Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.3B | 4.5B | 3.3B | 3.1B |
| Net income | 6.2B | 5.3B | 4.5B | 4.3B |
| Depreciation | 415M | 358M | 405M | 220M |
| Deferred taxes | -865M | -157M | 17M | -226M |
| StockBased compensation | 734M | 622M | 567M | 564M |
| Other non cash items | -1.5B | -1.9B | -1.7B | -1.6B |
| Accounts receivable | -322M | -313M | -433M | 4M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | 43M |
| Other assets liabilities | 638M | 597M | -64M | -205M |
| Investing activities | -2.0B | -437M | -2.2B | -832M |
| Capital expenditures | -341M | -194M | -254M | -204M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -1.1B | 0 | -1.5B | -699M |
| Purchase of investments | -1.0B | -430M | -803M | -378M |
| Sale of investments | 429M | 187M | 417M | 449M |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | -2.3B | 244M | -2.6B | -2.8B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.0B | 2.3B | 1.1B | 40M |
| Long term debt payments | -750M | 0 | -1B | 0 |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.5B | -1.8B | -1.9B | -2.1B |
| Common dividends | -2.5B | -2.3B | -2.1B | -2.0B |
| Other financing charges | 1.5B | 2.0B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| End cash position | 9.3B | 8.7B | 4.8B | 6.5B |
| Income tax paid | 2.7B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Interest paid | 189M | 183M | 193M | 177M |
| Free cash flow | 4.6B | 3.5B | 2.6B | 2.9B |