Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.0B | 5.9B | 3.5B | 5.1B |
| Net income | 4.6B | 5.0B | 2.7B | 4.3B |
| Depreciation | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Deferred taxes | 257M | -37M | -42M | 205M |
| StockBased compensation | 147M | 146M | 120M | 121M |
| Other non cash items | -363M | 140M | 88M | 37M |
| Accounts receivable | -519M | -628M | -719M | -197M |
| Accounts payable | 1.7B | 264M | 715M | 702M |
| Other assets liabilities | -2.1B | -123M | -517M | -1.2B |
| Investing activities | 1.9B | 3.9B | -4.0B | 939M |
| Capital expenditures | 16M | 19M | 45M | 214M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 2.1B | 4.1B | -4.7B | 706M |
| Purchase of investments | -477M | -390M | -110M | -86M |
| Sale of investments | 320M | 177M | 768M | 105M |
| Other investing activity | — | — | — | — |
| Financing activities | -6.1B | -9.5B | -456M | -4.1B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.7B | 277M | 4.5B | 5.9B |
| Long term debt payments | -2.9B | -4.4B | -3.0B | -6.2B |
| Short term debt issuance | -343M | -1.9B | 1.9B | 194M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -2.3B | -1.5B | -2.0B | -2.1B |
| Common dividends | -2.3B | -2.2B | -2.0B | -1.8B |
| Other financing charges | 129M | 173M | 174M | -1M |
| End cash position | 1.4B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 3.6B |
| Income tax paid | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.1B | 1.6B |
| Interest paid | 554M | 568M | 551M | 426M |
| Free cash flow | 3.5B | 3.6B | 3.0B | 3.2B |