Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30).
The asset composition exhibits a cyclical shift in liquidity and investment strategy between June 2016 and September 2022. Current assets, which initially represented 69.95% of total assets, experienced a long-term decline to a low of 48.56% in December 2020 before rebounding to 62.64% by September 2022. This fluctuation suggests a period of strategic reallocation of capital toward long-term instruments and other asset categories, followed by a return to a more liquid posture.
- Liquidity and Short-Term Asset Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents remained volatile, fluctuating between a low of 5.46% in March 2018 and a peak of 17.19% in June 2020. Short-term marketable securities showed a more pronounced downward trend from a high of 43.07% in June 2016 to 20.62% in March 2020, before recovering to 37.61% by the end of the period. Accounts receivable, net, demonstrated a consistent relative decline from 9.62% to 5.57%, indicating improved collection efficiency or an increase in total asset growth outpacing receivable growth. Inventories remained relatively stable, generally oscillating between 5% and 8% of total assets.
- Fixed and Long-Term Investment Patterns
- Long-term assets saw an overall increase from 30.05% in June 2016 to a peak of 51.44% in December 2020, before moderating to 37.36% in September 2022. This trend was largely driven by long-term marketable securities, which rose from negligible levels to a peak of 21.09% in December 2020. Property and equipment, net, increased from 6.04% in 2016 to stabilize between 11% and 15% for the remainder of the analyzed period, reflecting an initial expansion of the physical infrastructure.
- Intangibles and Deferred Tax Assets
- Goodwill and other intangible assets exhibited a gradual downward trend in their proportion of total assets. Goodwill decreased from 7.52% to 4.30%, while other intangibles fell from 3.51% to 2.17%. A significant reduction is observed in deferred tax assets, which plummeted from 11.95% in June 2016 to a low of 0.19% in September 2021, suggesting the utilization of tax assets or changes in valuation allowances over time.
- Other Asset Growth
- Other assets showed a marked increase in relative importance, growing from 1.04% in June 2016 to 11.38% in September 2022. This suggests an increasing concentration of value in miscellaneous long-term categories that do not fall under traditional fixed asset or investment classifications.
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