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| PRICE TARGET: $402.75 DETAILS
HIGH: $480.00
LOW: $350.00
MEDIAN: $401.00
CONSENSUS: $402.75
UPSIDE: 18.93%
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Revenue
Revenue 3,165.3 2,958.4 2,956.4 2,972.0 2,785.9 2,365.4 2,406.6 2,419.9 2,309.1 2,167.4 2,042.3 1,989.3 1,904.2 1,843.6 1,851.2 1,643.4 1,498.7 1,575.1 1,473.0 1,280.2 1,158.2 1,104.5 958.2 890.0 859.2 795.1 704.4 618.8 465.5 391.1 333
Cost of Revenue 1,336.6 1,200.2 1,195.2 1,248.2 1,156.5 1,006.7 1,010.7 992.6 947.1 891.5 842.7 824.9 783.5 737.6 730.5 653.3 594.9 661.3 631.1 536.2 478.4 454.8 397.8 373.5 311.2 265.9 235.6 213.4 158.7 133.6 109.7
Gross Profit 1,828.7 1,758.2 1,761.2 1,723.8 1,629.3 1,358.7 1,395.9 1,427.4 1,362.0 1,276.0 1,199.7 1,164.4 1,120.8 1,106.0 1,120.7 990.1 903.8 913.9 841.9 744.0 679.9 649.7 560.4 516.5 548.0 529.2 468.8 405.4 306.8 257.5 223.3
Operating Expenses
R&D Expenses 195.2 183.0 174.9 176.2 168.4 140.8 143.0 143.4 132.6 125.2 118.5 107.7 100.5 96.0 92.3 84.3 77.2 81.6 80.6 77.3 66.9 65.2 59.2 51.9 46.6 42.5 36.1 34.4 80.8 20.9 17.7
SG&A Expenses 740.3 690.1 736.0 658.0 627.0 553.7 534.8 536.9 544.4 512.3 495.7 512.7 493.0 477.3 490.0 445.5 421.4 433.2 403.7 357.7 321.7 300.1 264.3 246.8 269.7 246.4 226.6 206.2 167.3 148.5 132.7
Other Expenses 0 58.7 32.6 16.2 12.3 18.7 9.7 7.3 22.9 13.4 17.9 26.1 9.9 21.3 9.7 10.4 10.7 9.3 8.7 13.9 8.1 (0.5) 17.7 21.3 82.1 29.4 29.6 28.4 21.1 17.8 16.5
Operating Expenses 935.5 931.8 943.5 850.4 807.6 713.2 687.4 687.6 699.8 650.9 632.2 646.5 603.4 594.5 592.1 540.1 509.2 524.1 493.0 448.9 396.7 364.9 341.2 320.1 398.4 318.3 292.3 269 269.2 187.2 166.9
Operating Income
Operating Income 893.2 826.4 817.7 873.4 821.7 645.5 708.5 739.8 662.2 625.0 567.5 517.9 517.3 511.5 528.6 449.9 394.6 389.8 348.9 295.2 283.2 284.9 219.2 196.4 149.5 210.8 176.5 136.4 37.6 70.3 56.4
Interest Expense 50.8 89.7 98.9 48.8 44.9 49.1 48.7 48.6 56.8 44.9 36.2 34.2 30.1 28.1 22.0 13.9 11.0 38.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interest Income 0 17.4 16.6 11.0 12.2 16.3 22.1 38.8 36.1 20.7 10.7 7.0 4.4 4.2 2.6 1.9 3.0 21.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profitability
EBITDA 1,011.9 1,036.4 1,001.0 1,017.1 982.8 785.3 832.2 839.2 803.9 741.5 668.1 619.2 599.9 584.5 597.6 514.3 454.9 476.0 402.2 349.8 326.8 326.7 253.9 241.0 183.5 240.3 206.1 164.8 58.7 88.1 72.9
EBIT 805.6 844.5 835.1 886.6 851.1 660.0 726.9 730.8 697.9 645.0 578.2 524.9 520.2 515.7 531.2 451.8 397.6 410.7 348.9 303.6 283.2 284.8 220.1 203.8 149.5 210.8 176.5 136.4 37.6 70.3 56.4
Income Before Tax 754.9 754.9 736.2 837.8 806.2 610.9 678.2 682.1 641.1 600.1 541.9 490.7 490.1 487.6 509.3 437.9 386.7 372.2 323.2 263.0 274.6 285.7 223.7 195.4 147.4 211.0 167.5 101.5 7.5 31.1 17.2
Income Tax Expense 112.2 117.0 94.0 130.1 113.3 89.3 86.0 88.4 620.8 78.6 72.9 59.1 40.1 26.2 76.3 56.1 63.3 49.7 55.1 40.8 72.6 61.6 52.8 43.2 32.9 54.8 45.2 27.1 15.8 11.2 3.1
Net Income 642.6 637.8 642.2 707.8 692.8 521.6 592.2 593.8 20.3 521.5 469.1 431.6 450.0 461.4 433.0 381.8 323.3 322.5 268.1 222.2 202.0 224.1 170.9 147.7 114.5 145.3 122.3 74.4 (8.3) (2.4) 2
Per Share Data
EPS (Basic) 10.80 10.75 10.87 11.80 11.25 8.40 8.76 7.71 0.25 6.46 5.70 5.12 5.27 5.25 4.77 4.13 3.37 3.25 2.67 2.16 1.77 1.87 1.39 1.13 0.88 1.14 0.99 0.61 -0.07 -0.02 0.01
EPS (Diluted) 10.76 10.71 10.84 11.73 11.17 8.36 8.69 7.65 0.25 6.41 5.65 5.07 5.20 5.19 4.69 4.06 3.34 3.21 2.62 2.13 1.74 1.82 1.34 1.09 0.83 1.06 0.92 0.57 -0.07 -0.02 0.01
Shares Outstanding 59.5 59.3 59.1 60.0 61.6 62.1 67.6 77.0 79.8 80.8 82.3 84.4 85.4 87.8 90.8 92.4 95.8 99.2 100.5 102.7 114.0 119.6 123.2 130.5 130.6 127.6 123.0 119.7 116.5 120 110
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2009 2008 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Current Assets
Cash & Cash Equivalents 587.8 324.4 395.1 480.5 501.2 436.7 335.7 796.3 642.3 505.6 341.1 428.5 539.1 356.8 263.3 226.8 75.5 3.8 5.5 3.1 0.6 3.2
Short-Term Investments 0 0.9 0.9 0.9 68.1 6.5 1.4 938.9 2,751.4 2,307.4 289.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net Receivables 828.8 733.4 702.2 722.9 612.6 573.3 587.7 568.3 533.8 489.3 314.2 291.8 271.7 214.3 198.3 182.2 167.7 149.3 136.8 111 88.1 76.1
Inventory 572.4 477.3 516.2 455.7 356.1 304.3 320.6 291.6 270.3 262.7 178.7 173.1 139.9 128.8 111.6 102.7 87.3 80.4 80.3 87.4 47.4 41.5
Other Current Assets 158.6 133.1 138.5 103.9 90.9 80.3 67.1 68.1 72.3 70.4 49.2 63.0 23.2 15.5 63.3 11.1 13.3 13.8 29 11.6 7.9 6.5
Total Current Assets 2,147.6 1,669.1 1,752.9 1,763.9 1,628.9 1,401.0 1,312.5 2,663.2 4,270.1 3,635.4 1,172.4 956.3 973.9 718.4 657.9 522.7 343.8 249.2 251.6 213.1 144 127.3
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment 722.8 725.4 723.7 668.7 632.6 587.3 510.7 343.1 349.3 337.1 210.9 171.6 135.9 108.2 100.3 114.2 102.6 91.8 89 88.7 74.8 70.3
Goodwill 1,340.1 1,295.7 1,305.4 430.3 437.9 444.4 356.1 355.6 359.8 352.1 293.1 268.4 228.5 0 0 163.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intangible Assets 558.2 567.9 629.2 227.4 242.4 258.6 240.2 246.9 228.4 207.1 182.2 149.7 85.2 269.6 227.9 0 165.5 170.7 177.5 180.2 110.6 72.5
Long-Term Investments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Assets 307.8 295.7 215.7 191.1 153.1 148.6 137.5 118.7 116.7 130.4 49.4 77.0 36.8 34.8 29.0 86.5 80.5 74.6 59.6 70.1 36.1 29.7
Total Non-Current Assets 2,928.9 2,884.7 2,874.0 1,517.5 1,466.0 1,438.9 1,244.6 1,064.3 1,054.2 1,026.6 735.6 666.6 486.5 412.5 357.3 364.2 348.5 337.1 326.1 339 221.5 172.5
Total Assets 5,076.6 4,553.8 4,626.9 3,281.5 3,094.9 2,839.9 2,557.1 3,727.4 5,339.5 4,662.1 1,907.9 1,622.9 1,460.4 1,130.9 1,010.9 886.9 692.3 584.4 577.7 552.1 365.5 299.8
Current Liabilities
Account Payables 103.8 99.9 84.7 93.3 96.8 72.2 49.0 68.2 64.5 67.7 49.6 47.2 46.2 43.9 45.2 36.0 43.3 34.8 36.5 33.1 17.5 16.8
Short-Term Debt 460 0 50 50 0 150 100.4 0.2 100.3 125.3 131.8 36.1 206.7 121.3 7.5 1.1 4.9 14.2 4.3 7.4 1.7 1.9
Deferred Revenue 266.5 250.8 256.7 227.9 227.6 198.2 176.4 165.0 166.8 148.8 94.7 87.5 66.8 55.9 48.5 46.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Current Liabilities 330.3 243.2 238.1 243.6 256.2 269.3 180.6 180.4 188.5 149.8 58.1 64.8 52.1 40.9 36.7 46.5 60.4 150.7 144.8 130.2 63.6 52.2
Total Current Liabilities 1,239.5 789.8 789.6 785.7 680.5 805.0 591.3 448.9 606.2 520.3 394.6 289.5 493.0 378.5 319.7 281.0 220.5 199.7 185.6 170.7 82.8 70.9
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt 947.4 1,626.5 2,305.5 1,524.9 1,513.9 1,206.5 1,580.8 1,148.2 1,897.5 1,702.0 500 500 250 125 0 0 0 81.1 218.3 305.3 210.5 158.5
Deferred Tax Liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72.6 80.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Liabilities 275.8 258.7 322.5 404.2 473.4 528.1 534.3 563.1 586.9 137.8 91.8 92.1 38.8 36.9 30.2 24.2 20.0 13.3 14.6 5.7 7.2 6.1
Total Non-Current Liabilities 1,275.8 1,935.5 2,686.9 1,991.2 2,046.9 1,802.8 2,182.0 1,711.2 2,484.4 1,839.8 664.4 672.4 288.8 161.9 30.2 24.2 20.0 94.4 232.9 311 217.7 164.6
Total Liabilities 2,515.3 2,725.3 3,476.5 2,777.0 2,727.4 2,607.8 2,773.3 2,160.2 3,105.7 2,360.1 1,059.0 961.9 781.7 540.4 345.6 305.2 240.6 292.2 418.5 481.7 300.5 235.5
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.6 0 0 0 0
Retained Earnings 10,431.3 9,788.7 9,150.8 8,508.6 7,800.8 7,108.0 6,587.4 5,995.2 5,405.4 5,385.1 2,236.7 1,913.4 902.6 678.5 507.6 359.9 245.4 100 (21.7) (96.1) (87.8) (85.4)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (125.5) (155.3) (134.1) (141.6) (111.9) (117.9) (119.5) (118.0) (110.1) (216.3) 15.6 (8.6) 63.6 45.4 4.4 (12.4) (8.2) (4) (45.4) (30.1) (19.7) 0
Total Stockholders' Equity 2,561.2 1,828.5 1,150.3 504.5 367.6 232.1 (216.3) 1,567.3 2,233.8 2,301.9 848.9 661.0 678.7 590.5 665.3 581.7 451.8 292.2 159.2 70.4 65 64.3
Total Liabilities & Equity 5,076.6 4,553.8 4,626.9 3,281.5 3,094.9 2,839.9 2,557.1 3,727.4 5,339.5 4,662.1 1,907.9 1,622.9 1,460.4 1,130.9 1,010.9 886.9 692.3 584.4 577.7 552.1 365.5 299.8
Debt Metrics
Total Debt 1,491.1 1,702.3 2,442.3 1,663.4 1,601.4 1,452.5 1,775.2 1,148.3 1,997.8 1,827.3 631.8 536.1 456.7 246.3 7.5 1.1 4.9 95.3 222.6 312.7 212.2 160.4
Net Debt 903.3 1,377.9 2,047.2 1,182.9 1,100.2 1,015.8 1,439.5 352.1 1,355.5 1,321.6 290.7 107.6 (82.4) (110.5) (255.8) (225.7) (70.6) 91.5 217.1 309.6 211.6 157.2
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Operating Activities
Net Income 642.6 637.8 642.2 707.8 692.8 521.6 592.2 593.8 20.3 521.5 202.0 224.1 170.9 147.7 114.5 156.1 122.3 74.4 (8.3) 19.9 14.1
Depreciation & Amortization 206.2 191.8 165.9 130.4 131.7 135.4 105.3 108.4 106.0 96.4 43.7 41.9 33.8 37.2 34.0 29.4 29.6 28.4 21.1 17.8 16.5
Stock-Based Compensation 54.1 44.7 36.9 42.6 29.9 36.9 38.6 37.5 39.4 41.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Change in Working Capital (250.4) (111.4) (240.3) (269.1) (107.2) 96.7 (93.0) (135.3) 531.9 (31.9) 21.0 (53.7) (71.4) 4.4 26.2 (9.3) (15.3) (6.7) 9.4 2.7 8.8
Other Non-Cash Items 0 0 (0.7) 32.0 (16.6) 2.7 (9.6) (2.4) (45.5) 0.9 21.2 45.7 29.6 31.1 12.6 3.8 0.2 0.2 8.4 15.3 6.8
Operating Cash Flow 652.6 762.1 602.8 611.7 747.3 790.5 643.1 604.4 697.6 629.1 298.1 259.4 157.0 219.6 189.2 175.6 150.2 110.2 96.4 55.7 46.2
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditure (112.7) (142.5) (160.6) (183.5) (168.3) (172.4) (163.8) (127.6) (90.5) (95.0) (51.0) (66.2) (34.6) (38.0) (42.4) (35.4) (21.8) (18.2) (179.2) (10.1) (6.3)
Acquisitions (35.1) (1.5) (1,282.4) (1.4) 7 (86.7) 8.8 (31.5) (2,515.1) (5.6) 0 (42.4) (35.2) (5.9) (2.6) (1.7) 0 0 0 0 0
Purchases of Investments (7.3) (3.7) (1.8) (11.4) (63.4) (32.0) (8.8) (7.6) (445.3) (2,396.0) 0 0 0 0 0 (15.2) 0 0 0 0 0
Sales/Maturities of Investments 0 3.7 2.5 86.9 218.1 20.9 941.5 1,818.5 2,522.1 2,004.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Investing Activities 2.8 0 0 1.4 (225.1) 6.1 (8.8) 31.5 (7) 4 0 0 51.1 (14.5) (3.3) 0.6 (3.9) (5.4) (5.3) (83) (8.2)
Investing Cash Flow (152.3) (144.0) (1,442.3) (108.0) (231.6) (264.1) 768.8 1,683.3 (535.8) (487.9) (51.0) (108.6) (18.7) (58.3) (48.3) (51.7) (25.7) (23.6) (184.5) (93.1) (14.5)
Financing Activities
Net Debt Issuance (243.3) (730) 780 60 160 (325.4) 535.2 (850.2) 170.0 160.0 369.2 208.8 238.4 0.9 3.1 (75.2) (127.2) (90.2) 87.5 33.4 (115.8)
Stock Repurchased (14.7) (13.5) (70.3) (626.1) (648.9) (196.4) (2,469.3) (1,315.1) (332.5) (325.8) (659.3) (231.3) (324.6) (99.3) 0 0 (9.5) 0 0 0 0
Dividends Paid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (16.2)
Other Financing Activities (0.0) 46.9 45.2 56.4 50.7 81.3 61.4 45.7 98.7 63.9 1.3 (1.0) (5.3) (1.4) 0 0 (0.1) 0 1.1 0 0
Financing Cash Flow (237.2) (696.7) 755.0 (509.6) (438.3) (440.5) (1,872.7) (2,119.5) (63.9) (101.9) (272.0) 21.5 (63.6) (138.7) 12.1 (51.4) (125.6) (83.6) 91.1 34.7 (45.8)
Cash Position
Net Change in Cash 262.5 (70.7) (85.5) (20.7) 64.5 101.0 (460.6) 154.0 136.7 18.0 (45.5) 182.3 93.5 36.5 151.3 71.7 (1.7) 2.4 2.6 (2.6) (13.5)
Cash at Beginning 325.4 395.1 480.5 501.2 436.7 335.7 796.3 642.3 505.6 487.7 539.1 356.8 263.3 226.8 75.5 3.8 5.5 3.1 0.6 3.2 16.7
Cash at End 587.8 324.4 395.1 480.5 501.2 436.7 335.7 796.3 642.3 505.6 493.6 539.1 356.8 263.3 226.8 75.5 3.8 5.5 3.2 0.6 3.2
Free Cash Flow 539.8 619.6 442.2 428.2 579.0 618.1 479.3 476.9 607.2 534.1 247.0 193.2 122.4 181.7 146.7 140.2 128.4 92 (82.8) 45.6 39.9
Key Metrics 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Income Statement
Revenue 3,165.3 2,958.4 2,956.4 2,972.0 2,785.9 2,365.4 2,406.6 2,419.9 2,309.1 2,167.4 2,042.3 1,989.3 1,904.2 1,843.6 1,851.2 1,643.4 1,498.7 1,575.1 1,473.0 1,280.2 1,158.2 1,104.5 958.2 890.0 859.2 795.1 704.4 618.8 465.5 391.1 333
Gross Profit 1,828.7 1,758.2 1,761.2 1,723.8 1,629.3 1,358.7 1,395.9 1,427.4 1,362.0 1,276.0 1,199.7 1,164.4 1,120.8 1,106.0 1,120.7 990.1 903.8 913.9 841.9 744.0 679.9 649.7 560.4 516.5 548.0 529.2 468.8 405.4 306.8 257.5 223.3
Operating Income 893.2 826.4 817.7 873.4 821.7 645.5 708.5 739.8 662.2 625.0 567.5 517.9 517.3 511.5 528.6 449.9 394.6 389.8 348.9 295.2 283.2 284.9 219.2 196.4 149.5 210.8 176.5 136.4 37.6 70.3 56.4
Net Income 642.6 637.8 642.2 707.8 692.8 521.6 592.2 593.8 20.3 521.5 469.1 431.6 450.0 461.4 433.0 381.8 323.3 322.5 268.1 222.2 202.0 224.1 170.9 147.7 114.5 145.3 122.3 74.4 (8.3) (2.4) 2
EPS (Diluted) 10.76 10.71 10.84 11.73 11.17 8.36 8.69 7.65 0.25 6.41 5.65 5.07 5.20 5.19 4.69 4.06 3.34 3.21 2.62 2.13 1.74 1.82 1.34 1.09 0.83 1.06 0.92 0.57 -0.07 -0.02 0.01
Balance Sheet
Cash & Equivalents 587.8 324.4 395.1 480.5 501.2 436.7 335.7 796.3 642.3 505.6 341.1 428.5 539.1 356.8 263.3 226.8 75.5 3.8 5.5 3.1 0.6 3.2
Total Assets 5,076.6 4,553.8 4,626.9 3,281.5 3,094.9 2,839.9 2,557.1 3,727.4 5,339.5 4,662.1 1,907.9 1,622.9 1,460.4 1,130.9 1,010.9 886.9 692.3 584.4 577.7 552.1 365.5 299.8
Total Debt 1,491.1 1,702.3 2,442.3 1,663.4 1,601.4 1,452.5 1,775.2 1,148.3 1,997.8 1,827.3 631.8 536.1 456.7 246.3 7.5 1.1 4.9 95.3 222.6 312.7 212.2 160.4
Stockholders' Equity 2,561.2 1,828.5 1,150.3 504.5 367.6 232.1 (216.3) 1,567.3 2,233.8 2,301.9 848.9 661.0 678.7 590.5 665.3 581.7 451.8 292.2 159.2 70.4 65 64.3
Cash Flow
Operating Cash Flow 652.6 762.1 602.8 611.7 747.3 790.5 643.1 604.4 697.6 629.1 298.1 259.4 157.0 219.6 189.2 175.6 150.2 110.2 96.4 55.7 46.2
Capital Expenditure (112.7) (142.5) (160.6) (183.5) (168.3) (172.4) (163.8) (127.6) (90.5) (95.0) (51.0) (66.2) (34.6) (38.0) (42.4) (35.4) (21.8) (18.2) (179.2) (10.1) (6.3)
Free Cash Flow 539.8 619.6 442.2 428.2 579.0 618.1 479.3 476.9 607.2 534.1 247.0 193.2 122.4 181.7 146.7 140.2 128.4 92 (82.8) 45.6 39.9