Earnings Per Share, Share Repurchases and Dividends on Common Stock (Unaudited)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

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EARNINGS PER SHARE, SHARE REPURCHASES AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON STOCK

EARNINGS PER SHARE, SHARE REPURCHASES AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON STOCK

Basic Earnings Per Share

We calculate basic earnings per share by dividing net earnings by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period.

Diluted Earnings Per Share

Diluted earnings per share include the dilutive effect of awards granted to employees under stock-based compensation plans. The dilutive effect of these securities totaled 0.4 million shares and 0.3 million shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. The dilutive effect of these securities totaled 0.3 million shares for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Share Repurchases

Share Repurchase Programs

On January 24, 2022, the company’s board of directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $2.0 billion in share repurchases of the company’s common stock (the “2022 Repurchase Program”). Repurchases under the 2022 Repurchase Program commenced in April 2023 and were completed in February 2024.

On December 6, 2023, the company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program of up to an additional $2.5 billion in share repurchases of the company’s common stock (the “2023 Repurchase Program”). Repurchases under the 2023 Repurchase Program commenced in February 2024 and were completed in September 2025.

On December 11, 2024, the company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program of up to an additional $3.0 billion in share repurchases of the company’s common stock (the “2024 Repurchase Program”). Repurchases under the 2024 Repurchase Program commenced in September 2025 upon completion of the 2023 Repurchase Program. As of September 30, 2025, repurchases under the 2024 Repurchase Program totaled $8 million; $2.99 billion remained under this share repurchase authorization. By its terms, the 2024 Repurchase Program will expire when we have used all authorized funds for repurchases.

Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreements

During the first quarter of 2024, the company entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (Morgan Stanley) to repurchase $1.0 billion of the company’s common stock as part of the 2022 Repurchase Program. Under the agreement, we made a payment of $1.0 billion to Morgan Stanley and received an initial delivery of 1.8 million shares valued at $800 million that were immediately canceled by the company. The remaining balance of $200 million was settled on May 1, 2024 with a final delivery of 0.4 million shares from Morgan Stanley. The final average purchase price was $455.73 per share.

Share repurchases take place from time to time, subject to market and regulatory conditions and management’s discretion, in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The company retires its common stock upon repurchase and, in the periods presented, has not made any purchases of common stock other than in connection with these publicly announced repurchase programs.

The table below summarizes the company’s share repurchases to date under the authorizations described above:

							Shares Repurchased (in millions)
Repurchase Program Authorization Date	Amount Authorized (in millions)		Total Shares Retired (in millions)	Average  Price Per Share(1)		Date Completed	Nine Months Ended September 30
							2025	2024
January 24, 2022	$	2,000	4.4	$	455.01	February 2024	—	2.5
December 6, 2023	$	2,500	5.2	$	482.41	September 2025	2.3	2.0
December 11, 2024	$	3,000	—	$	589.50		—	—

(1)Excludes brokerage commissions and other costs of execution, including taxes.

Dividends on Common Stock

In May 2025, the company increased the quarterly common stock dividend 12 percent to $2.31 per share from the previous amount of $2.06 per share.