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.
Adobe Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-02-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-11-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-11-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-11-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-28).
The balance sheet indicates a significant expansion in the total scale of the organization's financial position, with total liabilities and stockholders' equity increasing from 21.2 billion USD in February 2020 to approximately 30.0 billion USD by August 2026. This growth is primarily driven by an increase in total liabilities and a massive accumulation of retained earnings, which is simultaneously offset by an aggressive share repurchase program.
- Liability Trends and Composition
- Total liabilities grew from 10.7 billion USD in February 2020 to 18.2 billion USD by August 2026. A substantial portion of this increase is attributable to current liabilities, which rose from 5.2 billion USD to 11.9 billion USD. The primary driver within this category is deferred revenue, which climbed from 3.5 billion USD to 7.1 billion USD, signaling a strong upward trend in prepaid subscription obligations.
- Long-term liabilities exhibited more volatility, peaking at 7.7 billion USD in early 2025 before settling at 6.3 billion USD by August 2026. This fluctuation corresponds with changes in long-term debt, which remained stable at approximately 4.1 billion USD for several years before spiking to 6.2 billion USD in early 2025 and subsequently moderating to 4.8 billion USD.
- Operational liabilities, including trade payables and accrued expenses, showed a steady upward trend. Trade payables increased from 265 million USD to 529 million USD, while accrued expenses and other current liabilities grew from 1.2 billion USD to 2.5 billion USD, reflecting an increase in the overall scale of operations.
- Stockholders' Equity and Capital Allocation
- Retained earnings showed consistent and robust growth, increasing from 15.4 billion USD in February 2020 to 50.6 billion USD by August 2026, indicating strong cumulative profitability over the period.
- The organization pursued an aggressive treasury stock acquisition strategy. Treasury stock at cost increased from 11.4 billion USD to 55.6 billion USD. This substantial investment in share buybacks has acted as a primary offset to retained earnings, causing total stockholders' equity to decline from a peak of 16.5 billion USD in December 2023 to 11.8 billion USD by August 2026.
- Additional paid-in capital also saw a steady increase, rising from 6.7 billion USD to 17.0 billion USD, contributing to the overall growth in the equity base before the impact of treasury stock reductions.
- Debt and Obligation Management
- The current portion of debt was non-existent in the early data but appeared in March 2022 at 499 million USD. It experienced a significant increase to 1.5 billion USD by March 2024 and peaked at 1.8 billion USD in May 2026, suggesting a shift in the maturity profile of the company's debt obligations.
- Income taxes payable showed high quarterly volatility, with significant spikes observed in June 2023 (548 million USD), September 2023 (857 million USD), and February 2026 (506 million USD), interspersed with periods of much lower obligations.
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