Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).
The asset structure of the organization is characterized by a consistent prevalence of long-term assets over current assets, although a notable shift toward higher liquidity is observed toward the end of the analyzed period. Total current assets have fluctuated between approximately 28% and 39% of total assets, while long-term assets generally remained between 60% and 72%.
- Liquidity and Short-Term Asset Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibit significant volatility, ranging from a low of 4.36% in early 2017 to peaks of 15.75% in March 2018 and 14.79% in September 2022. Marketable securities within current assets followed a similar fluctuating pattern, generally staying between 4% and 10% of total assets. Accounts receivable remained relatively stable throughout the period, typically oscillating between 6% and 8%, suggesting a consistent efficiency in credit management relative to the total asset base.
- Inventory levels showed a gradual decline from 4.35% in 2017 to a low of 2.74% in September 2019, before trending upward to 5.53% by September 2022, indicating a possible increase in stock requirements or changes in production cycles.
- Non-Current Asset Composition
- A significant structural shift is evident in the intangible asset and goodwill accounts. Intangible assets, net, experienced a steady long-term decline from 19.36% in March 2017 to 8.08% by September 2022, likely reflecting the systemic amortization of these assets. Conversely, goodwill demonstrated a consistent upward trend, rising from 17.04% to a peak of 24.38% in March 2022, before stabilizing around 23.10%. This inverse relationship suggests that growth in non-physical assets has been driven more by acquisitions than by the creation or purchase of specific identifiable intangible assets.
- Property, plant, and equipment, net, remained relatively stable, generally fluctuating within the 11% to 14% range, indicating that capital expenditures in physical infrastructure have kept pace with the overall growth of the balance sheet.
- Other Asset Observations
- Deferred tax assets showed a period of expansion, peaking at 11.95% in September 2019, followed by a steady contraction to 4.73% by September 2022. Investments and other assets also showed volatility, with a notable spike to 11.78% in December 2020 before retreating to 6.49% by the end of the period.
Overall, the data indicates a strategic transition in the asset mix. The organization has moved from a higher reliance on amortizable intangible assets toward a higher concentration of goodwill and a strengthened cash position by the end of the third quarter of 2022.
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