Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B |
| Net income | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Depreciation | 181M | 193M | 191M | 203M |
| Deferred taxes | -31M | -61M | -16M | -92M |
| StockBased compensation | 73M | 64M | 67M | 65M |
| Other non cash items | -100M | -36M | 45M | -6M |
| Accounts receivable | -68M | -239M | -309M | -152M |
| Accounts payable | 57M | 152M | 272M | 130M |
| Other assets liabilities | -368M | 23M | 25M | 110M |
| Investing activities | -78M | -21M | 24M | 67M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -87M | -36M | 15M | -80M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | 113M |
| Other investing activity | 9M | 15M | 9M | 34M |
| Financing activities | -309M | -1.4B | -3.7B | 58M |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.5B | 747M | 0 | 2.2B |
| Long term debt payments | 0 | -534M | -500M | -503M |
| Short term debt issuance | 11M | -113M | 113M | -304M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.0B | -800M | -850M | -725M |
| Common dividends | -606M | -539M | -465M | -393M |
| Other financing charges | -204M | -111M | -2.0B | -199M |
| End cash position | 2.3B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.6B |
| Income tax paid | 586M | 546M | 562M | 552M |
| Interest paid | 172M | 132M | 134M | 129M |
| Free cash flow | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.6B |