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Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Revenues	70.7B	85.96B	118B	117B	135B
Total Revenues	70.7B	85.96B	118B	117B	135B
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	12.77B	16.69B	22.65B	23.75B	26.01B
Gross Profit	57.93B	69.27B	95.28B	92.86B	109B
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	15.34B	18.16B	23.87B	25.68B	22.2B
R&D Expenses	13.6B	18.45B	24.66B	33.62B	36.49B
Other Operating Expenses, Total	28.94B	36.6B	48.53B	59.3B	58.69B
Operating Income	28.99B	32.67B	46.75B	33.56B	50.2B
Interest Expense, Total	-20M	-	-	-	-446M
Interest And Investment Income	924M	672M	461M	276M	1.64B
Net Interest Expenses	904M	672M	461M	276M	1.19B
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	-105M	-129M	-140M	-81M	-366M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	27M	-34M	210M	127M	-49M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	29.81B	33.18B	47.28B	33.88B	50.98B
Restructuring Charges	-	-	-	-4.61B	-3.45B
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	-	-	-	-447M	-101M
Asset Writedown	-	-	-	-	-
Legal Settlements	-5B	-	-	-	-
Other Unusual Items	-	-	-	-	-
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	24.81B	33.18B	47.28B	28.82B	47.43B
Income Tax Expense	6.33B	4.03B	7.91B	5.62B	8.33B
Earnings From Continuing Operations	18.48B	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B
Net Income to Company	18.48B	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B
Net Income - (IS)	18.48B	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B
Preferred Dividend and Other Adjustments	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	18.48B	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	18.48B	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	6.48	10.22	13.99	8.63	15.19
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	6.48	10.22	13.99	8.63	15.19
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	2.85B	2.85B	2.82B	2.69B	2.57B
Net EPS - Diluted	6.43	10.09	13.77	8.59	14.87
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	6.43	10.09	13.77	8.59	14.87
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	2.88B	2.89B	2.86B	2.7B	2.63B
Normalized Basic EPS	6.53	7.27	10.5	7.88	12.38
Normalized Diluted EPS	6.48	7.18	10.34	7.84	12.12
American Depositary Receipts Ratio (ADR)	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	34.73B	39.53B	54.72B	42.24B	61.38B
EBITA	29.55B	33.14B	47.16B	33.74B	50.36B
EBIT	28.99B	32.67B	46.75B	33.56B	50.2B
EBITDAR	36.03B	41.19B	56.53B	44.46B	64.05B
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	25.5	12.16	16.74	19.5	17.56
Current Domestic Taxes	4.89B	3.82B	5.52B	6.97B	5.51B
Current Foreign Taxes	1.48B	1.21B	1.79B	1.93B	2.69B
Total Current Taxes	6.37B	5.03B	7.3B	8.9B	8.2B
Deferred Domestic Taxes	-20M	-981M	628M	-3.18B	190M
Deferred Foreign Taxes	-20M	-16M	-19M	-96M	-59M
Total Deferred Taxes	-40M	-997M	609M	-3.28B	131M
Normalized Net Income	18.63B	20.74B	29.55B	21.17B	31.86B
Interest Capitalized	-	-	-	-	283M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	12M	14M	15M	16M	723M
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Advertising Expense	1.57B	2.26B	2.99B	2.65B	2.02B
Selling and Marketing Expenses	9.88B	11.59B	14.04B	14.62B	11.6B
General and Administrative Expenses	5.46B	6.56B	9.83B	11.06B	10.61B
Research And Development Expense From Footnotes	13.6B	18.45B	24.66B	35.34B	38.48B
Net Rental Expense, Total	1.3B	1.66B	1.81B	2.22B	2.67B
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	35.91M	-	-	-	483M
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	1.26B	-	-	-	2.19B
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	377M	447M	577M	768M	740M
Stock-Based Comp., R&D Exp. (Total)	3.49B	4.92B	7.11B	9.36B	11.43B
Stock-Based Comp., S&M Exp. (Total)	569M	691M	837M	1B	952M
Stock-Based Comp., G&A Exp. (Total)	402M	480M	644M	859M	906M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	4.84B	6.54B	9.16B	11.99B	14.03B

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	19.08B	17.58B	16.6B	14.68B	41.86B
Short Term Investments	35.78B	44.38B	31.4B	26.06B	23.54B
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	54.86B	61.95B	48B	40.74B	65.4B
Accounts Receivable, Total	9.52B	11.34B	14.04B	13.47B	16.17B
Total Receivables	9.52B	11.34B	14.04B	13.47B	16.17B
Prepaid Expenses	1.84B	2.14B	4.48B	5.05B	3.69B
Restricted Cash	8M	241M	149M	294M	99M
Total Current Assets	66.22B	75.67B	66.67B	59.55B	85.36B
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	55.45B	70.4B	90.04B	117B	143B
Accumulated Depreciation	-10.66B	-15.42B	-20.08B	-24.98B	-33.13B
Net Property Plant And Equipment	44.78B	54.98B	69.96B	92.19B	110B
Long-term Investments	-	6.23B	6.78B	6.2B	6.14B
Goodwill	18.72B	19.05B	19.2B	20.31B	20.65B
Other Intangibles, Total	894M	623M	634M	897M	788M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	2.76B	2.76B	2.75B	6.58B	6.79B
Total Assets	133B	159B	166B	186B	230B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	1.36B	1.33B	4.08B	4.99B	4.85B
Accrued Expenses, Total	1.7B	2.61B	3.15B	4.59B	6.66B
Short-term Borrowings	277M	-	-	-	-
Current Portion of Leases	855M	1.08B	1.2B	1.5B	1.71B
Current Income Taxes Payable	624M	2.04B	1.26B	2.34B	3.66B
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	234M	335M	517M	-	-
Other Current Liabilities	10B	7.59B	10.92B	13.61B	15.08B
Total Current Liabilities	15.05B	14.98B	21.14B	27.03B	31.96B
Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	9.92B	18.38B
Long-Term Leases	9.94B	10.1B	13.25B	15.86B	17.83B
Unearned Revenue Non Current	-	-	79M	-	-
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	1.04B	-	-	-	-
Other Non Current Liabilities	6.29B	5.94B	6.64B	7.21B	8.28B
Total Liabilities	32.32B	31.03B	41.11B	60.01B	76.46B
Additional Paid In Capital	45.85B	50.02B	55.81B	64.44B	73.25B
Retained Earnings	55.69B	77.34B	69.76B	64.8B	82.07B
Comprehensive Income and Other	-489M	927M	-693M	-3.53B	-2.16B
Total Common Equity	101B	128B	125B	126B	153B
Total Equity	101B	128B	125B	126B	153B
Total Liabilities And Equity	133B	159B	166B	186B	230B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	2.85B	2.85B	2.72B	2.59B	2.55B
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	2.85B	2.85B	2.74B	2.61B	2.56B
Book Value / Share	35.43	45.03	45.56	48.09	59.81
Tangible Book Value	81.44B	109B	105B	105B	132B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	28.56	38.12	38.32	39.98	51.44
Total Debt	11.07B	11.18B	14.45B	27.28B	37.92B
Net Debt	-43.78B	-50.78B	-33.54B	-13.46B	-27.48B
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	10.39B	13.28B	14.5B	17.76B	21.37B
Equity Method Investments, Total	-	-	34M	17M	58M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	3	3	3
Land - (BS)	1.1B	1.33B	1.69B	1.87B	2.08B
Buildings, Total	11.23B	17.36B	22.53B	27.72B	37.96B
Machinery, Total	17B	22B	30.35B	39.97B	54.25B
Full Time Employees	44.94K	58.6K	71.97K	86.48K	67.32K
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	206M	114M	-	-	-

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Net Income	18.48B	29.15B	39.37B	23.2B	39.1B
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	5.18B	6.39B	7.56B	8.5B	11.02B
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	562M	473M	407M	185M	161M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	5.74B	6.86B	7.97B	8.69B	11.18B
(Gain) Loss on Sale of Investments - (CF)	-	-	-	463M	-
Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs	-	-	-	1.34B	2.21B
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	4.84B	6.54B	9.16B	11.99B	14.03B
Tax Benefit from Stock Options	-	-	-	-	-
Other Operating Activities, Total	2M	-1.07B	482M	-890M	766M
Change In Accounts Receivable	-1.96B	-1.51B	-3.11B	231M	-2.4B
Change In Accounts Payable	113M	-17M	1.44B	210M	51M
Change in Unearned Revenues	123M	108M	187M	-	-
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	8.98B	-1.3B	2.19B	5.24B	6.18B
Cash from Operations	36.31B	38.75B	57.68B	50.48B	71.11B
Capital Expenditure	-15.1B	-15.12B	-18.57B	-31.43B	-27.27B
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	-	-	-	245M	221M
Cash Acquisitions	-508M	-388M	-851M	-1.31B	-629M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-4.19B	-14.52B	12.13B	3.53B	3.2B
Other Investing Activities, Total	-61M	-36M	-284M	1M	-23M
Cash from Investing	-19.86B	-30.06B	-7.57B	-28.97B	-24.5B
Short Term Debt Issued, Total	-	24M	14M	-	-
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	-	-	-	9.92B	8.46B
Total Debt Issued	-	24M	14M	9.92B	8.46B
Short Term Debt Repaid, Total	-223M	-	-	-	-
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-552M	-604M	-677M	-850M	-1.06B
Total Debt Repaid	-775M	-604M	-677M	-850M	-1.06B
Issuance of Common Stock	-	-	-	-	-
Repurchase of Common Stock	-6.54B	-9.84B	-50.05B	-31.55B	-26.79B
Other Financing Activities, Total	15M	124M	-13M	344M	-111M
Cash from Financing	-7.3B	-10.29B	-50.73B	-22.14B	-19.5B
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	4M	279M	-474M	-638M	113M
Net Change in Cash	9.16B	-1.32B	-1.09B	-1.27B	27.23B
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	-	-	-	-	448M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	5.18B	4.23B	8.52B	6.41B	6.61B
Levered Free Cash Flow	18.98B	16.01B	28.81B	15.6B	32.47B
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	18.99B	16.01B	28.81B	15.6B	32.75B
Change In Net Working Capital	-5.4B	2.7B	-1.02B	-5.38B	-3.44B
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-775M	-580M	-663M	9.07B	7.4B

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Profitability
Return on Assets	15.7	13.95	17.97	11.93	15.11
Return on Total Capital	18.42	16.28	21	14.38	18.27
Return On Equity %	19.96	25.42	31.1	18.52	28.04
Return on Common Equity	19.96	25.42	31.1	18.52	28.04
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	81.94	80.58	80.79	79.63	80.72
SG&A Margin	21.7	21.12	20.24	22.02	16.46
EBITDA Margin %	49.12	45.99	46.4	36.22	45.5
EBITA Margin %	41.8	38.56	39.99	28.93	37.33
EBIT Margin %	41	38	39.64	28.78	37.21
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	26.15	33.9	33.38	19.9	28.98
Net Income Margin %	26.15	33.9	33.38	19.9	28.98
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	26.15	33.9	33.38	19.9	28.98
Normalized Net Income Margin	26.36	24.12	25.06	18.16	23.62
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	26.85	18.62	24.43	13.38	24.07
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	26.86	18.62	24.43	13.38	24.28
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	0.61	0.59	0.73	0.66	0.65
Fixed Assets Turnover	2.04	1.72	1.89	1.44	1.34
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	8.27	8.24	9.3	8.48	9.1
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	4.4	5.05	3.15	2.2	2.67
Quick Ratio	4.28	4.89	2.94	2.01	2.55
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	2.41	2.59	2.73	1.87	2.23
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	44.16	44.39	39.27	43.05	40.09
Average Days Payable Outstanding	31.2	29.54	43.62	69.71	69.05
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	10.96	8.71	11.57	21.7	24.76
Total Debt / Total Capital	9.88	8.01	10.37	17.83	19.85
LT Debt/Equity	9.84	7.87	10.61	20.51	23.64
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	8.87	7.24	9.51	16.85	18.95
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	24.23	19.47	24.77	32.31	33.3
EBIT / Interest Expense	1.45K	-	-	-	112.56
EBITDA / Interest Expense	1.8K	-	-	-	143.61
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	1.05K	-	-	-	82.48
Total Debt / EBITDA	0.31	0.27	0.26	0.61	0.59
Net Debt / EBITDA	-1.22	-1.23	-0.59	-0.3	-0.43
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.53	0.43	0.38	2.09	1.03
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	-2.09	-1.95	-0.88	-1.03	-0.75
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	26.61	21.6	37.18	-1.12	15.69
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	24.62	19.59	37.54	-2.55	17.28
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	18.81	13.84	38.42	-22.81	45.31
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	15.63	12.17	42.29	-28.46	49.27
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	16.35	12.71	43.1	-28.23	49.61
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	-16.4	57.67	35.08	-41.07	68.53
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	-16.4	57.67	35.08	-41.07	68.53
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	17.55	11.3	42.51	-28.35	50.49
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	-15.06	56.92	36.47	-37.62	73.11
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	25.45	19.09	23.86	-4.08	20.07
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	81.43	22.77	27.25	31.77	19.19
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	37.03	19.45	4.19	11.89	23.63
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	26.21	33.36	-3.29	-0.51	26.04
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	20.12	26.95	-2.66	0.67	21.84
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	24.05	6.7	48.87	-12.5	40.89
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	8.53	0.09	22.84	68.17	-13.25
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	83.19	-17.16	79.36	-45.76	108.02
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	83.21	-17.16	79.36	-45.76	108.26
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	31.87	24.08	29.15	16.47	6.95
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	28.28	22.08	28.25	15.78	6.91
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	22.27	16.3	25.53	3.37	5.91
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	18.92	13.89	26.33	0.9	3.34
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	19.78	14.52	27	1.34	3.62
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	7.71	14.81	45.94	-10.78	-0.35
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	7.71	14.81	45.94	-10.78	-0.35
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	20.32	14.38	25.94	1.04	3.84
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.22	15.45	46.34	-7.73	3.92
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	27.75	22.23	21.45	9	7.32
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	80.66	49.25	24.99	29.49	25.32
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	25.62	27.94	11.56	7.97	17.62
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	22.54	29.74	13.57	-1.91	11.98
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	16.59	23.49	11.16	-1.01	10.75
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	22.46	15.05	26.03	14.14	11.03
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	49.77	4.22	10.88	43.97	20.78
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	27.78	24.27	22.1	-1.31	6.29
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	27.8	24.27	22.1	-1.31	6.72
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	36.76	28.35	28.3	18.15	16.21
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	34.42	25.32	27.03	17.03	16.27
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	32.98	19.39	23.25	6.75	15.8
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	30.89	16.62	22.66	4.52	14.97
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	32.62	17.38	23.35	5	15.4
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	21.85	22.3	21.2	7.87	10.29
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	21.85	22.3	21.2	7.87	10.29
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	33.54	17.23	23.08	4.35	15.39
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	22.56	23.24	22.07	10.14	13.8
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	33.58	24.8	22.77	12.26	12.57
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	73.39	58.83	41.52	27.21	25.96
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	27.1	23.53	19.47	11.67	12.96
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	28.33	26.04	17.64	8.67	6.64
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	19.52	19.94	14.07	7.55	6.09
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	31.12	16.96	25.37	11.6	22.43
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	49.82	30.94	10.09	27.68	21.6
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	31.99	11.26	40.6	-6.89	26.58
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	31.99	11.25	40.6	-6.89	26.94
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	41.49	36.82	33.67	23.46	19.29
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	41.22	35.69	31.92	21.41	18.56
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	40.97	37.07	29.94	12.71	16
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	40.94	36.65	29.05	10.06	14.53
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	42.15	39.32	30.34	10.68	15.04
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	44.44	51.2	30.97	7.8	12.07
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	44.44	51.2	30.97	7.8	12.07
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	43.44	39.89	30.45	10.47	14.99
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	42.26	50.83	31.57	9.77	14.46
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	41.5	34.67	28.59	18.22	16.34
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	62.38	57.42	52.11	46.37	34.8
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	27.26	26.38	20.64	17.05	18.73
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	41.84	36.47	22.21	14.02	15.34
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	22.86	23.74	16.1	11.08	12.73
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	37.73	30.29	29.06	15.82	19.42
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	52.5	43.05	32.82	36.09	14.4
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	34.98	23.17	28.4	6.06	25.66
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	34.91	23.1	28.38	6.05	25.87