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.
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Accenture PLC, consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in thousands
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-30).
The balance sheet exhibits a sustained expansion in both total liabilities and total shareholders' equity over the analyzed period. Total liabilities and shareholders' equity increased from 33.17 billion USD in November 2019 to 68.81 billion USD by May 2026, indicating a significant growth in the company's total capital base.
- Liability Structure and Trends
- Total liabilities nearly doubled, rising from 17.57 billion USD to 35.30 billion USD. Current liabilities grew from 11.20 billion USD to 21.61 billion USD, driven primarily by increases in deferred revenues, which rose from 2.99 billion USD to 6.53 billion USD, and accrued payroll and related benefits, which increased from 4.65 billion USD to 8.70 billion USD. These trends suggest a scaling of operations and an increase in contracted future obligations.
- A significant structural shift in financing is observed in the long-term debt profile. Long-term debt, excluding the current portion, remained relatively negligible (below 100 million USD) until November 2022, at which point it jumped to approximately 5.04 billion USD and remained stable at that level through May 2026. Additionally, the current portion of long-term debt showed extreme volatility in May 2024, peaking at 1.61 billion USD before returning to a baseline of approximately 113 million USD.
- Non-current liabilities grew from 6.37 billion USD to 13.69 billion USD, with the increase largely attributable to the aforementioned shift in long-term borrowing and a gradual rise in other non-current liabilities, which grew from 282 million USD to 1.27 billion USD.
- Shareholders' Equity and Capital Allocation
- Total shareholders' equity expanded from 15.60 billion USD to 33.01 billion USD. This growth was supported by a substantial increase in retained earnings, which climbed from 11.24 billion USD to 24.03 billion USD, and additional paid-in capital, which rose from 6.16 billion USD to 19.14 billion USD.
- There is a pronounced trend of aggressive capital return to shareholders via share repurchases. Treasury shares, recorded at cost, increased from negative 1.98 billion USD in November 2019 to negative 11.95 billion USD by May 2026, reflecting a consistent and expanding buyback program.
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss remained a persistent negative factor, fluctuating between approximately negative 1.26 billion USD and negative 2.31 billion USD throughout the period.
- Operational Liability Insights
- The growth in accounts payable, rising from 1.58 billion USD to 3.18 billion USD, aligns with the overall increase in operational scale. Similarly, income taxes payable showed an upward trend, with both current and non-current tax obligations increasing over the analyzed timeframe, reflecting higher taxable obligations as the business expanded.
- Operating lease liabilities remained relatively stable, with current liabilities fluctuating around 700 million USD and non-current liabilities maintaining a range between 2.2 billion USD and 2.7 billion USD, suggesting that lease obligations have not scaled at the same rate as other liabilities.