Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.0B | 1.8B |
| Net income | 1.3B | 1.4B | 961.3M | 785.5M |
| Depreciation | 693.1M | 755.2M | 634.1M | 600.7M |
| Deferred taxes | 356.3M | 374.7M | 289.1M | 215.7M |
| StockBased compensation | 124.4M | 123.5M | 115.6M | 120.0M |
| Other non cash items | 3.6M | -9.9M | -6.0M | -22.6M |
| Accounts receivable | -3.5M | -57.7M | -8.4M | -87.9M |
| Accounts payable | -11.1M | 18.2M | 20.8M | 15.6M |
| Other assets liabilities | 92.8M | 87.3M | 9.6M | 157.9M |
| Investing activities | -2.9B | -2.1B | -4.2B | -186.3M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -3.1B | -2.1B | -4.2B | -211.7M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | 209.4M | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -852.7K | -100K | -1.4M | 25.4M |
| Financing activities | 836.4M | -614.7M | -1.5B | -1.8B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.7B | — | 0 | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | -426.4M | -700M | -780.3M | -487.7M |
| Short term debt issuance | -200.4M | 360M | -458.4M | -1.1B |
| Common stock issuance | 15.8M | 15.5M | 13.9M | 14.7M |
| Common stock repurchase | — | — | — | — |
| Common dividends | -274.5M | -290.2M | -255.8M | -230.6M |
| Other financing charges | 16.5M | — | -4.0M | -97.5K |
| End cash position | 160.5M | 214.3M | 773.3M | 342.8M |
| Income tax paid | — | — | — | — |
| Interest paid | 204.6M | 201.9M | 201.4M | 216.7M |
| Free cash flow | 1.9B | 1.9B | 647.9M | 1.9B |