Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2011-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2011-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2011-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2011-03-31).
The asset composition of the company exhibits significant structural shifts between 2011 and 2016, characterized by a transition from stable operational asset ratios to a period of high volatility associated with strategic corporate restructuring.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Cash and equivalents demonstrate a volatile trend, fluctuating between a low of 7.28% and peaks of 25.22% in June 2013 and 22.26% in June 2015. Accounts receivable show a gradual long-term decline, moving from approximately 13-14% of total assets in 2011 to a range of 8-11% by 2016. A notable contraction in inventories is observed starting in late 2015, where the ratio dropped from a historical average of 13-14% to a low of 7.65% in December 2015, before partially recovering to 9.95% by June 2016.
- Fixed and Intangible Asset Evolution
- Property, plant and equipment, net, remained relatively stable at approximately 30% of total assets until 2015, at which point it experienced a sharp decline to 20.91% in December 2015, followed by a recovery to 27.09% by mid-2016. Concurrently, there is a steady upward trend in intangible assets. Goodwill increased from 11.83% in March 2011 to 16.63% by June 2016, while other intangible assets grew from 2.87% to 7.85% over the same period, indicating an increase in the proportion of non-physical assets relative to the total balance sheet.
- Impact of Strategic Investments
- A significant distortion in the common-size balance sheet occurs in late 2015 due to the investment in Baxalta common stock. This item appeared as 20.60% of total assets in September 2015 and peaked at 24.54% in December 2015, before declining to 7.10% in March 2016 and disappearing by June 2016. This event explains the temporary surge in total current assets, which peaked at 56.24% in December 2015.
- Overall Asset Allocation
- The balance between current and non-current assets shifted from a relatively stable distribution in 2011-2012 to a more dynamic state. Non-current assets generally trended upward from 55.43% in March 2011 to peak at 62.98% in June 2014, before the volatility induced by the Baxalta investment and subsequent realignment brought the ratio to 57.31% by June 2016.
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