Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 6.3B | 7.3B | 8.2B | 6.1B |
| Net income | 6.0B | 5.7B | 5.6B | 4.8B |
| Depreciation | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 1.9B |
| Deferred taxes | 45M | 12M | 60M | 40M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 375M | 344M | 330M | 306M |
| Accounts receivable | -1.5B | -806M | 118M | -2.4B |
| Accounts payable | -183M | 276M | -109M | -3M |
| Other assets liabilities | -668M | -252M | 250M | 1.5B |
| Investing activities | -966M | 27M | -3.1B | 42M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -949M | -2M | -3.2B | -2M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -17M | 29M | 117M | 44M |
| Financing activities | -2.2B | -4.3B | -5.8B | -4.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 53.7B | 89.9B | 96.1B | 11.2B |
| Long term debt payments | -50.5B | -89.4B | -97.4B | -11.5B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Common stock repurchase | -219M | -188M | -250M | -214M |
| Common dividends | -4.5B | -4.3B | -4.1B | -3.9B |
| Other financing charges | -602M | -221M | -244M | -94M |
| End cash position | 838M | 320M | 206M | 3.0B |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | 18.1M |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | 1.2B |
| Free cash flow | 3.6B | 4.3B | 6.1B | 6.3B |