Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 8.7B | 8.4B | 9.1B | 8.5B |
| Net income | 6.3B | 6.0B | 7.0B | 7.7B |
| Depreciation | 3.1B | 3.4B | 3.4B | 2.6B |
| Deferred taxes | -1.2B | -1.3B | -995M | -647M |
| StockBased compensation | 301M | 278M | 307M | 230M |
| Other non cash items | 463M | 562M | 483M | 156M |
| Accounts receivable | -171M | 209M | -784M | 17M |
| Accounts payable | 212M | -500M | 648M | 479M |
| Other assets liabilities | -375M | -204M | -872M | -2.0B |
| Investing activities | -5.8B | -5.1B | -2.2B | -21.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -1.3B | -1.4B | -2.2B | -2.5B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -3.1B | -3.7B | -39M | -19.4B |
| Purchase of investments | -3.4B | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | 2.0B | 70M | 15M | 8M |
| Other investing activity | 8M | -160M | 84M | -42M |
| Financing activities | -6.8B | -5.6B | -6.5B | 6.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.2B | 5.9B | 3.2B | 18.1B |
| Long term debt payments | -3.6B | -7.7B | -4.1B | -11.7B |
| Short term debt issuance | 0 | -315M | -2.2B | 2.5B |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -4B | -3B | -3B | -2B |
| Common dividends | -583M | -523M | -455M | -395M |
| Other financing charges | 194M | 56M | -9M | 65M |
| End cash position | 4.0B | 8.1B | 8.5B | 4.5B |
| Income tax paid | 1.8B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 2.2B |
| Interest paid | 1.6B | 1.4B | 667M | 555M |
| Free cash flow | 7.3B | 6.9B | 6.9B | 6.8B |