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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

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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.

Caterpillar Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

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Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Dec 31, 2016 Dec 31, 2015
Machinery, Energy & Transportation
Financial Products
Short-term borrowings
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Accrued wages, salaries and employee benefits
Customer advances
Dividends payable
Other current liabilities
Machinery, Energy & Transportation
Financial Products
Long-term debt due within one year
Current liabilities
Machinery, Energy & Transportation
Financial Products
Long-term debt due after one year
Liability for postemployment benefits
Other liabilities
Noncurrent liabilities
Total liabilities
Common stock of $1.00 par, at paid-in amount
Treasury stock, at cost
Profit employed in the business
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Equity attributable to common stockholders
Noncontrolling interests
Total stockholders’ equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2020-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-14), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-15), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-15), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-16).

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. Caterpillar Inc.’s current liabilities increased from 2017 to 2018 but then decreased significantly from 2018 to 2019.
Noncurrent liabilities Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. Caterpillar Inc.’s noncurrent liabilities decreased from 2017 to 2018 but then increased from 2018 to 2019 exceeding 2017 level.
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. Caterpillar Inc.’s total liabilities increased from 2017 to 2018 but then slightly decreased from 2018 to 2019.
Equity attributable to common stockholders 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. Caterpillar Inc.’s equity attributable to common stockholders increased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.