Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 4.1B | 4.2B | 3.9B | 4.3B |
| Net income | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.5B | 2.6B |
| Depreciation | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | — |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 76.6M | 9.9M | 25.2M | 22.6M |
| Accounts receivable | 36.2M | -11.8M | 63.4M | 265.4M |
| Accounts payable | 127.2M | 245.5M | 190.1M | 204.0M |
| Other assets liabilities | -235.9M | 24.4M | -104.6M | -77.6M |
| Investing activities | 1.8B | -869.0M | -470.0M | -273.7M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -168.8M | -149.8M | -439.2M | -314.0M |
| Purchase of investments | -841.2M | -1.0B | -66.1M | -33.6M |
| Sale of investments | 2.8B | 304.1M | 26.1M | 65.5M |
| Other investing activity | 31.1M | 8.4M | 9.2M | 8.4M |
| Financing activities | -5.0B | -2.0B | -3.1B | -3.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.1B | 3.6B | 3.4B | 9.3B |
| Long term debt payments | -3.0B | -2.7B | -3.7B | -10.1B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | 0 | 0 | 338.1M |
| Common stock repurchase | -60.7M | -518.3M | -515.9M | -341.9M |
| Common dividends | -3.0B | -2.4B | -2.3B | -2.4B |
| Other financing charges | -11.2M | -32.1M | 1.9M | -379.3M |
| End cash position | 1.4B | 1.2B | 621.6M | 533.9M |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | 3.1B | 3.1B | 3.1B | 3.1B |