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.
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30).
The total asset base experienced substantial expansion from April 2020 through January 2026, growing from $7.2 billion to a peak of $18.0 billion. However, a contraction occurred in the first half of 2026, with total assets declining to $15.8 billion by July 2026, primarily driven by a significant reduction in liquid current assets.
- Liquidity and Cash Position
- A prolonged period of liquidity accumulation is observed between 2020 and early 2025, characterized by a steady increase in marketable securities from $1.3 billion to a peak of approximately $6.9 billion in July 2025. This trend reversed sharply in late 2025 and early 2026, with marketable securities falling to $2.7 billion by July 2026. Cash and cash equivalents exhibited more volatility, peaking at $2.7 billion in April 2022 and $2.6 billion in October 2025, before dropping to $661 million by the end of the observed period.
- Acquisition Activity and Intangibles
- The growth of noncurrent assets was heavily influenced by acquisition-related activity. Goodwill followed a step-function growth pattern, increasing from $1.8 billion in 2020 to $5.2 billion by October 2025. Similarly, acquisition-related intangible assets remained relatively stable until a sharp increase began in October 2025, rising from $320 million in April 2025 to $681 million by January 2026, suggesting significant capital deployment toward business acquisitions during this window.
- Working Capital and Operational Assets
- Trade and other receivables demonstrated a long-term upward trend, growing from $584 million in April 2020 to $2.3 billion by January 2026, indicating an expansion of the customer base or extended credit terms. Deferred costs, both current and noncurrent, showed consistent growth over the entire period, with noncurrent deferred costs increasing from $214 million to $654 million. Property and equipment remained the most stable asset category, fluctuating minimally between $937 million and $1.2 billion.
- Structural Shift in Asset Composition
- A pivot in the balance sheet structure is evident. Current assets grew from $3.4 billion in 2020 to a peak of $10.5 billion in January 2025, but subsequently declined to $5.9 billion by July 2026. In contrast, noncurrent assets grew steadily from $3.7 billion to $9.8 billion over the same period. This transition indicates a shift from a liquidity-heavy position to one dominated by long-term intangible assets and goodwill.
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