Stock Analysis on Net

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.

Comcast Corp., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021
Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors 11,977 11,058 11,689 11,826 11,545 11,321 11,779 11,736 11,792 12,437 12,214 12,213 12,159 12,544 12,241 12,304 12,707 12,455 12,020 11,672 11,148
Deferred revenue 4,006 4,097 4,218 4,031 3,766 3,507 3,778 3,943 3,446 3,242 3,566 3,327 2,663 2,380 2,757 2,787 3,018 3,040 3,091 3,566 3,376
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 11,931 12,411 10,943 10,215 10,999 10,679 10,452 9,475 13,417 13,283 10,536 9,688 11,290 11,220 10,954 10,411 11,815 11,721 10,933 10,669 11,510
Current portion of debt 5,394 5,958 5,852 5,720 6,848 4,907 2,610 1,021 2,502 2,069 2,978 2,524 1,130 1,743 2,047 2,083 2,117 2,132 694 3,407 4,777
Advance on sale of investment 9,167 9,167 9,167 9,167 9,167 9,167
Collateralized obligation 5,174 5,173 5,173
Current liabilities 33,308 33,524 32,702 31,792 42,325 39,581 37,786 35,342 40,324 40,198 34,468 32,925 32,415 27,887 27,999 27,585 29,657 29,348 26,738 29,314 30,811
Noncurrent portion of debt 89,218 92,979 93,211 95,808 92,274 94,186 98,754 97,107 94,071 95,021 94,351 94,972 94,403 93,068 90,404 91,459 92,443 92,718 96,522 95,175 98,936
Collateralized obligation 5,172 5,172 5,171 5,171 5,170 5,169 5,169 5,168
Deferred income taxes 28,227 27,788 28,357 27,692 25,136 25,227 26,263 26,252 25,978 26,003 29,092 29,052 28,804 28,714 29,102 29,491 29,857 30,041 30,050 29,525 28,260
Other noncurrent liabilities 20,709 20,965 21,089 21,100 20,735 20,942 20,526 19,914 19,935 20,122 19,768 20,280 20,353 20,395 20,289 20,254 20,441 20,619 20,756 20,775 20,690
Noncurrent liabilities 138,154 141,732 142,657 144,600 138,145 140,355 145,543 143,273 139,984 141,146 143,211 144,304 143,560 147,349 144,967 146,375 147,912 148,548 152,497 150,644 153,054
Total liabilities 171,462 175,256 175,359 176,392 180,470 179,936 183,329 178,615 180,308 181,344 177,679 177,229 175,975 175,236 172,966 173,960 177,569 177,896 179,235 179,958 183,865
Redeemable noncontrolling interests 205 224 220 231 244 237 224 236 243 241 230 239 422 411 409 513 513 519 520 530 546
Preferred stock; issued, zero
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value 45 45 45 46 46 47 47 47 48 48 49 50 50 51 52 53 53 54 54 55 55
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value
Additional paid-in capital 37,543 37,709 37,768 37,797 37,832 38,102 38,147 38,203 38,274 38,533 38,866 39,118 39,262 39,411 39,775 39,852 39,926 40,173 40,134 40,046 39,744
Retained earnings 58,602 66,674 66,875 66,000 57,474 56,971 55,105 54,308 53,424 52,892 53,752 53,900 52,524 51,609 52,541 61,208 61,557 61,902 61,783 60,359 58,321
Treasury stock (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517) (7,517)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (399) (8) (90) 525 (1,197) (2,043) (8) (1,822) (1,680) (1,253) (2,525) (1,432) (1,898) (2,611) (4,555) (2,170) 674 1,480 1,328 1,992 1,972
Total Comcast Corporation shareholders’ equity 88,274 96,903 97,081 96,851 86,638 85,560 85,774 83,219 82,549 82,703 82,625 84,119 82,421 80,943 80,296 91,426 94,693 96,092 95,782 94,935 92,575
Noncontrolling interests 61 248 335 377 418 478 544 485 500 523 538 560 612 684 637 1,132 1,299 1,398 1,524 1,581 1,525
Total equity 88,335 97,151 97,416 97,228 87,056 86,038 86,318 83,704 83,049 83,226 83,163 84,679 83,033 81,627 80,933 92,558 95,992 97,490 97,306 96,516 94,100
Total liabilities and equity 260,002 272,631 272,995 273,851 267,770 266,211 269,871 262,555 263,600 264,811 261,072 262,147 259,430 257,274 254,308 267,031 274,074 275,905 277,061 277,004 278,511

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 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).


The company's overall capital structure exhibits relative stability in total assets, with total liabilities and equity fluctuating between $254 billion and $278 billion over the analyzed period. While the aggregate balance remains steady, there is significant internal volatility within both the liability composition and the equity accounts.

Debt Maturity and Current Liability Trends
A notable shift in the debt profile is observed in the current portion of debt, which exhibited significant volatility. After remaining relatively low between 2022 and 2023, this figure climbed sharply to a peak of $6.8 billion in March 2025. This trend indicates a concentration of upcoming debt maturities. Additionally, the appearance of a $9.1 billion advance on the sale of investment between December 2023 and March 2025 contributed to a peak in total current liabilities of $42.3 billion during the first quarter of 2025.
Long-Term Liability Stability
Noncurrent liabilities remained the dominant component of the balance sheet, generally ranging from $138 billion to $153 billion. The noncurrent portion of debt showed minimal fluctuation, consistently staying between $89 billion and $98 billion, suggesting a long-term financing strategy with fixed-term obligations. Deferred income taxes also remained relatively stable, though a slight downward trend was noted, moving from $28.3 billion in March 2021 to $28.2 billion in March 2026, with a dip to $25.1 billion in early 2024.
Shareholders' Equity and Retained Earnings Volatility
Total shareholders' equity experienced two distinct cycles of contraction and expansion. An initial decline occurred between March 2021 ($92.6 billion) and September 2022 ($80.3 billion), primarily driven by a sharp reduction in retained earnings from $61.9 billion to $51.6 billion. This was followed by a recovery period where equity peaked at $97.1 billion in September 2025. However, a final sharp contraction occurred by March 2026, with equity dropping to $88.3 billion and retained earnings falling to $58.6 billion.
Other Comprehensive Income and Noncontrolling Interests
Accumulated other comprehensive income demonstrated high sensitivity, swinging from a positive $1.97 billion in March 2021 to a negative $4.56 billion in September 2022. This volatility suggests significant exposure to external market factors. Simultaneously, noncontrolling interests showed a steady long-term decline, decreasing from $1.5 billion in early 2021 to $61 million by March 2026, indicating a reduction in the value or proportion of minority stakes in subsidiary operations.

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