Balance Sheet: Assets
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.
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-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).
Total assets exhibited a gradual upward trajectory over the analyzed period, increasing from $49,291 million in March 2019 to $51,428 million by June 2022. The overall asset structure is characterized by a heavy concentration in non-current assets, which consistently represented the vast majority of the total balance sheet value throughout the three-year window.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Growth
- A significant expansion in current assets is observed, rising from $2,162 million to $3,771 million. This growth was primarily driven by a substantial increase in cash and cash equivalents, which rose from $85 million in March 2019 to $552 million by June 2022. Restricted cash, conversely, showed a steady decline, dropping from $44 million to $2 million over the same period.
- Operational Working Capital Trends
- Both inventories and trade accounts receivable demonstrated consistent upward trends. Inventories nearly doubled, increasing from $663 million to $1,239 million, suggesting either an expansion in operational scale or a strategic increase in safety stock. Trade accounts receivable grew from $1,016 million to $1,326 million, indicating a rise in credit sales or a lengthening of the collection cycle.
- Intangible Asset Composition
- The balance sheet is dominated by goodwill and other intangible assets, which together remained remarkably stable. Goodwill hovered around the $20 billion mark, and other intangible assets remained near $24 billion. The lack of significant fluctuation in these accounts suggests an absence of major impairments or large-scale new acquisitions during this period.
- Non-Current Fixed and Other Assets
- Property, plant, and equipment, net, showed moderate volatility, fluctuating between a low of $2,017 million in March 2020 and a high of $2,494 million in December 2021. Investments in unconsolidated affiliates experienced a general decline, falling from $172 million to $78 million. Other non-current assets grew from $584 million to $1,159 million, contributing to the overall stability of the non-current asset base.
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