Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | 5.2B | 5.2B | 5.9B | 5.5B |
| Net income | 3.5B | 3.7B | 4.2B | 3.8B |
| Depreciation | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.4B |
| Deferred taxes | 12M | 140M | 117M | 167M |
| StockBased compensation | — | — | — | — |
| Other non cash items | -64M | -5M | -17M | 12M |
| Accounts receivable | 82M | -51M | -101M | -141M |
| Accounts payable | -5M | 83M | 140M | 128M |
| Other assets liabilities | 16M | -341M | 91M | 114M |
| Investing activities | -2.6B | -2.3B | -2.1B | -1.9B |
| Capital expenditures | -2.5B | -2.2B | -1.9B | -1.3B |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -70M | -31M | -227M | -541M |
| Purchase of investments | -66M | -104M | -59M | -75M |
| Sale of investments | 91M | 153M | 9M | 5M |
| Other investing activity | -97M | -76M | 33M | -4M |
| Financing activities | -3.1B | -3.9B | -3.8B | -4.1B |
| Long term debt issuance | 550M | 600M | 2B | 0 |
| Long term debt payments | -558M | -153M | -186M | -426M |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock issuance | — | — | — | — |
| Common stock repurchase | -2.2B | -3.5B | -4.7B | -2.9B |
| Common dividends | -930M | -882M | -852M | -839M |
| Other financing charges | 113M | 50M | — | 39M |
| End cash position | 933M | 1.4B | 2.0B | 2.2B |
| Income tax paid | 1.1B | 630M | 1.2B | 931M |
| Interest paid | 850M | 806M | 729M | 718M |
| Free cash flow | 2.7B | 3.3B | 3.5B | 3.3B |