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The company said it reaffirmed its 2025 guidance and presented, on an adjusted basis for 2026 and 2027, an operating margin of ~25% by 2027, annual high-single digit EPS growth, and free cash flow conversion of greater than 100%.

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  1. The company said it reaffirmed its 2025 guidance and presented, on an adjusted basis for 2026 and 2027, an operating margin of ~25% by 2027, annual high-single digit EPS growth, and free cash flow conversion of greater than 100%.

  2. The company presented adjusted net cash provided by operating activities (non-GAAP) of $5.2 billion to $5.3 billion, adjusted free cash flow of $4.1 billion to $4.3 billion, and adjusted free cash flow conversion of ~100% for 2025.

  3. The company disclosed that its full-year 2024 total net sales are $24,575 million on a GAAP basis and $23,630 million adjusted for special items, with an adjusted operating margin of 21.4% and adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations of $7.30.

  4. The company set out a capital deployment framework to return at least $10 billion in cash to shareholders over the outlook period. It also said its net pre-tax cash payments for significant litigation in 2024 were approximately $4.5 billion.

Summary

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Analysis scope · Filing body and confirmed press-release exhibitWe analyzed the filing body and confirmed exhibits. This is not a review of other exhibits, investor presentations or the full earnings call.

2025 Investor Day Medium-Term Outlook

The company said it reaffirmed its 2025 guidance and presented, on an adjusted basis for 2026 and 2027, an operating margin of ~25% by 2027, annual high-single digit EPS growth, and free cash flow conversion of greater than 100%.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

2025 Adjusted Operating and Free Cash Flow Outlook

The company presented adjusted net cash provided by operating activities (non-GAAP) of $5.2 billion to $5.3 billion, adjusted free cash flow of $4.1 billion to $4.3 billion, and adjusted free cash flow conversion of ~100% for 2025.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

2024 Full-Year Net Sales and Adjusted Metrics

The company disclosed that its full-year 2024 total net sales are $24,575 million on a GAAP basis and $23,630 million adjusted for special items, with an adjusted operating margin of 21.4% and adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations of $7.30.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Shareholder Returns and 2024 Litigation Cash Payments

The company set out a capital deployment framework to return at least $10 billion in cash to shareholders over the outlook period. It also said its net pre-tax cash payments for significant litigation in 2024 were approximately $4.5 billion.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

AI summarized the filing and translated the summary into English; it may differ from the original. For reference only, not investment advice. AI translated the published Korean report into English. Figures are copied as filed, not recalculated.

Original filing

The filing as submitted to SEC EDGAR. You can check the figures and statements of this summary against it.

Source: SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Item captions are the SEC's. The summary is for reference only and is not investment advice.