Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Boeing Co., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 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).
The balance sheet exhibits a significant transition from a state of negative equity to a positive equity position over the analyzed period. For the majority of the timeframe between March 2021 and September 2024, total liabilities consistently exceeded 100% of total liabilities and equity, indicating a persistent deficit in shareholders' equity.
- Equity and Solvency Trends
- A critical inflection point occurs in late 2024. Shareholders' equity, which reached a low of -17.10% in September 2024, improves rapidly to -2.50% by December 2024 and enters positive territory by December 2025 (3.24%), continuing upward to 3.69% by June 2026. This recovery is strongly correlated with a reduction in the relative weight of treasury stock, which decreased from peaks of -37.98% to approximately -16.53% by the end of the period.
- Debt Obligations
- Long-term debt, excluding the current portion, demonstrates a sustained downward trajectory. After peaking at 41.00% in December 2021, this component steadily declines to 24.92% by June 2026. This reduction in long-term leverage suggests a systematic effort to deleverage the balance sheet.
- Operational Liability Dynamics
- Advances and progress billings remain the most substantial liability component, fluctuating between 33.93% and 43.85%. A peak in March 2024 suggests a period of increased customer prepayments. Current liabilities generally trended upward from approximately 60% to a peak of 70.66% in September 2024 before moderating to 66.05% by June 2026.
- Employee-Related Liabilities
- A consistent contraction is observed in the relative size of long-term employee obligations. Accrued pension plan liabilities declined from 9.31% in March 2021 to 2.48% by June 2026, while accrued retiree health care liabilities fell from 2.72% to 1.22% over the same duration.
- Retained Earnings Analysis
- Retained earnings show a long-term decline from 25.38% in March 2021 to a low of 6.08% in September 2025, before recovering slightly to 10.03% by June 2026. This suggests a prolonged period of earnings erosion or dividend/buyback activity that was only recently stabilized.
The overall financial trajectory is characterized by a shift from a deficit-funded structure toward a more stable capital arrangement, marked by lower long-term debt and the restoration of a positive equity base.
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