Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.9B |
| Net income | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.3B | 1.6B |
| Depreciation | 175M | 153M | 146M | 164M |
| Deferred taxes | -30M | -290M | -55M | -200M |
| StockBased compensation | 69M | 95M | 84M | 75M |
| Other non cash items | 76M | 162M | 60M | 192M |
| Accounts receivable | -53M | -89M | -84M | -46M |
| Accounts payable | 8M | -30M | -39M | 122M |
| Other assets liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Investing activities | -74M | 178M | 77M | 57M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -21M | 181M | 73M | 85M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Other investing activity | -53M | -3M | 4M | -28M |
| Financing activities | -1.2B | -1.4B | -1.3B | -1.8B |
| Long term debt issuance | 237M | 0 | 999M | 4.2B |
| Long term debt payments | -479M | -397M | -699M | -3.7B |
| Short term debt issuance | 345M | -279M | 279M | 0 |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -441M | -50M | -1.2B | -1.6B |
| Common dividends | -752M | -678M | -649M | -592M |
| Other financing charges | -73M | -25M | -53M | -77M |
| End cash position | 807M | 724M | 647M | 771M |
| Income tax paid | 494M | 432M | 371M | — |
| Interest paid | 510M | 526M | 486M | — |
| Free cash flow | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.5B |