Stock Analysis on Net

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity 
Quarterly Data

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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

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Apr 26, 2026 Jan 25, 2026 Oct 26, 2025 Jul 27, 2025 Apr 27, 2025 Jan 26, 2025 Oct 27, 2024 Jul 28, 2024 Apr 28, 2024 Jan 28, 2024 Oct 29, 2023 Jul 30, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 29, 2023 Oct 30, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 May 1, 2022 Jan 30, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Aug 1, 2021 May 2, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 25, 2020 Jul 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Jan 26, 2020
Short-term debt 1,199 100 100 799 799 799 799 99 99 100 100 199 199 199 600 600
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 5,229 5,181 5,333 4,614 4,706 4,485 4,820 4,387 4,174 3,829 4,297 4,528 4,299 3,969 4,237 4,005 4,060 3,867 4,268 3,437 3,116 2,932 3,138 2,895 2,831 2,569
Contract liabilities 2,570 2,472 2,566 2,470 2,491 2,452 2,849 2,742 2,611 3,147 2,975 3,497 3,373 3,082 3,142 2,828 2,590 2,397 2,076 1,688 1,706 1,572 1,321 1,390 1,334 1,400
Current liabilities 8,998 7,753 7,999 7,883 7,996 7,736 8,468 7,228 6,884 7,076 7,372 8,224 7,871 7,250 7,379 6,833 6,650 6,264 6,344 5,125 4,822 4,504 4,459 4,285 4,765 4,569
Long-term debt, net of current portion 5,256 6,453 6,455 5,463 5,462 5,461 5,460 6,158 5,463 5,462 5,461 5,460 5,459 5,458 5,457 5,456 5,455 5,454 5,452 5,451 5,450 5,449 5,448 5,447 6,215 4,714
Income taxes payable 704 507 356 330 321 684 670 671 656 850 833 818 822 975 964 955 962 1,068 1,090 1,144 1,138 1,210 1,206 1,237 1,238 1,298
Other liabilities 1,419 1,214 1,074 1,031 892 832 810 750 747 723 714 815 811 856 732 847 813 752 692 699 682 669 662 633 573 526
Non-current liabilities 7,379 8,174 7,885 6,824 6,675 6,977 6,940 7,579 6,866 7,035 7,008 7,093 7,092 7,289 7,153 7,258 7,230 7,274 7,234 7,294 7,270 7,328 7,316 7,317 8,026 6,538
Total liabilities 16,377 15,927 15,884 14,707 14,671 14,713 15,408 14,807 13,750 14,111 14,380 15,317 14,963 14,539 14,532 14,091 13,880 13,538 13,578 12,419 12,092 11,832 11,775 11,602 12,791 11,107
Common stock 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Additional paid-in capital 10,531 10,311 10,333 10,090 9,966 9,713 9,660 9,428 9,321 9,109 9,131 8,914 8,811 8,605 8,593 8,398 8,306 8,130 8,247 8,090 8,022 7,869 7,904 7,754 7,687 7,550
Retained earnings 59,274 56,888 55,227 53,694 52,280 50,511 49,651 48,247 46,871 45,480 43,726 41,988 40,696 39,389 37,892 36,520 35,137 33,827 32,246 30,748 29,247 28,137 27,209 26,278 25,638 25,085
Treasury stock (45,780) (45,380) (45,043) (44,186) (43,149) (41,464) (40,150) (38,697) (37,829) (37,002) (36,299) (35,594) (35,151) (34,347) (34,097) (32,598) (31,598) (29,798) (27,995) (26,495) (24,995) (24,245) (24,245) (24,195) (23,995) (23,796)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (124) (110) (110) (102) (144) (143) (168) (146) (172) (166) (217) (223) (235) (235) (202) (259) (275) (278) (260) (292) (290) (297) (299) (277) (315) (188)
Stockholders’ equity 23,909 21,717 20,415 19,504 18,961 18,625 19,001 18,840 18,199 17,429 16,349 15,093 14,129 13,420 12,194 12,070 11,579 11,890 12,247 12,060 11,993 11,473 10,578 9,569 9,024 8,660
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 40,286 37,644 36,299 34,211 33,632 33,338 34,409 33,647 31,949 31,540 30,729 30,410 29,092 27,959 26,726 26,161 25,459 25,428 25,825 24,479 24,085 23,305 22,353 21,171 21,815 19,767

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-04-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-01-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-10-26), 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).


The overall financial position demonstrates significant expansion in the balance sheet scale, with total liabilities and stockholders' equity increasing from 19.7 billion USD in January 2020 to 40.2 billion USD by April 2026. This growth is characterized by a substantial increase in equity, which has outpaced the growth of total liabilities over the analyzed period.

Liability Structure and Trends
Current liabilities exhibited a steady upward trajectory, rising from 4.5 billion USD in early 2020 to 8.9 billion USD by April 2026. This increase was primarily driven by accounts payable and accrued expenses, which more than doubled from 2.5 billion USD to 5.2 billion USD. Contract liabilities showed a period of growth, peaking at approximately 3.4 billion USD in July 2023 before stabilizing between 2.4 billion and 2.6 billion USD in the latter stages of the period.
Long-term debt remained relatively stable for the majority of the timeline, hovering around 5.4 billion USD, though periodic increases to 6.1 billion and 6.4 billion USD occurred. Conversely, income taxes payable showed a marked decline, falling from 1.2 billion USD in January 2020 to a low of 321 million USD in April 2023, before ending the period at 704 million USD.
Stockholders' Equity Analysis
Retained earnings served as the primary driver of equity growth, increasing from 25.0 billion USD in January 2020 to 59.2 billion USD by April 2026. This indicates strong cumulative profitability over the seven-year window.
An aggressive share repurchase strategy is evident in the treasury stock account, which expanded from a negative 23.7 billion USD to a negative 45.7 billion USD. This suggests a significant commitment to returning capital to shareholders, which partially offset the growth in retained earnings.
Despite the large-scale buybacks, total stockholders' equity grew from 8.6 billion USD to 23.9 billion USD, indicating that the growth in earnings significantly exceeded the capital returned via treasury stock acquisitions.
Solvency and Capital Management
The relationship between total liabilities and stockholders' equity shifted toward a more equity-heavy capital structure. Total liabilities grew from 11.1 billion USD to 16.3 billion USD, while total equity nearly tripled. This trend indicates an improvement in long-term solvency and a reduction in financial leverage.
Short-term debt remained low and volatile for most of the period, though a notable increase to 1.1 billion USD was observed by April 2026, suggesting a recent shift in short-term financing requirements.

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