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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Share-Based Payment Award, Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, Valuation Assumptions | The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate the value of our ESPP purchase rights were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
Risk-free interest rate | 4.5 - 5.0% |  | 5.4 - 5.5% |  |
Expected volatility | 21 - 22% |  | 23 - 24% |  |
Weighted-average volatility | 21 | % |  | 24 | % |  |
Expected term | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months |  |
Expected dividends | 0.6 | % |  | 0.8 | % |  |
Schedule of Repurchase Agreements | The following table summarizes total shares repurchased during the three and six months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
| August 2022 Program |  | May 2024 Program |  | Total |  |  |  |
(In millions) | Shares |  | Amount(a) |  | Shares |  | Amount(a) |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended September 30, 2024 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | $ | 375 |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | $ | 375 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Six months ended September 30, 2024 | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 152 |  |  | $ | 4.2 |  |  | $ | 598 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | $ | 750 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended September 30, 2023 | 2.6 |  |  | $ | 325 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | $ | 325 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Six months ended September 30, 2023 | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 650 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 650 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(a)Amount excludes excise taxes. Accrued excise taxes are included in accounts payable, accrued, and other current liabilities and additional paid-in capital on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes our stock option activity for the six months ended September 30, 2024:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 |  | 12 |  |  | $ | 64.00 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 2 |  |  | 137.55 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (4) |  |  | 88.68 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | (1) |  |  | 58.76 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024 |  | 9 |  |  | $ | 65.81 |  |  | 3.88 |  | $ | 1 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 9 |  |  | $ | 65.81 |  |  | 3.88 |  | $ | 1 |
Exercisable as of September 30, 2024 |  | 9 |  |  | $ | 65.81 |  |  | 3.88 |  | $ | 1 |
The following table summarizes our restricted stock units activity for the six months ended September 30, 2024:
| Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | 7,480 |  |  | $ | 128.31 |
Granted | 4,173 |  |  | 137.78 |
Vested | (2,585) |  |  | 129.89 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (250) |  |  | 130.26 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024 | 8,818 |  |  | $ | 132.28 |
The following table summarizes our performance-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the six months ended September 30, 2024:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | 836 |  |  | $ | 129.60 |
Granted | 763 |  |  | 137.53 |
Vested | (277) |  |  | 133.67 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (318) |  |  | 129.29 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024 | 1,004 |  |  | $ | 134.60 |
The following table summarizes our market-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the six months ended September 30, 2024:
| Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | 354 |  |  | $ | 168.53 |
Granted | 381 |  |  | 80.91 |
Vested | (25) |  |  | 173.25 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (73) |  |  | 173.25 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024 | 637 |  |  | $ | 115.43 |
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options, restricted stock units, market-based restricted stock units, performance-based restricted stock units, and the ESPP purchase rights included in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Six Months Ended September 30,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Cost of revenue | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Research and development | 122 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 223 |  |  | 206 |
Marketing and sales | 16 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 24 |
General and administrative | 32 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 51 |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 174 |  |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 317 |  |  | $ | 285 |

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