Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 18.7B | 19.3B | 15.8B | 14.3B |
| Net income | 19.7B | 17.3B | 15.0B | 12.3B |
| Depreciation | 1.0B | 943M | 861M | 804M |
| Deferred taxes | -100M | -483M | -336M | 873M |
| StockBased compensation | 850M | 765M | 602M | 542M |
| Other non cash items | 13.8B | 12.2B | 10.2B | 8.1B |
| Accounts receivable | -2.4B | -410M | -494M | -811M |
| Accounts payable | 109M | 34M | 67M | 88M |
| Other assets liabilities | -14.3B | -11.0B | -10.0B | -7.7B |
| Investing activities | -1.9B | -2.0B | -4.3B | -152M |
| Capital expenditures | -1.3B | -1.1B | -970M | -705M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -915M | 0 | -1.9B | -75M |
| Purchase of investments | -4.7B | -4.5B | -6.1B | -5.2B |
| Sale of investments | 5.0B | 3.6B | 4.6B | 5.7B |
| Other investing activity | -93M | -25M | 128M | 109M |
| Financing activities | -21.0B | -18.0B | -12.9B | -14.5B |
| Long term debt issuance | 0 | 0 | 3.2B | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | 0 | -2.3B | -1B | -3B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -16.7B | -12.1B | -11.6B | -8.7B |
| Common dividends | -4.2B | -3.8B | -3.2B | -2.8B |
| Other financing charges | -38M | 70M | -318M | — |
| End cash position | 19.8B | 22.0B | 20.4B | 19.8B |
| Income tax paid | 5.8B | 3.4B | 3.7B | 3.0B |
| Interest paid | 583M | 617M | 607M | 643M |
| Free cash flow | 18.7B | 19.7B | 17.9B | 14.5B |