Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (FOXA)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

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The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company’s resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company’s 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

		Jun 30, 2018		Jun 30, 2017		Jun 30, 2016		Jun 30, 2015		Jun 30, 2014		Jun 30, 2013
	Current borrowings
	Accrued expenses
	Accounts payable
	Other current liabilities
	Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
	Participations, residuals and royalties payable
	Program rights payable
	Deferred revenue
	Current liabilities
	Non-current borrowings
	Other liabilities
	Deferred income taxes
	Non-current liabilities
	Total liabilities
	Redeemable noncontrolling interests
	Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share
	Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share
	Additional paid-in capital
	Retained earnings
	Accumulated other comprehensive loss
	Total Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. stockholders’ equity
	Noncontrolling interests
	Total equity
	Total liabilities and equity

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2018-08-13), 10-K (filing date: 2017-08-14), 10-K (filing date: 2016-08-11), 10-K (filing date: 2015-08-13), 10-K (filing date: 2014-08-14), 10-K (filing date: 2013-08-19).

Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current liabilities	Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer.	Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s current liabilities increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018.
Non-current liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s non-current liabilities declined from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018.
Total liabilities	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.	Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s total liabilities increased from 2016 to 2017 but then declined significantly from 2017 to 2018.
Total Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. stockholders’ equity	Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity’s stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.	Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s total Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. stockholders’ equity increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018.

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Long-term Trends
Analysis
Financial Reporting Quality