Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 3.3B | 3.1B | 2.4B | 2.8B |
| Net income | 3.0B | 3.2B | 2.4B | 2.0B |
| Depreciation | 1.1B | 1.0B | 998M | 990M |
| Deferred taxes | -370M | -206M | 58M | -237M |
| StockBased compensation | 229M | 205M | 168M | 171M |
| Other non cash items | 46M | -17M | 12M | 148M |
| Accounts receivable | -321M | -175M | -579M | -377M |
| Accounts payable | 192M | 77M | 290M | 329M |
| Other assets liabilities | -512M | -931M | -869M | -236M |
| Investing activities | -3B | -962M | -2.9B | -859M |
| Capital expenditures | -755M | -575M | -588M | -525M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -1.6B | -390M | -2.6B | -339M |
| Purchase of investments | -808M | -52M | -52M | -49M |
| Sale of investments | 148M | 54M | 240M | 55M |
| Other investing activity | 43M | 1M | 39M | -1M |
| Financing activities | -525M | -1.6B | -749M | -2.4B |
| Long term debt issuance | 3.0B | 1.2B | 1.5B | 5M |
| Long term debt payments | -2.0B | -2.1B | -653M | -1.2B |
| Short term debt issuance | -32M | 540M | -375M | -7M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | — | — | — | 0 |
| Common dividends | -1.2B | -1.1B | -1.1B | -950M |
| Other financing charges | -246M | -178M | -170M | -262M |
| End cash position | 3.7B | 3.0B | 1.8B | 2.9B |
| Income tax paid | 989M | 693M | 505M | 622M |
| Interest paid | 396M | 356M | 324M | 325M |
| Free cash flow | 3.5B | 3.1B | 2.0B | 2.7B |