Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 11.9B | 9.4B | 8.6B | 10.9B |
| Net income | 6.6B | 5.3B | 5.9B | 6.7B |
| Depreciation | 5.2B | 4.4B | 4.2B | 3.8B |
| Deferred taxes | 276M | 203M | 187M | 141M |
| StockBased compensation | 151M | 130M | 115M | 111M |
| Other non cash items | 149M | 82M | -69M | -87M |
| Accounts receivable | -760M | -176M | -840M | -3.3B |
| Accounts payable | 1.3B | -539M | 31M | 3.8B |
| Other assets liabilities | -882M | 55M | -824M | -205M |
| Investing activities | -1.8B | -1.3B | -703M | -120M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -2.8B | -1.3B | -839M | -209M |
| Purchase of investments | -84M | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | 1.1B | 81M | 136M | 89M |
| Financing activities | -5.5B | -5.3B | -5.1B | -8.4B |
| Long term debt issuance | 34.2B | 32.1B | 28.8B | 21.3B |
| Long term debt payments | -29.4B | -31.4B | -29.7B | -27.3B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | 0 | 0 | 889M |
| Common stock repurchase | -3.5B | 0 | 0 | -31M |
| Common dividends | -4.6B | -4.2B | -3.0B | -1.9B |
| Other financing charges | -2.1B | -1.8B | -1.2B | -1.3B |
| End cash position | 312M | 161M | 257M | 336M |
| Income tax paid | 206M | 103M | 54M | 41M |
| Interest paid | 2.9B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 2.2B |
| Free cash flow | 7.3B | 6.4B | 5.7B | 8.3B |