Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 4.7B | 4.7B | 4.8B | 4.4B |
| Net income | 938M | 867M | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Depreciation | 4.0B | 4.1B | 3.5B | 3.2B |
| Deferred taxes | -167M | -140M | 31M | 47M |
| StockBased compensation | 151M | 117M | 122M | 139M |
| Other non cash items | -113M | -186M | -234M | -343M |
| Accounts receivable | -89M | -188M | -303M | -298M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -101M | 190M | -7M | -33M |
| Investing activities | -3.1B | -4.7B | -5.4B | -3.2B |
| Capital expenditures | -2.8B | -3.2B | -3.6B | -3.1B |
| Net intangibles | -637M | -29M | 0 | -2.2B |
| Net acquisitions | -338M | -1.3B | -1.5B | 40M |
| Purchase of investments | -66M | -132M | -214M | -148M |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | 91M | -128M | -16M | -42M |
| Financing activities | -1.1B | 139M | 848M | 953M |
| Long term debt issuance | 6.5B | 9.2B | 10.3B | 4.9B |
| Long term debt payments | -6.8B | -7.7B | -8.0B | -5.0B |
| Short term debt issuance | 825M | -2M | -17M | 10M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | 0 | 1.3B |
| Common stock repurchase | — | — | — | — |
| Common dividends | -1.6B | -1.3B | -1.2B | -1.0B |
| Other financing charges | -42M | -77M | -169M | 769M |
| End cash position | 869M | 864M | 974M | 723M |
| Income tax paid | 358M | 389M | 519M | 601M |
| Interest paid | 1.3B | 1.2B | 816M | 744M |
| Free cash flow | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.2B | -928M |