Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 9.0B | 8.5B | 10.8B | 12.0B | 
| Net income | 7.5B | 8.3B | 9.5B | 9.7B | 
| Depreciation | 1.8B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 998M | 
| Deferred taxes | -123M | -330M | -234M | -17M | 
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — | 
| Other non cash items | -176M | 458M | 252M | -69M | 
| Accounts receivable | -738M | 314M | -871M | -198M | 
| Accounts payable | 297M | -288M | 719M | 653M | 
| Other assets liabilities | 490M | -1.3B | 314M | 912M | 
| Investing activities | 352M | -1.6B | -14.9B | -2.1B | 
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — | 
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — | 
| Net acquisitions | 55M | -111M | -14.0B | -2.1B | 
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — | 
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — | 
| Other investing activity | 297M | -1.5B | -890M | 69M | 
| Financing activities | -11.4B | -6.8B | 3.0B | -12.0B | 
| Long term debt issuance | 8.1B | 10.0B | 19.9B | 0 | 
| Long term debt payments | -9.9B | -8.2B | -7.5B | -3.0B | 
| Short term debt issuance | -1.8B | 724M | 1.0B | 0 | 
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — | 
| Common stock repurchase | 0 | 0 | -209M | -775M | 
| Common dividends | -8.2B | -8.0B | -7.8B | -7.6B | 
| Other financing charges | 339M | -1.3B | -2.3B | -580M | 
| End cash position | 4.3B | 3.1B | 3.2B | 4.5B | 
| Income tax paid | 3.2B | 3.0B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 
| Interest paid | 1.6B | 1.3B | 717M | 716M | 
| Free cash flow | 10.8B | 7.9B | 9.7B | 11.2B |