Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 2.9B | 3.6B | 3.2B | 2.8B |
| Net income | 2.5B | 2.8B | 2.8B | 1.9B |
| Depreciation | 925M | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Deferred taxes | -272M | -267M | -236M | -20M |
| StockBased compensation | 461M | 411M | 364M | 353M |
| Other non cash items | 10M | 10M | 9M | 8M |
| Accounts receivable | -207M | -138M | -106M | -176M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | -516M | -317M | -875M | -529M |
| Investing activities | 190M | -502M | -27M | -35M |
| Capital expenditures | 34M | 1M | -3M | -32M |
| Net intangibles | -149M | -179M | -159M | -132M |
| Net acquisitions | 0 | 0 | -27M | -23M |
| Purchase of investments | -260M | -503M | -20M | -8M |
| Sale of investments | 414M | 0 | 23M | 18M |
| Other investing activity | 2M | — | — | 10M |
| Financing activities | -2.7B | -2.1B | -1.7B | -1.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 670M | 0 | 1.5B | 4B |
| Long term debt payments | -1B | 0 | -917M | -1.0B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -1.4B | -1.1B | -1.4B | -4.0B |
| Common dividends | -1.0B | -1.0B | -815M | -562M |
| Other financing charges | -3M | -2M | -16M | -49M |
| End cash position | 3.3B | 3.9B | 3.8B | 2.8B |
| Income tax paid | 867M | — | — | 353M |
| Interest paid | 243M | — | — | 356M |
| Free cash flow | 1.9B | 2.5B | 2.7B | 2.1B |