Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 4.5B | 5.1B | 5.8B | 5.5B |
| Net income | 3.0B | 3.7B | 4.1B | 3.8B |
| Depreciation | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.4B |
| Deferred taxes | 10.4M | 126M | 100M | 167M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | -55.3M | -7M | -16M | 12M |
| Accounts receivable | 70.9M | -51M | -101M | -141M |
| Accounts payable | -4.3M | 83M | 140M | 128M |
| Other assets liabilities | 13.8M | -308M | 64M | 114M |
| Investing activities | -2.3B | -2.2B | -2.1B | -1.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -2.1B | -2.2B | -1.8B | -1.3B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -60.5M | -31M | -227M | -541M |
| Purchase of investments | -57.0M | -104M | -59M | -75M |
| Sale of investments | 78.6M | 153M | 9M | 5M |
| Other investing activity | -83.8M | -76M | 33M | -4M |
| Financing activities | -2.6B | -3.9B | -3.8B | -4.1B |
| Long term debt issuance | 475.3M | 600M | 2B | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | -482.2M | -153M | -186M | -426M |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.9B | -3.5B | -4.7B | -2.9B |
| Common dividends | -803.7M | -882M | -852M | -839M |
| Other financing charges | 97.7M | 50M | — | 39M |
| End cash position | 806.3M | 1.4B | 1.9B | 2.2B |
| Income tax paid | 929.9M | 630M | 1.2B | 931M |
| Interest paid | 734.6M | 806M | 729M | 718M |
| Free cash flow | 2.3B | 3.3B | 3.4B | 3.3B |