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.
Boeing Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 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), 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).
The financial data reflects various trends across the reported periods that provide insight into changes in liabilities, equity, and other balance sheet components.
- Current Liabilities and Related Items
- Accounts payable showed a declining trend from early 2020 through the end of 2021, reaching a low point, followed by moderate increases and some fluctuations thereafter up to mid-2025. Accrued liabilities generally decreased from 2020 through 2021 but experienced a recovery and then variability through 2024 and 2025. Advances and progress billings remained relatively stable with a slight upward tendency over the entire period, indicating steady contract advances. Short-term debt exhibited significant volatility, with sharp increases and decreases reflecting potential refinancing or liquidity management actions. Current liabilities overall declined from 2020 to late 2021, then fluctuated with a slight upward movement extending into 2025.
- Long-term Liabilities and Debt
- Long-term debt, excluding current portions, peaked sharply in mid-2020, then declined steadily through the end of 2023, followed by modest fluctuations thereafter. Other long-term liabilities remained mostly stable, with minor increases and decreases observed intermittently across the periods. Accrued pension liabilities showed a continuous descending trend until early 2023, after which moderate variability and some increases occurred, suggesting pension obligation adjustments. Accrued retiree health care liabilities gradually declined over time, indicating a gradual reduction in these obligations. Total long-term liabilities generally decreased from the 2020 highs through 2023 but saw some stabilization and slight upward revisions in later periods.
- Total Liabilities and Deficit
- Total liabilities peaked in mid-2020 and trended downward through late 2021, then experienced a generally steady state with some minor increases and decreases through 2025. Total deficit consistently worsened from early 2020 to late 2021, reflecting increasing negative equity components, but significantly improved starting in late 2024, showing a marked reduction in overall deficit that may relate to balance sheet restructuring or capital changes. Shareholders’ deficit largely mirrored the total deficit trends, highlighting sustained deficits that improved somewhat only in the last reported periods.
- Equity and Capital Components
- Common stock values remained constant throughout the periods, indicating no new common stock issuance or repurchase affecting par value. Additional paid-in capital showed gradual growth until 2024, followed by a sharp increase, potentially due to capital infusion or equity transactions. Treasury stock, reported as a negative value, decreased steadily in magnitude until late 2023, then reversed significantly in 2024, likely indicating changes in stock repurchase activities or accounting treatments. Retained earnings exhibited a downtrend from 2020 to 2024, with some stabilization or modest improvement thereafter, reflecting impacts on accumulated profits or losses.
- Other Items
- Deferred income taxes fluctuated without a clear long-term trend, showing both increases and decreases across the periods, which may reflect changing tax positions. Accumulated other comprehensive loss slightly improved in the earlier periods but deteriorated again in the latest quarters, indicating ongoing unrealized losses or adjustments affecting comprehensive income. Noncontrolling interests remained minor and declining, suggesting limited minority interest impact. Liabilities held for sale appeared only at the latest period, indicating potential disposal of certain assets or operations.
Overall, the data reveals a company managing a high level of liabilities with some deleveraging after mid-2020, coupled with ongoing challenges in equity positions reflected by substantial deficits. Fluctuations in short-term debt and treasury stock suggest active financial management and capital restructuring. The improvement in deficit measures in late periods may denote strategic efforts to strengthen the financial position going forward.