Balance Sheet: Assets
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.
Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
Assets: Selected Items
Current Assets: Selected Items
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31).
Total assets experienced a gradual increase from 48,918 million US dollars in 2018 to 50,598 million US dollars by the end of 2021. This growth is primarily driven by an expansion in current assets, while non-current assets remained relatively stable in aggregate value.
- Current Asset Liquidity and Working Capital
- A significant increase in liquidity is observed, with cash and cash equivalents rising from 83 million US dollars in 2018 to 567 million US dollars in 2021. This growth contrasts with a sharp decline in restricted cash, which dropped from 46 million to 1 million US dollars over the same period.
- Inventories demonstrated a consistent upward trend, growing from 626 million US dollars in 2018 to 894 million US dollars in 2021, suggesting an increase in stock levels to support operational requirements.
- Trade accounts receivable remained relatively stable, fluctuating slightly around the 1.1 billion US dollar mark, indicating consistent credit management and collection cycles.
- Current derivative instruments saw a substantial rise, moving from 9 million US dollars in 2018 to 144 million US dollars in 2021, pointing toward increased hedging activities.
- Non-Current Asset Composition
- The asset structure is heavily dominated by intangible assets and goodwill. Goodwill remained nearly constant at approximately 20.1 billion US dollars, while other intangible assets stayed stable near 23.8 billion to 24.1 billion US dollars, representing the vast majority of the total asset base.
- Property, plant, and equipment, net, showed a fluctuating but overall positive trend, recovering from a dip of 2,028 million US dollars in 2019 to 2,494 million US dollars in 2021.
- A notable shift occurred in lease accounting, with operating lease right-of-use assets appearing at 497 million US dollars in 2019 and growing to 673 million US dollars by 2021.
- Investments in unconsolidated affiliates experienced a steady decline, decreasing from 186 million US dollars in 2018 to 30 million US dollars in 2021.
The overall asset profile indicates a company with a high concentration of non-physical assets, likely reflecting past acquisitions. However, the marked increase in current assets and cash reserves since 2020 suggests a strategic shift toward strengthening the short-term liquidity position.
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