Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-02-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-02-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-03-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-03-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-05-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-11-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-08-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-05-28).
An analysis of the asset structure reveals a fundamental shift in the composition of total assets between 2016 and 2022, transitioning from a predominantly current-asset-heavy balance sheet to one dominated by noncurrent assets.
- Liquidity and Cash Position
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibited significant volatility over the analyzed period. After maintaining a range of 6% to 12% from 2016 through 2019, there was a marked increase beginning in 2020, peaking at 20.95% in February 2021. However, this trend reversed sharply in 2022, with cash levels plummeting to 2.17% by May 2022 and remaining low at 2.90% by August 2022, indicating a severe contraction in immediate liquidity.
- Inventory Management
- Merchandise inventories represented the largest single component of current assets for much of the period. A steady decline is observed from a peak of 45.19% in November 2016 down to 25.47% by November 2020. While inventories remained relatively stable around 26% through mid-2021, a notable increase occurred in late 2021 and 2022, rising back to 33.78% by August 2022.
- Noncurrent Asset Evolution and Lease Accounting
- Noncurrent assets rose from approximately 40% of the total asset base in 2016 to 59.20% by August 2022. A pivotal change occurred in June 2019 with the introduction of operating lease assets, which immediately accounted for 24.92% of total assets and grew to 31.48% by August 2022. This suggests a significant accounting shift in how lease obligations were capitalized on the balance sheet. Concurrently, net property and equipment saw a general decline from 26% in 2016 to a low of 12.95% in November 2020, before recovering to 24.03% by August 2022.
- Intangible Assets and Impairments
- Goodwill consistently represented between 7% and 10% of total assets from 2016 until March 2019. Following a drop to 5.95% in March 2019, goodwill was entirely removed from the asset base starting in June 2019, indicating a full impairment or write-off of these intangible assets.
- Overall Asset Composition Trend
- Current assets as a percentage of the total balance sheet declined from a high of 59.51% in March 2019 to 40.80% by August 2022. This migration toward noncurrent assets, combined with the depletion of cash reserves in 2022, reflects a deteriorating liquidity profile and a change in the operational asset base.
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