Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 4.3B | 4.1B | 3.4B | 3.5B |
| Net income | 4.1B | 3.8B | 3.1B | 3.2B |
| Depreciation | 746M | 713M | 719M | 747M |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | -63M |
| StockBased compensation | 368M | 363M | 367M | 348M |
| Other non cash items | 203M | 277M | 415M | 354M |
| Accounts receivable | -467M | -467M | -492M | -570M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | 225M |
| Other assets liabilities | -700M | -636M | -691M | -750M |
| Investing activities | -8.5B | -1.0B | -380M | -758M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -8.5B | -993M | -453M | -775M |
| Purchase of investments | -108M | -57M | -22M | -28M |
| Sale of investments | 55M | 38M | 86M | 41M |
| Other investing activity | 1M | 11M | 9M | 4M |
| Financing activities | 4.5B | -1.3B | -1.0B | -1.3B |
| Long term debt issuance | 8.2B | 2.2B | 984M | 743M |
| Long term debt payments | -1.6B | -412M | -365M | -1.0B |
| Short term debt issuance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common stock issuance | 264M | 199M | 126M | 161M |
| Common stock repurchase | -900M | -1.2B | -2.0B | -1.2B |
| Common dividends | -1.5B | -1.3B | -1.1B | -1.0B |
| Other financing charges | 51M | -773M | 1.3B | 1B |
| End cash position | 13.7B | 14.2B | 12.1B | 11.4B |
| Income tax paid | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.1B |
| Interest paid | 591M | 499M | 431M | 441M |
| Free cash flow | 4.0B | 3.8B | 3.0B | 3.1B |