Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 10.1B | 8.1B | 6.5B | 6.4B |
| Net income | 4.3B | 3.8B | 3.4B | 2.3B |
| Depreciation | 5.3B | 5.0B | 4.1B | 4.0B |
| Deferred taxes | 626M | 416M | 758M | 239M |
| StockBased compensation | 132M | 137M | 127M | 144M |
| Other non cash items | -1.4B | -1.2B | -2.1B | 502M |
| Accounts receivable | -372M | 482M | -771M | -77M |
| Accounts payable | 492M | -863M | 1.0B | -8M |
| Other assets liabilities | 1.1B | 246M | -90M | -699M |
| Investing activities | -9.4B | -9.7B | -8.4B | -7.4B |
| Capital expenditures | -9.0B | -9.1B | -7.9B | -7.6B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 369M | 164M | 275M | 917M |
| Purchase of investments | -1.6B | -1.1B | -1.1B | -1.6B |
| Sale of investments | 1.5B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.6B |
| Other investing activity | -798M | -716M | -769M | -679M |
| Financing activities | -1.9B | -631M | 849M | 1.9B |
| Long term debt issuance | 6.2B | 9.0B | 5.1B | 8.3B |
| Long term debt payments | -3.9B | -5.9B | -3.6B | -4.4B |
| Short term debt issuance | -968M | -307M | 1.2B | 830M |
| Common stock issuance | 143M | 36M | 1.8B | 73M |
| Common stock repurchase | 0 | 0 | -298M | 0 |
| Common dividends | -3.0B | -3.0B | -2.9B | -2.8B |
| Other financing charges | -366M | -373M | -404M | -116M |
| End cash position | 1.1B | 921M | 2.0B | 1.8B |
| Income tax paid | 176M | 132M | 146M | 93M |
| Interest paid | 2.5B | 2.2B | 1.8B | 1.7B |
| Free cash flow | 833M | -1.5B | -1.6B | -1.4B |