -3.1B | -866M | -1.8B |
| Long term debt issuance | 0 | 0 | 1.3B | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | 0 | -1.4B | 0 | -600M |
| Short term debt issuance | -3M | 1M | 2M | -4M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.9B | -1.1B | -1.6B | -743M |
| Common dividends | -786M | -692M | -611M | -474M |
| Other financing charges | -5M | -3M | -11M | -6M |
| End cash position | 2.0B | 2.0B | 3.6B | 3.5B |
| Income tax paid | 892M | 754M | 638M | 548M |
| Interest paid | 274M | 295M | 242M | 253M |
| Free cash flow | 2.3B | 1.6B | 1.3B | 1.7B |