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.
Applied Materials Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-10-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-27).
The financial data displays multiple trends in liabilities, equity, and overall financial position over the multi-year quarterly periods under review.
- Short-term debt
- Reported values are sparse and jump notably in the last several quarters covered, rising from around 100 million USD to 799 million USD, indicating a sharp increase in short-term borrowing obligations recently.
- Current portion of long-term debt
- This item is only stated for select periods around 2019 and 2020, where it remains constant at 600 million USD, implying some consistency before disappearing from later data.
- Accounts payable and accrued expenses
- Shows an increasing trend overall from 2,420 million USD at the beginning to values consistently in the 4,000+ million USD range towards the end. This reflects growth in operational liabilities linked to trade payables and accrued expenses.
- Contract liabilities
- A steady increase is observed, starting near 1,356 million USD and growing to over 3,000 million USD before showing some volatility in later periods. This rise suggests increased revenue received in advance or deferred revenue balances.
- Current liabilities
- This category generally trends upward from approximately 3,776 million USD to over 8,000 million USD in certain quarters, highlighting rising short-term financial obligations.
- Long-term debt, net of current portion
- Remains fairly stable through most periods, around 5,400 to 5,600 million USD, with an outlier increase to 6,158 million USD in a late period, suggesting a possible one-time debt adjustment or refinancing event.
- Income taxes payable
- Fluctuates moderately, trending generally lower over time from approximately 1,300 million USD down to levels near 300 million USD, indicating possible changes in tax liabilities or payments.
- Other liabilities and Non-current liabilities
- Other liabilities exhibit a gradual increase from about 324 million USD to over 1,000 million USD, while Non-current liabilities overall remain steady between 6,800 and 7,500 million USD, signifying stable long-term obligations with slight growth in miscellaneous liabilities.
- Total liabilities
- Steadily increase from roughly 10,700 million USD to peaks near 15,000 million USD, reflecting broad increases in both current and non-current liabilities over the period.
- Common stock
- Values remain static at around 8–9 million USD, indicating no significant new issuances or buybacks affecting the common stock's par value.
- Additional paid-in capital
- Shows a gradual increase from approximately 7,200 million USD to over 10,000 million USD, which may represent capital infusion beyond par value and suggests equity financing activity or stock-based compensation effects.
- Retained earnings
- Consistent growth is evident, rising from about 23,000 million USD to over 53,000 million USD, reflecting cumulative profitability and earnings retention over time.
- Treasury stock
- An expanding negative balance increasing in magnitude from about -21,900 million USD to nearly -44,200 million USD, suggesting ongoing share repurchases or stock retirement programs reducing outstanding shares.
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss
- Fluctuates moderately with values between approximately -100 million and -300 million USD, indicating some variability in unrealized gains/losses related to foreign exchange, hedging, or pension adjustments.
- Stockholders’ equity
- Generally trends upward from about 8,200 million USD to nearly 19,500 million USD, demonstrating an overall increase in net asset value attributable to shareholders despite fluctuations.
- Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
- Shows a growing trend from roughly 18,900 million USD to over 34,000 million USD, indicating company expansion in terms of financing and asset base over the reported periods.
Overall, the analyzed data reveals growth in liabilities, equity, and retained earnings, alongside increased short-term debt and treasury stock balances. These patterns suggest active capital management, expansion financing, and shareholder distributions through stock buybacks. The steady increase in accounts payable and contract liabilities corresponds with rising business operations and deferred revenues. Equity growth primarily driven by retained earnings and paid-in capital signals ongoing profitability and capital market activity. The combination of rising total liabilities and stockholders’ equity reflects company growth and increased scale of operations.