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: 2026-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 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).
Total assets exhibit a general upward trajectory over the analyzed period, increasing from 66,349 million US dollars in March 2021 to 71,776 million US dollars by September 2026. While the overall growth is steady, the composition of the asset base has shifted, characterized by an expansion in working capital components and a significant reduction in equity method investments.
- Current Asset Dynamics
- Current assets grew from 8,843 million US dollars in March 2021 to 13,788 million US dollars in September 2026. This growth is primarily driven by a substantial increase in trade receivables, which nearly doubled from 2,655 million US dollars to 4,919 million US dollars. Similarly, inventories showed a consistent upward trend, rising from 2,635 million US dollars to 4,441 million US dollars over the same period. A notable anomaly occurred in March 2024, where other current assets spiked to 9,674 million US dollars before normalizing toward 1,845 million US dollars by the end of the period.
- Fixed and Intangible Asset Stability
- Property, plant and equipment, net, demonstrated gradual growth, moving from 8,766 million US dollars in March 2021 to 10,620 million US dollars in September 2026, indicating sustained capital investment. The balance sheet remains heavily weighted toward intangible assets and goodwill, which collectively represent the largest portion of total assets. Goodwill remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 21,945 million US dollars and 24,344 million US dollars, while net intangible assets remained consistently around the 18,000 to 19,000 million US dollar range.
- Strategic Investment Shifts
- A significant structural change is observed in equity method investments. These assets decreased from 5,916 million US dollars in March 2021 to 694 million US dollars by September 2026. The most precipitous decline occurred between September 2023 and December 2024, where values dropped from 3,051 million US dollars to 635 million US dollars, suggesting a strategic divestiture or a reclassification of affiliate interests.
- Liquidity and Deferred Tax Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibited volatility, peaking at 3,546 million US dollars in December 2021 and reaching a low of 1,351 million US dollars in December 2023, before stabilizing between 1,500 and 2,100 million US dollars in the later years. Concurrently, deferred income tax assets showed a persistent downward trend, falling from 725 million US dollars in March 2021 to 82 million US dollars in September 2026.
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