Financials
Cash flow
| Fiscal date | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities | -722.0M | -498.2M | -368.1M | -3.0B |
| Net income | 464.5M | 689.5M | 566.1M | -1.5B |
| Depreciation | 25.9M | 15.8M | 16.2M | 14.0M |
| Deferred taxes | — | — | — | — |
| StockBased compensation | 63.0M | 59.3M | 63.7M | 54.4M |
| Other non cash items | -1.3B | -1.2B | -985.7M | -2.0B |
| Accounts receivable | -172.5M | -290.6M | -129.7M | 7.9M |
| Accounts payable | -8.9M | 10.3M | 30.2M | 37.9M |
| Other assets liabilities | 227.8M | 245.1M | 71.1M | 361.9M |
| Investing activities | -818.0M | 78.7M | -98.6M | -53.6M |
| Capital expenditures | -5.8M | -24.4M | -70.4M | -23.7M |
| Net intangibles | — | — | — | — |
| Net acquisitions | -442.2M | -478.1M | -113.5M | -82.3M |
| Purchase of investments | -1.0B | -610.5M | -874.5M | -385.6M |
| Sale of investments | 678.1M | 1.2B | 778.0M | 380.1M |
| Other investing activity | — | — | 181.8M | 58.0M |
| Financing activities | 995.0M | -51.0M | 1.1B | 2.6B |
| Long term debt issuance | 1.7B | 2.7B | 2.0B | 8.7B |
| Long term debt payments | -730.5M | -2.3B | -857.3M | -6.0B |
| Short term debt issuance | — | — | 368.0M | 1.6B |
| Common stock issuance | 620.3M | 0 | 0 | 237.8M |
| Common stock repurchase | -231.7M | -12.3M | -12.8M | -242.7M |
| Common dividends | -507.7M | -562.0M | -394.5M | -372.7M |
| Other financing charges | 103.3M | 170.2M | 63.1M | -1.3B |
| End cash position | 831.7M | 959.5M | 959.2M | 3.3B |
| Income tax paid | 13.1M | 22.9M | 15.2M | 5.6M |
| Interest paid | 131.1M | 146.3M | 99.7M | 159.5M |
| Free cash flow | -622.8M | -365.7M | -388.3M | -967.0M |