Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-03-31).
The asset composition of the organization exhibits a strong emphasis on liquidity, with current assets consistently representing a majority of the total asset base. While current assets peaked at 64.23% in 2019, a subsequent contraction occurred in 2020 and 2021 before rebounding to 58.35% by March 31, 2022.
- Liquidity and Cash Management
- A significant portion of total assets is held in highly liquid instruments. Short-term marketable securities show substantial volatility, fluctuating from a high of 40.60% in 2018 to a low of 20.62% in 2020, before rising again to 37.40% in 2022. Cash and cash equivalents followed a different trajectory, peaking at 15.81% in 2020 before declining to 7.94% in 2022. Combined, these two components indicate a conservative financial posture with a high capacity for immediate funding.
- Working Capital Efficiency
- A consistent downward trend is observed in net accounts receivable, which decreased from 9.82% of total assets in 2017 to 5.41% in 2022. This suggests an improvement in the efficiency of collections or a shift in the relative scale of receivables compared to overall asset growth. Inventories remained relatively stable throughout the period, generally fluctuating between 5.4% and 7.7%.
- Long-term Asset Allocation
- Long-term assets represent the remaining balance of the balance sheet, fluctuating between 35.77% and 47.73%. Net property and equipment show a gradual and steady decline from 15.95% in 2017 to 12.10% in 2022, indicating that fixed asset growth has not kept pace with the growth of the total asset base. Long-term marketable securities experienced a notable surge between 2019 and 2021, moving from 2.06% to 17.67%, before settling at 13.15% in 2022.
- Intangibles and Other Assets
- Goodwill and other intangibles maintain a relatively small footprint, with combined values generally remaining below 10% of total assets. A marked reduction is evident in deferred tax assets, which dropped sharply from 9.00% in 2018 to 0.63% by 2022. Additionally, strategic investments, specifically the investment in Shockwave Medical, emerged in 2019 and have since stabilized as a small portion of the total asset mix, ending at 3.68% in 2022.
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