Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 14.2B | 13.3B | 11.8B | 14.0B |
| Net income | 10.6B | 10.7B | 9.6B | 9.8B |
| Depreciation | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.5B |
| Deferred taxes | -11M | -2M | -122M | 894M |
| StockBased compensation | 286M | 254M | 356M | 337M |
| Other non cash items | 2.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B | -658M |
| Accounts receivable | -295M | -2M | -69M | -225M |
| Accounts payable | 1.1B | 841M | 759M | 2.8B |
| Other assets liabilities | -583M | -784M | -1.2B | -486M |
| Investing activities | 2.5B | -3.3B | -763M | -2.8B |
| Capital expenditures | -2.0B | -1.8B | -1.4B | -1.3B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 3.2B | 368M | 385M | -2.6B |
| Purchase of investments | -5.6B | -6.7B | -3.8B | -6.0B |
| Sale of investments | 6.6B | 4.4B | 4.8B | 7.1B |
| Other investing activity | 429M | 405M | -759M | 51M |
| Financing activities | -6.9B | -8.3B | -10.3B | -6.8B |
| Long term debt issuance | 12.1B | 6.9B | 4.0B | 13.1B |
| Long term debt payments | -9.5B | -5.0B | -4.9B | -12.9B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | 747M | 539M | 837M | 702M |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.8B | -2.3B | -1.4B | -111M |
| Common dividends | -8.4B | -8.0B | -7.6B | -7.3B |
| Other financing charges | -31M | -465M | -1.1B | -353M |
| End cash position | 11.5B | 9.7B | 9.8B | 10.0B |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 4.7B | 9.7B | 9.5B | 11.3B |