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: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
A substantial expansion in the total asset base is observed, characterized by a pivotal increase between September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2019, where total assets rose from 24,476 million to 49,519 million. Following this surge, assets continued a gradual upward trajectory, peaking at 58,620 million in December 2021 before experiencing a slight contraction to 56,561 million by March 31, 2023.
- Intangible Assets and Goodwill
- A dramatic shift occurred in December 2019, with goodwill increasing from 5,064 million to 16,980 million. This value remained relatively stable, fluctuating slightly between 16,426 million and 17,077 million through March 2023. Net intangible assets also saw a step-up in late 2019, moving from 2,655 million to 2,993 million, followed by a gradual decline to 2,688 million by the end of the period.
- Content and Inventory Investment
- Non-current programming and other inventory demonstrated consistent and aggressive growth, rising from 3,252 million in March 2018 to a peak of 16,278 million in December 2022. This represents a significant long-term capital commitment to content assets. Conversely, current programming inventory showed more volatility, peaking at 2,876 million in December 2019 before trending downward to 1,085 million by March 2023.
- Liquidity and Short-Term Assets
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibited significant volatility. After remaining below 1,000 million through 2019, cash balances surged during the pandemic period, reaching a peak of 6,267 million in December 2021. A subsequent downward trend is observed, with cash declining to 2,109 million by March 31, 2023. Net receivables shifted from a baseline of approximately 3,800 million pre-2020 to a higher plateau between 6,500 million and 7,400 million post-2020.
- Fixed and Other Assets
- Property and equipment, net, increased from approximately 1,259 million in early 2018 to a peak of 2,085 million in December 2019, thereafter stabilizing and slightly declining to 1,718 million by March 2023. Operating lease assets were introduced in March 2019 at 952 million and generally trended downward to 1,363 million by March 2023, despite some intermediate fluctuations.
The asset structure reflects a fundamental transformation of the balance sheet starting in late 2019, shifting from a leaner profile to one heavily weighted toward goodwill and long-term content investments. While the total asset base remains significantly larger than the 2018 levels, the recent decline in cash reserves and the slight dip in total assets as of March 2023 suggest a period of consolidation or increased capital expenditure.
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