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: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
The total asset base exhibits a significant long-term contraction, declining from 59,233 million USD in March 2019 to 34,167 million USD by September 2024. This reduction is primarily driven by a substantial decrease in non-current assets, particularly in equity investments, while current assets have experienced higher volatility but a general downward trend over the same period.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Current assets decreased from 6,262 million USD in March 2019 to 3,499 million USD in September 2024. Cash and cash equivalents show significant fluctuation, peaking at 5,792 million USD in March 2021 before settling at 1,897 million USD by the end of the period. Inventory levels have trended downward consistently, with total inventories falling from 2,356 million USD in March 2019 to 1,101 million USD in September 2024. This is most evident in leaf tobacco holdings, which decreased from 930 million USD to 524 million USD, suggesting a shift in supply chain requirements or inventory management efficiency.
- Investment Portfolio Devaluation
- The most pronounced decline in the balance sheet is observed in investments in equity securities, which plummeted from 32,015 million USD in March 2019 to 8,153 million USD in September 2024. This represents a reduction of approximately 75% and serves as the primary catalyst for the contraction of the overall asset base.
- Fixed and Intangible Assets
- Net property, plant, and equipment decreased from 1,922 million USD in March 2019 to 1,618 million USD in September 2024. Other intangible assets remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 12,300 million USD and 13,700 million USD. A notable increase in goodwill occurred in mid-2023, rising from approximately 5,177 million USD to 6,945 million USD, indicating a strategic acquisition or valuation adjustment during that period.
- Specific Asset Reclassifications
- A temporary asset titled "Receivable from the sale of IQOS System commercialization rights" appeared in late 2022, peaking at 1,772 million USD in June 2023 before being fully realized or removed from the balance sheet by September 2023. Additionally, income tax assets emerged in the final year of the data set, reaching 496 million USD in December 2023 before moderating to 204 million USD in September 2024.
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