Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.
Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.
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Starbucks Corp., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-29).
The analysis of the balance sheet reveals a sustained increase in total liabilities over the observed period, coupled with a persistent and deepening shareholders' deficit. Total liabilities rose from 34.49 billion US dollars in December 2019 to 39.01 billion US dollars by March 2026, peaking at 41.32 billion US dollars in June 2024. This expansion is driven primarily by increases in current liabilities and long-term debt obligations.
- Current Liabilities Trends
- Current liabilities demonstrated a general upward trajectory, increasing from 8.67 billion US dollars in December 2019 to 11.44 billion US dollars by March 2026. A significant driver of this growth is accounts payable, which grew from 1.08 billion US dollars to 1.67 billion US dollars over the same period. Stored value card liabilities and deferred revenue remained volatile, reflecting fluctuations in customer deposits and prepaid services, while accrued liabilities showed a notable dip during 2020 before stabilizing between 2.0 and 2.3 billion US dollars.
- Long-Term Debt and Lease Obligations
- Long-term debt, excluding the current portion, exhibited a non-linear increase, rising from 10.65 billion US dollars in December 2019 to a peak of 15.55 billion US dollars in June 2024, before moderating to 13.08 billion US dollars by March 2026. Operating lease liabilities remained relatively stable but showed a gradual increase, moving from 7.71 billion US dollars to 8.00 billion US dollars, indicating a steady commitment to leased store locations. Deferred revenue showed a consistent long-term decline, falling from 6.74 billion US dollars in 2019 to 5.67 billion US dollars in 2026.
- Equity and Capital Structure
- A persistent shareholders' deficit is evident throughout the entire period, indicating that total liabilities exceed total assets. The total deficit fluctuated but generally widened, moving from -6.75 billion US dollars in December 2019 to -8.45 billion US dollars by March 2026. The retained deficit deepened from -6.41 billion US dollars to -8.88 billion US dollars, suggesting that cumulative distributions or losses have exceeded cumulative earnings. This negative equity position is partially offset by fluctuations in additional paid-in capital and accumulated other comprehensive income, though these were insufficient to return the equity position to a positive value.
- Liquidity and Obligation Management
- The volatility in short-term debt and the current portion of long-term debt suggests active debt refinancing and maturity management. The current portion of long-term debt saw significant spikes, reaching 2.74 billion US dollars in June 2024, before adjusting to 1.99 billion US dollars in March 2026. The introduction of liabilities held for sale in late 2025, totaling approximately 1.68 billion US dollars, indicates a strategic shift or divestiture of certain assets.