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.
First Solar Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 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), 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).
The balance sheet exhibits a significant expansion in both total liabilities and stockholders' equity over the analyzed period, with a notable acceleration in growth starting in 2022. Total liabilities and stockholders' equity increased from approximately $7.26 billion in March 2019 to $11.44 billion by September 2024, reflecting a substantial increase in the overall scale of the company's financial position.
- Current Liabilities Trends
- Current liabilities remained relatively stable or declined between 2019 and 2021, reaching a low of approximately $660 million in June 2021. However, a sharp upward trajectory began in 2022, with current liabilities climbing to $1.78 billion by September 2024. This increase is primarily driven by a surge in deferred revenue, which rose from $167 million in March 2019 to $645 million in September 2024, and a significant increase in the current portion of debt, which peaked at $208 million in the final quarter of the data set.
- Noncurrent Liabilities and Long-Term Obligations
- Noncurrent liabilities experienced a period of contraction from March 2019 ($1.29 billion) through September 2021 ($723 million). A structural shift occurred in late 2022 with the emergence of noncurrent deferred revenue, which reached $1.32 billion by September 2024. This specific item has become the dominant component of noncurrent liabilities, contributing to a total noncurrent liability balance of $2.06 billion. Long-term debt has shown volatility, declining from 2019 levels before stabilizing between $373 million and $464 million in recent years.
- Stockholders' Equity and Retained Value
- Stockholders' equity demonstrates a consistent and sustained upward trend, growing from $5.13 billion in March 2019 to $7.59 billion in September 2024. This growth is almost exclusively driven by the accumulation of earnings, which increased from $2.37 billion to $4.87 billion over the period. Additional paid-in capital remained largely stable, while accumulated other comprehensive losses fluctuated, showing a general deepening from 2019 before recovering slightly to negative $169 million in September 2024.
- Overall Liability Profile
- The total liability load increased from $2.13 billion in early 2019 to $3.84 billion by September 2024. A critical observation is that a substantial portion of this increase is tied to deferred revenue across both current and noncurrent categories. This suggests that the growth in liabilities is driven largely by advance payments or contractual obligations rather than an increase in traditional interest-bearing debt, as the equity base has expanded concurrently to maintain a strong solvency position.
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