Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.5B |
| Net income | 616.6M | 762.8M | 836.0M | 618.5M |
| Depreciation | 1.2B | 1.0B | 919.0M | 813.0M |
| Deferred taxes | -57.3M | 6.3M | 93.5M | 14.6M |
| StockBased compensation | 77.9M | 70.4M | 63.5M | 58.2M |
| Other non cash items | 494.4M | 215.2M | 10.9M | 22.2M |
| Accounts receivable | -10.6M | -20.6M | -100.5M | -54.7M |
| Accounts payable | -33.3M | 32.3M | 192.9M | 66.8M |
| Other assets liabilities | -241.0M | -31.2M | 9.3M | 11.3M |
| Investing activities | -2.1B | -647.1M | -2.2B | -949.2M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -2.1B | -676.8M | -2.2B | -985.4M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -19.3M | 29.7M | 32.4M | 36.3M |
| Financing activities | 940.5M | -549.1M | 1.0B | -501.1M |
| Long term debt issuance | 4.6B | 1.8B | 4.8B | 2.1B |
| Long term debt payments | -3.2B | -2.1B | -3.1B | -1.9B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | -790K | -1.1M | -367K |
| Common stock issuance | 2.0M | 794K | 660K | 430K |
| Common stock repurchase | 0 | 0 | -425.0M | -339.0M |
| Common dividends | -302.3M | -270.6M | -243.0M | -220.2M |
| Other financing charges | -78.3M | -45.1M | -49.6M | -161.0M |
| End cash position | 198.2M | 184.0M | 181.4M | 219.6M |
| Income tax paid | 216.0M | 207.0M | 100.2M | 146.2M |
| Interest paid | 298.9M | 260.9M | 177.4M | 157.5M |
| Free cash flow | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 953.9M |