Stock Analysis on Net

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

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.

Meta Platforms Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Accounts payable 4,849 4,372 3,093 3,672 4,990 3,871 4,008 3,246 4,083 2,195 973 878 1,331 1,106 920 829 1,363 860 655 604
Partners payable 863 770 772 885 1,117 975 982 935 1,052 909 949 1,006 1,093 800 729 712 886 590 560 537
Operating lease liabilities, current 1,623 1,460 1,396 1,479 1,367 1,291 1,275 1,159 1,127 1,086 1,051 1,040 1,023 975 899 835 800 776 688 645
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 24,625 23,929 24,660 19,345 19,552 16,550 15,952 15,746 14,873 13,622 11,901 9,793 11,534 9,063 8,760 12,693 12,004 11,102 11,076 8,122
Current liabilities 31,960 30,531 29,921 25,381 27,026 22,687 22,217 21,086 21,135 17,812 14,874 12,717 14,981 11,944 11,308 15,069 15,053 13,328 12,979 9,908
Operating lease liabilities, non-current 17,226 16,374 16,440 16,171 15,301 14,687 14,792 12,894 12,746 11,554 10,956 10,574 9,631 9,641 9,633 9,509 9,524 8,356 7,122 6,565
Long-term debt 18,385 18,383 18,382 9,925 9,923 9,922
Other liabilities 8,884 8,113 7,912 8,219 7,764 7,504 7,003 7,010 7,227 6,859 6,552 6,575 6,414 7,121 8,303 8,489 7,745 8,735 8,143 6,488
Non-current liabilities 44,495 42,870 42,734 34,315 32,988 32,113 21,795 19,904 19,973 18,413 17,508 17,149 16,045 16,762 17,936 17,998 17,269 17,091 15,265 13,053
Total liabilities 76,455 73,401 72,655 59,696 60,014 54,800 44,012 40,990 41,108 36,225 32,382 29,866 31,026 28,706 29,244 33,067 32,322 30,419 28,244 22,961
Common stock, $0.000006 par value
Additional paid-in capital 73,253 71,224 69,159 66,535 64,444 62,092 59,929 57,512 55,811 54,334 52,845 51,160 50,018 48,910 47,805 46,688 45,851 45,059 44,277 43,533
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2,155) (3,556) (3,106) (2,981) (3,530) (5,054) (3,411) (1,996) (693) (207) 285 154 927 308 (142) (544) (489) (849) (483) (781)
Retained earnings 82,070 75,205 67,980 61,241 64,799 67,056 69,249 67,712 69,761 79,233 85,097 82,343 77,345 68,513 62,784 59,160 55,692 49,789 44,968 43,764
Stockholders’ equity 153,168 142,873 134,033 124,795 125,713 124,094 125,767 123,228 124,879 133,360 138,227 133,657 128,290 117,731 110,447 105,304 101,054 93,999 88,762 86,516
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 229,623 216,274 206,688 184,491 185,727 178,894 169,779 164,218 165,987 169,585 170,609 163,523 159,316 146,437 139,691 138,371 133,376 124,418 117,006 109,477

Based on: 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).

Balance sheet item Description The company
Current liabilities Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer. Meta Platforms Inc. current liabilities increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Non-current liabilities Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. Meta Platforms Inc. non-current liabilities increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Total liabilities Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future. Meta Platforms Inc. total liabilities increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Stockholders’ equity Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity. Meta Platforms Inc. stockholders’ equity increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.