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.
Expedia Group Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 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 financial position between March 2017 and March 2022 is characterized by a significant expansion of total liabilities and a notable contraction in stockholders' equity, with a pronounced inflection point occurring in 2020.
- Current Liability Volatility
- Current liabilities exhibit significant fluctuations, primarily driven by deferred merchant bookings. This item showed seasonal peaks until early 2020, after which it plummeted from $5.9 billion in March 2020 to $3.1 billion by December 2020. A strong recovery followed, with deferred merchant bookings rising to $9.2 billion by March 2022, contributing to a peak in total current liabilities of $12.47 billion in the same period.
- Long-Term Debt and Capital Structure
- A structural shift toward higher leverage is observed starting in 2020. Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, remained relatively stable around $3.7 billion from 2017 through 2019, but surged to $8.48 billion by June 2021. This period also saw the utilization of a revolving credit facility, which peaked at $1.9 billion in mid-2020. Consequently, total long-term liabilities increased from $3.99 billion in March 2017 to $8.54 billion by March 2022.
- Equity Erosion and Retained Deficits
- Total stockholders' equity experienced a downward trend, falling from $5.66 billion in March 2017 to a low of $3.09 billion in June 2021. This decline is largely attributed to a reversal in retained earnings, which shifted from a positive balance of $879 million in December 2019 to a significant deficit of $2.53 billion by June 2021. Although a partial recovery in the deficit is observed by March 2022, it remained substantial at $1.88 billion.
- Treasury Stock and Share Buybacks
- There is a consistent and aggressive increase in treasury stock, indicating sustained share repurchases. The contra-equity balance of treasury stock grew from $4.56 billion in March 2017 to $10.31 billion by March 2022. This trend acted as a primary downward pressure on total stockholders' equity, offsetting the growth seen in additional paid-in capital, which rose from $8.9 billion to $14.4 billion over the same interval.
- Overall Solvency Trend
- The total balance sheet size expanded from $17.67 billion in March 2017 to $24.58 billion by March 2022. However, the composition shifted; the proportion of the balance sheet funded by liabilities increased significantly, while the proportion funded by equity decreased, reflecting a heightened reliance on debt to sustain operations during and after the 2020 downturn.
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