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).
The asset structure exhibits a strategic transition from high liquidity toward long-term capital investment. Total assets increased from $61.6 billion in March 2021 to $85.1 billion by September 2026, a growth primarily driven by a substantial expansion in noncurrent assets rather than liquid holdings.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents peaked at $20.8 billion in June 2021 before entering a long-term downward trajectory, reaching $6.6 billion by September 2026. Short-term investments showed an initial inverse trend, rising from $309 million in March 2021 to a peak of $9.6 billion in September 2023, suggesting a tactical reallocation of cash into short-term yield-bearing instruments before stabilizing in the $6 billion to $8 billion range.
- Fixed Asset Expansion
- Operating property and equipment, net, demonstrated consistent and significant growth throughout the period, rising from $31.9 billion in March 2021 to $49.3 billion in September 2026. This steady increase indicates a sustained period of capital expenditure, likely associated with fleet modernization or expansion.
- Lease and Intangible Asset Dynamics
- Operating lease right-of-use assets remained relatively stable until early 2025, after which a sharp acceleration occurred, increasing from $4.0 billion in March 2025 to $6.9 billion by September 2026. In contrast, intangible assets decreased linearly from $2.8 billion to $2.6 billion, reflecting consistent amortization, while goodwill remained static at $4.5 billion for the entire duration of the analysis.
- Overall Balance Sheet Composition
- The company shifted from a liquidity-heavy profile to a capital-intensive profile. While current assets fluctuated and generally trended lower from their 2021 peaks, noncurrent assets grew from $45.6 billion to $65.1 billion. This shift indicates that a larger proportion of the total asset base is now tied to long-term operational capacity and infrastructure rather than liquid reserves.
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