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: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30).
The balance sheet exhibits a significant structural shift in the first half of 2013, characterized by a sharp contraction in total assets from a peak of $68.49 billion in March 2013 to $50.94 billion by June 2013. Following this adjustment, total assets remained relatively stable between $48 billion and $54 billion for several years, before experiencing a substantial increase to $65.89 billion by December 2018.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Current assets demonstrated significant volatility, primarily driven by fluctuations in cash and cash equivalents. After an initial decline from $12.01 billion in September 2012 to a low of $4.29 billion in December 2015, cash holdings surged to $21.28 billion by the end of 2018. Receivables and inventories remained comparatively stable throughout the period, with net receivables fluctuating between $5.46 billion and $8.08 billion, and net inventories moving between $2.75 billion and $3.93 billion.
- Analysis of Non-Current Assets
- A marked downward trend in non-current assets occurred during 2013 and 2014. Goodwill, which peaked at $20.14 billion in March 2013, underwent a series of reductions to stabilize at approximately $12.7 billion from December 2014 through December 2018. Similarly, property, plant, and equipment, net, saw a steep decline from $5.83 billion in September 2012 to a range of $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion starting in late 2014. Intangible assets followed a similar pattern, decreasing from early peaks to a stable range between $6.0 billion and $6.7 billion.
- Asset Reallocation and Final Period Surge
- The data indicates a significant reallocation of assets in the final quarter of 2018. Non-current investments decreased sharply from $4.64 billion in September 2018 to $833 million in December 2018. This contraction in investments directly correlates with the spike in cash and cash equivalents, suggesting a strategic liquidation of investment holdings to maximize liquidity at the end of the reporting period.
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