Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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Alphabet Inc., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).
- Current liabilities
- Current liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and stockholders’ equity show a gradual increase over the periods, rising from 14.7% at the beginning of 2020 to a peak near 21.75% during late 2022 and early 2023. This suggests a growing portion of short-term obligations relative to the company's overall financing. Following this peak, the current liabilities ratio declined slightly but remained elevated above the initial levels, indicating persistent higher short-term liability.
- Long-term liabilities
- Long-term liabilities maintain a relatively stable share, fluctuating moderately between around 10.8% and 12.7% before trending downward after early 2022 to levels near 8% to 9%. This reflects a modest reduction in long-term debt and other long-term obligations in relation to the total capital structure, potentially indicating gradual debt repayments or shifts in financing strategy.
- Total liabilities
- Total liabilities experienced an increase starting from mid-2020, peaking around 31% by late 2022 and early 2023, followed by a decline toward the end of the dataset, settling close to 27-28%. This pattern demonstrates an overall higher leverage or liabilities concentration in the intermediate period, later partially reduced.
- Stockholders’ equity
- Stockholders’ equity proportion decreased slightly from about 74.5% in early 2020 to a low near 68.9% in late 2022-early 2023 before rebounding closer to 72-73% in subsequent periods. This fluctuation corresponds inversely with total liabilities movements, highlighting shifts in the company's capital structure and possibly reflecting changes in retained earnings and capital contributions.
- Retained earnings
- Retained earnings form the largest component of stockholders’ equity, consistently contributing over 50% throughout all periods. The ratio experienced minor declines from above 55% in early 2020 to around 51.8% by late 2022, then showing recovery to about 55.4% again toward the end of the timeline, indicating stable but moderately varying accumulated profitability reinvested in the company.
- Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
- This item fluctuates in negative territory, widening from mild deficits around -0.4% in early 2020 to more pronounced losses near -2.5% during 2021-2022. Afterwards, the loss reduces somewhat but remains negative, suggesting unrealized losses on certain components like foreign currency translation or hedging instruments impacting overall equity.
- Current liabilities detail
- Within current liabilities, accrued expenses and other current liabilities increased notably from approximately 8.6% to peaks above 14% in early 2023 before reducing slightly. Accrued compensation and benefits present a more volatile pattern with rises and falls, peaking around 3.8% in late 2020 and early 2021 and declining thereafter to just above 2%. Accounts payable percentages remain relatively stable with minor fluctuations mostly between 1.3% and 1.9%, showing no dramatic changes.
- Long-term debt and other long-term liabilities
- Long-term debt (excluding current portion) shows an initial increase from about 1.8% to over 4.6% in late 2020, then a declining trend persisting into early 2025 before exhibits a spike around mid-2025 again. Other long-term liabilities demonstrate a declining trend from over 2% early on down to less than 1% in later periods, with a slight rebound near the end, indicating reductions in miscellaneous long-term obligations but some reaccumulation towards the end of the timeline.
- Deferred revenue and accrued revenue share
- Deferred revenue gradually increased from roughly 0.7% to over 1.1% by late 2024, suggesting growing advance payments or unearned revenue. Accrued revenue share remains stable around 2%, showing limited variation and steady obligations recognized but unpaid related to shared revenue arrangements.
- Income taxes payable, non-current
- Non-current income taxes payable decreased somewhat over time, from around 3.4% down to under 2% in the last periods, indicating lower non-current tax liabilities relative to total financing.
- Long-term operating lease liabilities
- This liability declined gradually from nearly 3.8% to about 2.3%, showing a reduction in lease obligations recognized as liabilities, possibly due to lease terminations, expirations, or changes in lease accounting.