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.
Paramount Global, consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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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).
The balance sheet exhibits a significant expansion in scale and a fundamental restructuring of capital between March 2018 and March 2023. A critical inflection point occurred in the fourth quarter of 2019, where total liabilities and equity nearly doubled, reflecting a substantial increase in both debt obligations and stockholders' equity.
- Current Liabilities Trends
- Current liabilities increased from 4,069 million in March 2018 to 11,295 million by March 2023. This growth was driven primarily by substantial increases in accrued programming and production costs, which rose from 631 million to 2,425 million, and accounts payable, which grew from 230 million to 1,235 million. A sharp escalation in accrued expenses is observed starting in December 2019, moving from 374 million in September 2019 to 1,760 million by year-end, maintaining a high plateau above 1,700 million for most of the subsequent period.
- Long-Term Debt and Noncurrent Obligations
- Long-term debt experienced a dramatic increase in December 2019, jumping from 9,359 million in September 2019 to 18,002 million. This debt peaked at 19,704 million in June 2020 before entering a gradual downward trend to 15,613 million by March 2023. Noncurrent operating lease liabilities also saw a marked increase during the 2019 transition, rising from 948 million to 1,909 million, before moderately declining to 1,398 million by the end of the period.
- Equity and Capital Structure Transformation
- Total stockholders' equity underwent a massive transformation, increasing from 1,983 million in March 2018 to 21,851 million in March 2023. This shift is characterized by a transition from a position of significant accumulated deficits to a positive equity base. Additional paid-in capital saw a sharp reduction in December 2019, decreasing from approximately 43,510 million to 29,590 million, suggesting a major accounting reorganization or capital event during that quarter.
- Retained Earnings and Deficit Recovery
- A reversal of the accumulated deficit is observed, moving from negative 18,650 million in March 2018 to a positive 8,494 million by December 2019. Retained earnings continued to grow, peaking at 14,889 million in September 2022, before declining to 13,463 million in March 2023. This trend indicates a period of significant profitability or accounting adjustments that eliminated the prior deficit.
- Overall Leverage and Financial Position
- The total balance sheet size increased from 20,591 million in March 2018 to 56,561 million in March 2023. While total liabilities rose from 18,608 million to 34,218 million over the period, the growth in total equity from 1,983 million to 22,343 million indicates a shift toward a more equity-heavy capital structure relative to the 2018 baseline.
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