Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company’s resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company’s 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.

Becton, Dickinson & Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

	Sep 30, 2021	Jun 30, 2021	Mar 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Sep 30, 2020	Jun 30, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019	Sep 30, 2019	Jun 30, 2019	Mar 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Sep 30, 2018	Jun 30, 2018	Mar 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2017	Sep 30, 2017	Jun 30, 2017	Mar 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016	Sep 30, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	Mar 31, 2016	Dec 31, 2015
Short-term debt	500	2,033	1	1,737	707	1,630	4,357	2,456	1,309	2,168	3,057	3,254	2,601	1,900	202	703	203	453	1,224	1,974	1,001	1,351	1,651	1,951
Payables, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	6,126	5,716	5,375	5,284	5,129	4,437	4,398	4,270	4,346	4,069	4,051	3,891	4,615	4,206	4,224	4,192	3,139	2,820	2,794	2,596	3,210	2,673	2,527	2,578
Liabilities held for sale	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	189	195	202	—
Current liabilities	6,626	7,749	5,376	7,021	5,836	6,067	8,755	6,726	5,655	6,237	7,108	7,145	7,216	6,106	4,426	4,895	3,342	3,273	4,018	4,570	4,400	4,219	4,380	4,529
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	17,110	15,700	17,718	16,082	17,224	17,090	16,809	16,949	18,081	18,016	17,556	17,817	18,894	20,350	22,589	22,095	18,667	18,563	9,082	9,043	10,550	10,561	10,864	10,858
Long-term employee benefit obligations	1,228	1,421	1,425	1,434	1,435	1,297	1,253	1,290	1,272	862	815	805	1,056	1,075	1,172	1,164	1,168	1,337	1,356	1,323	1,319	1,159	1,146	1,150
Deferred income taxes and other liabilities	5,225	5,328	5,576	5,548	5,752	5,483	5,748	5,785	5,676	5,621	5,809	5,762	5,744	5,088	5,234	5,962	1,609	1,406	1,702	1,799	1,684	2,044	2,180	2,286
Noncurrent liabilities	23,563	22,449	24,719	23,064	24,411	23,870	23,810	24,024	25,029	24,499	24,180	24,384	25,694	26,513	28,995	29,221	21,444	21,306	12,140	12,165	13,553	13,764	14,190	14,294
Total liabilities	30,189	30,198	30,095	30,085	30,247	29,937	32,565	30,750	30,684	30,736	31,288	31,529	32,910	32,619	33,421	34,116	24,786	24,579	16,158	16,735	17,953	17,983	18,570	18,823
Preferred stock	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Common stock	365	365	365	365	365	365	347	347	347	347	347	347	347	347	347	347	347	347	333	333	333	333	333	333
Capital in excess of par value	19,272	19,281	19,340	19,301	19,270	19,228	16,288	16,321	16,270	16,227	16,177	16,174	16,179	16,193	16,170	16,197	9,619	9,586	4,742	4,713	4,693	4,650	4,600	4,557
Retained earnings	13,826	13,821	13,557	13,522	12,791	12,916	12,868	12,938	12,913	12,997	12,792	13,018	12,596	12,971	12,616	12,765	13,111	12,989	13,321	13,133	12,727	12,850	12,600	12,402
Deferred compensation	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	22	23	24	22	22	21	19	19	23	21	23	21	20	20	22
Common stock in treasury, at cost	(7,723)	(7,027)	(6,132)	(6,136)	(6,138)	(6,145)	(6,158)	(6,228)	(6,190)	(6,201)	(6,192)	(6,235)	(6,243)	(6,275)	(6,300)	(6,343)	(8,427)	(8,437)	(8,445)	(8,457)	(8,212)	(8,215)	(8,240)	(8,251)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,088)	(2,330)	(2,329)	(2,414)	(2,548)	(2,367)	(2,419)	(2,202)	(2,284)	(1,897)	(1,839)	(1,927)	(1,909)	(1,902)	(1,704)	(1,740)	(1,723)	(1,923)	(2,009)	(2,162)	(1,929)	(1,605)	(1,647)	(1,840)
Shareholders’ equity	23,677	24,135	24,826	24,663	23,765	24,022	20,951	21,202	21,081	21,497	21,310	21,403	20,994	21,358	21,152	21,247	12,948	12,587	7,963	7,583	7,633	8,033	7,666	7,223
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	53,866	54,333	54,921	54,748	54,012	53,959	53,516	51,952	51,765	52,233	52,598	52,932	53,904	53,977	54,573	55,363	37,734	37,166	24,121	24,318	25,586	26,016	26,236	26,046

Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current liabilities	Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer.	Becton, Dickinson & Co.’s current liabilities increased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 but then slightly decreased from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021.
Noncurrent liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Becton, Dickinson & Co.’s noncurrent liabilities decreased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 but then slightly increased from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021.
Total liabilities	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.	Becton, Dickinson & Co.’s total liabilities increased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 but then slightly decreased from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021.
Shareholders’ equity	Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity’s stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.	Becton, Dickinson & Co.’s shareholders’ equity decreased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 and from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021.

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ EquityQuarterly Data

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data