Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
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Assets: Selected Items
Current Assets: Selected Items
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
The total asset base of American Airlines Group Inc. exhibited significant volatility between March 2019 and December 2023, characterized by a sharp expansion in liquidity during the 2020-2021 period followed by a gradual contraction. Total assets peaked at 72.46 billion USD in June 2021 before declining to 63.06 billion USD by December 2023, returning to levels comparable to the pre-pandemic period of early 2019.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Management
- A pronounced fluctuation is observed in short-term investments, which rose from 3.55 billion USD in December 2019 to a peak of 17.63 billion USD in June 2021. This suggests a period of aggressive capital raising or liquidity preservation. However, this position was steadily reduced over the following two years, ending at 7.00 billion USD in December 2023. Consequently, current assets, which peaked at 22.65 billion USD in June 2021, contracted to 13.57 billion USD by the end of 2023.
- Fixed Asset Trends and Depreciation
- Net property and equipment showed a general decline from 34.41 billion USD in March 2019 to a low of 29.54 billion USD in December 2021, primarily driven by the steady increase in accumulated depreciation and amortization, which grew from -17.75 billion USD to -22.10 billion USD over the analyzed period. Flight equipment, the largest component of fixed assets, remained relatively stable but experienced a dip during 2020 before recovering to 41.79 billion USD by December 2023. Equipment purchase deposits decreased significantly from a peak of 1.90 billion USD in September 2020 to 760 million USD by December 2023, indicating a shift in capital expenditure commitments.
- Deferred Tax Assets and Intangibles
- A substantial increase in deferred tax assets occurred between December 2019 (645 million USD) and March 2022 (4.00 billion USD), reflecting the recognition of tax benefits from operating losses during the global aviation downturn. This value subsequently moderated to 2.89 billion USD by December 2023. Meanwhile, goodwill remained constant at 4.09 billion USD throughout the entire period, and intangibles showed a slow, consistent decline from 2.12 billion USD to 2.05 billion USD.
- Operational Asset Dynamics
- Accounts receivable and aircraft fuel/spare parts inventories displayed a recovery pattern. Accounts receivable dropped to a low of 879 million USD in June 2020 but climbed to 2.03 billion USD by December 2023. Similarly, fuel and supplies increased from a pre-pandemic average of approximately 1.7 billion USD to 2.40 billion USD by the end of 2023, aligning with the restoration of flight operations and capacity.
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