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Kraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ:KRFT)

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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

Kraft Foods Group Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Mar 28, 2015 Dec 27, 2014 Sep 27, 2014 Jun 28, 2014 Mar 29, 2014 Dec 28, 2013 Sep 28, 2013 Jun 29, 2013 Mar 30, 2013 Dec 29, 2012 Sep 30, 2012 Jun 30, 2012 Mar 31, 2012
Cash and cash equivalents 1,178 1,293 935 1,370 1,482 1,686 1,231 1,164 1,181 1,255 244 3 3
Receivables, net of allowances 1,219 1,080 1,086 1,186 1,204 1,048 1,106 1,223 1,278 1,089 1,157 1,102 1,175
Inventories 1,886 1,775 2,044 2,024 1,909 1,616 1,881 1,898 1,948 1,928 2,090 2,048 2,174
Deferred income taxes 382 384 348 339 361 360 428 418 403 420 208 320 224
Other current assets 339 259 209 192 201 198 189 116 144 131 206 161 240
Current assets 5,004 4,791 4,622 5,111 5,157 4,908 4,835 4,819 4,954 4,823 3,905 3,634 3,816
Property, plant and equipment, net 4,194 4,192 4,169 4,130 4,106 4,115 4,103 4,028 4,026 4,204 4,211 4,222 4,260
Goodwill 11,313 11,404 11,454 11,510 11,464 11,505 11,301 11,275 11,319 11,346 11,364 11,322 11,345
Intangible assets, net 2,238 2,234 2,234 2,235 2,235 2,229 2,632 2,631 2,631 2,631 2,632 2,632 2,630
Other assets 385 326 324 359 399 391 255 311 337 325 172 79 44
Noncurrent assets 18,130 18,156 18,181 18,234 18,204 18,240 18,291 18,245 18,313 18,506 18,379 18,255 18,279
Total assets 23,134 22,947 22,803 23,345 23,361 23,148 23,126 23,064 23,267 23,329 22,284 21,889 22,095

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-12B/A (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-12B/A (reporting date: 2012-03-31).


Total assets remained relatively stable throughout the observed period, fluctuating between 22.1 billion and 23.3 billion USD. The overall asset composition is characterized by a heavy concentration of noncurrent assets, which consistently represented approximately 78% to 83% of the total asset base.

Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
A significant shift in liquidity is observed, specifically regarding cash and cash equivalents. Starting from a nominal balance of 3 million USD in early 2012, cash holdings experienced a substantial increase, peaking at 1.686 billion USD by December 2013 before stabilizing between 935 million and 1.482 billion USD. This expansion drove the overall growth of current assets, which rose from 3.8 billion USD in March 2012 to 5.0 billion USD by March 2015.
Receivables and inventories exhibited cyclical stability. Receivables generally fluctuated between 1.0 billion and 1.3 billion USD, while inventories remained largely within the 1.6 billion to 2.1 billion USD range, indicating consistent working capital management relative to the scale of operations.
Noncurrent Asset Analysis
Noncurrent assets remained remarkably constant, hovering around 18.1 billion to 18.5 billion USD. Property, plant, and equipment (net) showed minimal volatility, staying within a narrow band of 4.0 billion to 4.3 billion USD, suggesting a period of maintenance rather than aggressive capital expansion.
Goodwill represents the largest single asset component, maintaining a value between 11.3 billion and 11.5 billion USD. This indicates that a significant portion of the total asset value is tied to previous acquisitions.
A notable adjustment occurred in intangible assets (net), which remained stable at approximately 2.6 billion USD until December 2013, at which point they decreased to approximately 2.2 billion USD and remained at that level through March 2015. This reduction suggests a specific impairment charge or a change in amortization schedules during the fourth quarter of 2013.

The overall financial posture indicates a transition toward a more liquid balance sheet without significant changes in the underlying physical or acquired asset base. The stability of total assets, paired with the marked increase in cash, suggests a strategic reallocation of resources or the result of specific financing activities during the 2012-2013 period.

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