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.
Moderna Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
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 financial structure exhibits a period of explosive growth between 2020 and 2022, followed by a contraction and normalization phase through September 2024. Total liabilities and stockholders' equity peaked in March 2022 at 27.6 billion USD, before declining to 15.8 billion USD by the end of the observed period.
- Current Liabilities and Operational Obligations
- Current liabilities experienced a massive surge starting in late 2020, rising from 162 million USD in June 2020 to a peak of 9.9 billion USD by September 2021. This expansion was primarily driven by deferred revenue, which climbed from 45 million USD in June 2020 to nearly 8 billion USD in September 2021. A steady decline is observed thereafter, with current liabilities falling to 2.2 billion USD by September 2024, reflecting a significant reduction in deferred revenue to 379 million USD.
- Accrued liabilities followed a similar upward trajectory, peaking at 2.1 billion USD in December 2022 before moderating to 1.37 billion USD by September 2024.
- Non-Current Liabilities and Lease Obligations
- Non-current liabilities grew from 201 million USD in March 2019 to a high of 1.8 billion USD in December 2022. This growth is largely attributable to financing lease liabilities, which increased from 39 million USD in December 2019 to a peak of 922 million USD in September 2022. Operating lease liabilities remained relatively stable until a sharp increase in September 2023, rising to 697 million USD from previous levels around 100 million USD.
- Stockholders' Equity and Retained Earnings
- A fundamental shift in the equity structure occurred between 2020 and 2021. The company transitioned from an accumulated deficit of 2.2 billion USD in December 2020 to positive retained earnings of 1.7 billion USD by March 2021. Retained earnings peaked at 18.3 billion USD in December 2022, signaling a period of intense profitability.
- Total stockholders' equity reached its maximum of 19.1 billion USD in December 2022. Since that peak, a downward trend is evident, with equity decreasing to 11.9 billion USD by September 2024. This reduction coincides with a substantial decline in additional paid-in capital, which fell from a peak of 5 billion USD in 2021 to 751 million USD by September 2024.
The overall trend indicates a transition from a rapid scale-up phase characterized by high deferred revenues and equity infusions to a more stable, albeit smaller, balance sheet. The significant reduction in both total liabilities and stockholders' equity since 2022 suggests a period of deleveraging and a shift in the capital structure.
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