Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 3.9B | 4.6B | 1.6B | 5.5B |
| Net income | 4.0B | 3.8B | 2.6B | 4.7B |
| Depreciation | — | 780M | 814M | 893M |
| Deferred taxes | — | -25M | -344M | -289M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | 251M | 158M | 66M | 117M |
| Accounts receivable | -179M | -661M | -831M | -142M |
| Accounts payable | — | -106M | 395M | 659M |
| Other assets liabilities | -116M | 564M | -1.1B | -507M |
| Investing activities | -712M | -1.6B | 661M | 2.3B |
| Capital expenditures | -738M | -623M | -635M | -727M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -665M | 328M | 1.3B | 2.7B |
| Purchase of investments | -1.6B | -2.1B | -487M | -1.6B |
| Sale of investments | 2.3B | 759M | 770M | 2.4B |
| Other investing activity | -3M | -16M | -240M | -368M |
| Financing activities | -3.2B | -2.8B | -2.3B | -4.9B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.9B | 2.6B | 3.8B | 1.4B |
| Long term debt payments | -2.5B | -1.6B | -2.7B | -1.5B |
| Short term debt issuance | -15M | -1.4B | 1.4B | -83M |
| Common stock issuance | 451M | 154M | 610M | 826M |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.2B | -1.3B | -3.6B | -3.7B |
| Common dividends | -1.8B | -1.7B | -1.7B | -1.7B |
| Other financing charges | -69M | 359M | -166M | -41M |
| End cash position | 4.3B | 3.9B | 4.2B | 4.5B |
| Income tax paid | — | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.3B |
| Interest paid | — | 250M | 90M | 132M |
| Free cash flow | 3.8B | 3.5B | 525M | 2.5B |