Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 6.9B | 6.5B | 5.2B | 5.4B |
| Net income | 2.3B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 2.0B |
| Depreciation | 3.0B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 2.7B |
| Deferred taxes | 806M | 714M | 665M | 466M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 679M | 882M | 681M | 536M |
| Accounts receivable | -275M | -391M | -726M | -302M |
| Accounts payable | 839M | 116M | 507M | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -377M | 88M | -694M | 70M |
| Investing activities | -1.6B | -1.3B | -1.9B | -892M |
| Capital expenditures | -1.8B | -1.7B | -1.2B | -803M |
| Net intangibles | -377M | -407M | -419M | -379M |
| Net acquisitions | — | 0 | -813M | 0 |
| Purchase of investments | -184M | — | -180M | -164M |
| Sale of investments | 81M | — | 138M | — |
| Other investing activity | 282M | 320M | 58M | 75M |
| Financing activities | -3.0B | -3.1B | -2.1B | -2.7B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.6B | 833M | 1.8B | 772M |
| Long term debt payments | -2.4B | -1.8B | -2.3B | -1.8B |
| Short term debt issuance | -63M | 155M | 206M | -159M |
| Common stock issuance | 147M | 61M | 88M | 102M |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.8B | -1.8B | -1.4B | -1.3B |
| Common dividends | -459M | -562M | -529M | -484M |
| Other financing charges | -26M | 6M | -24M | 72M |
| End cash position | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 2.0B |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 3.6B | 3.6B | 3.2B | 3.6B |