Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.9B | 5.2B | 6.6B | 5.3B |
| Net income | 3.7B | 3.8B | 5.1B | 3.6B |
| Depreciation | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.7B |
| Deferred taxes | -508M | -226M | -604M | -422M |
| StockBased compensation | 393M | 355M | 359M | 344M |
| Other non cash items | 573M | 270M | 138M | 251M |
| Accounts receivable | -391M | -576M | -477M | -761M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -484M | -1.1B | -625M | -471M |
| Investing activities | -2.4B | -3.5B | -1.7B | -2.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -1.6B | -1.5B | -1.4B | -1.4B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -211M | -1.9B | -91M | -994M |
| Purchase of investments | -7.7B | -7.5B | -9.9B | -11.8B |
| Sale of investments | 7.4B | 7.3B | 9.7B | 11.3B |
| Other investing activity | -261M | 4M | -10M | -54M |
| Financing activities | -4.5B | -7.2B | -5.3B | -7.3B |
| Long term debt issuance | 0 | 5.4B | 0 | 7.2B |
| Long term debt payments | 0 | -8.3B | -1M | -10.5B |
| Short term debt issuance | 1.1B | 5M | 0 | -375M |
| Common stock issuance | 284M | 308M | 429M | 474M |
| Common stock repurchase | -2.1B | -645M | -2.5B | -652M |
| Common dividends | -3.7B | -3.6B | -3.4B | -3.1B |
| Other financing charges | -3M | -409M | 163M | -268M |
| End cash position | 1.3B | 1.5B | 3.7B | 3.6B |
| Income tax paid | 1.6B | 1.5B | 996M | 1.3B |
| Interest paid | 826M | 606M | 540M | 582M |
| Free cash flow | 5.2B | 4.6B | 6.0B | 4.9B |