Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 9.3B | 8.4B | 9.4B | 9.0B |
| Net income | 6.7B | 6.4B | 7.0B | 6.5B |
| Depreciation | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 2.2B |
| Deferred taxes | 28M | 117M | 262M | 154M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | -13M | -132M | -152M | -56M |
| Accounts receivable | 179M | -177M | -169M | -217M |
| Accounts payable | 189M | -215M | 565M | 184M |
| Other assets liabilities | -182M | 89M | -388M | 236M |
| Investing activities | 127M | -61M | 149M | 251M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | — | — | — | — |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | -46M | -70M |
| Sale of investments | — | — | 46M | 94M |
| Other investing activity | 127M | -61M | 149M | 227M |
| Financing activities | -6.1B | -4.6B | -6.1B | -6.8B |
| Long term debt issuance | 800M | 1.6B | 6.1B | 4.2B |
| Long term debt payments | -2.2B | -2.2B | -2.3B | -1.3B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | -205M | 325M |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.5B | -705M | -6.3B | -7.3B |
| Common dividends | -3.2B | -3.2B | -3.2B | -2.8B |
| Other financing charges | 77M | -156M | -235M | 31M |
| End cash position | 1.0B | 1.1B | 987M | 983M |
| Income tax paid | 1.3B | 1.5B | 2.1B | 1.7B |
| Interest paid | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B |
| Free cash flow | 5.9B | 4.8B | 5.7B | 6.1B |