Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 9.6B | 7.7B | 7.0B | 6.5B |
| Net income | 7.7B | 4.4B | 4.1B | 4.4B |
| Depreciation | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.3B |
| Deferred taxes | -70M | 41M | 250M | 74M |
| StockBased compensation | 440M | 362M | 347M | 268M |
| Other non cash items | 126M | 141M | 159M | 138M |
| Accounts receivable | -962M | 327M | -326M | -423M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -540M | -304M | -158M | -242M |
| Investing activities | -2.5B | -3.4B | -5.7B | -3.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -3.6B | -2.8B | -4.2B | -3.6B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | 1.1B | -500M | -1.6B | -445M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | 57M |
| Other investing activity | -4M | -38M | 34M | 60M |
| Financing activities | -6.7B | -4.7B | -2.3B | -3.1B |
| Long term debt issuance | 4.3B | 2.7B | 6.5B | 2B |
| Long term debt payments | -3.9B | -5.9B | -5.9B | -1.7B |
| Short term debt issuance | 2.8B | — | -560M | -640M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -8.2B | -441M | -1.0B | -1.5B |
| Common dividends | -624M | -153M | -550M | -487M |
| Other financing charges | -1.1B | -866M | -757M | -714M |
| End cash position | 1.5B | 1.8B | 621M | 502M |
| Income tax paid | 2.2B | 1.0B | 849M | 872M |
| Interest paid | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.9B | 1.7B |
| Free cash flow | 5.4B | 6.4B | 3.4B | 3.2B |