Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.1B | 4.3B | 4.0B | 3.9B |
| Net income | 2.7B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 1.8B |
| Depreciation | 2.3B | 2.1B | 2.0B | 2.0B |
| Deferred taxes | 124M | 83M | 49M | -77M |
| StockBased compensation | 118M | 93M | 84M | 108M |
| Other non cash items | 133M | 130M | 112M | 111M |
| Accounts receivable | -313M | -161M | -329M | 28M |
| Accounts payable | — | — | — | — |
| Other assets liabilities | 1M | -180M | -209M | -108M |
| Investing activities | -7.4B | -196M | -476M | 10M |
| Capital expenditures | — | — | — | — |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -7.3B | -92M | -350M | 21M |
| Purchase of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Sale of investments | — | — | — | — |
| Other investing activity | -40M | -104M | -126M | -11M |
| Financing activities | 5.1B | -1.6B | -1.3B | -3.0B |
| Long term debt issuance | 24.6B | 21.3B | 8.7B | 7.9B |
| Long term debt payments | -17.9B | -20.4B | -7.3B | -8.4B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -262M | -1.3B | -1.5B | -1.4B |
| Common dividends | -1.2B | -1.1B | -1.1B | -970M |
| Other financing charges | -134M | -42M | -43M | -190M |
| End cash position | 487M | 552M | 445M | 194M |
| Income tax paid | 656M | 636M | 736M | 370M |
| Interest paid | 530M | 447M | 348M | 387M |
| Free cash flow | 2.2B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.4B |