Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Builders FirstSource Inc., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
The capital structure of the organization underwent a significant transformation between March 2018 and September 2023, transitioning from a highly leveraged position to one with a substantially higher proportion of equity, followed by a moderate period of re-leveraging.
- Liability Trends and Debt Management
- Total liabilities represented a dominant portion of the balance sheet in early 2018 at 87.11%, remaining above 70% through December 2020. A sharp inflection point occurred in March 2021, where total liabilities dropped precipitously to 46.86%. Following this decline, liabilities trended upward again, reaching 57.34% by September 2023.
- Long-term debt served as the primary driver of this volatility. This component decreased from a peak of 62.01% in March 2018 to a low of 17.68% in March 2021. However, from mid-2021 onward, long-term debt began to increase steadily, climbing back to 31.62% by the end of the period.
- Current liabilities exhibited a general downward trend in their relative weight. Current liabilities as a percentage of total funding fell from a range of 23% to 27% between 2018 and 2020 to a lower range of 17% to 22% between 2021 and 2023. This was supported by a reduction in accounts payable, which declined from 15.70% in March 2018 to 9.61% in September 2023.
- Equity and Capitalization
- Stockholders' equity grew consistently from 12.89% in March 2018 to 27.62% by December 2020. A substantial increase was observed in March 2021, where equity spiked to 53.14%, mirroring the sharp drop in total liabilities. This shift suggests a significant recapitalization event. Equity levels subsequently stabilized, ending the period at 42.66%.
- Additional paid-in capital was the primary catalyst for the equity surge. This item rose from 14.12% in December 2020 to 45.28% in March 2021, indicating a major infusion of capital through share issuance. This figure remained relatively stable between 35% and 40% throughout 2022 and 2023.
- Retained earnings showed a recovery from a deficit of -4.73% in March 2018 to a peak of 13.47% in December 2020. Although this figure fluctuated in later years, it remained positive throughout the period from December 2018 onward, ending at 2.96% in September 2023.
- Other Balance Sheet Components
- Operating lease liabilities were integrated into the reporting starting in March 2019. The noncurrent portion peaked at 7.29% in December 2019 before stabilizing between 3% and 4% for the remainder of the observed period.
- Contract liabilities appeared in the data starting in December 2021, maintaining a small but consistent presence between 1.68% and 2.17% of the total balance sheet.
- Deferred income taxes showed a gradual increase in relative importance, rising from negligible levels in 2018 to a peak of 4.16% in March 2021, before trending down to 1.83% by September 2023.
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