Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.1B | 2.3B | 2.6B | 2.5B |
| Net income | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 2.1B |
| Depreciation | 542M | 555M | 569M | 574M |
| Deferred taxes | -355M | -339M | -273M | 27M |
| StockBased compensation | 175M | 176M | 261M | 246M |
| Other non cash items | 32M | 1M | 45M | -1M |
| Accounts receivable | -49M | -43M | -238M | -407M |
| Accounts payable | -23M | -23M | -11M | -35M |
| Other assets liabilities | -438M | -123M | -75M | -46M |
| Investing activities | -1.6B | -331M | -106M | -2.2B |
| Capital expenditures | -297M | -317M | -332M | -279M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -1.6B | -409M | -339M | -970M |
| Purchase of investments | -2M | -441M | -1.8B | -2.3B |
| Sale of investments | 268M | 836M | 2.4B | 1.4B |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | -978M | -1.7B | -2.0B | -1.3B |
| Long term debt issuance | 600M | 0 | 650M | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | -373M | -25M | -686M | -53M |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -605M | -1.1B | -1.4B | -771M |
| Common dividends | -600M | -591M | -564M | -509M |
| Other financing charges | — | — | -3M | — |
| End cash position | 2.2B | 2.7B | 2.3B | 1.8B |
| Income tax paid | 1.1B | 1.2B | 813M | 625M |
| Interest paid | 53M | 40M | 15M | 7M |
| Free cash flow | 1.8B | 2.0B | 2.2B | 2.2B |