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.
Colgate-Palmolive Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 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 financial position of the company is characterized by a steady increase in total liabilities and a highly volatile equity structure, largely driven by aggressive capital return strategies. Total liabilities rose from 13.04 billion US$ in March 2018 to 15.91 billion US$ by June 2023, representing a general expansion of the company's obligations over the analyzed period.
- Debt and Long-term Liabilities
- A consistent upward trend is observed in long-term debt, excluding the current portion, which increased from 6.55 billion US$ in March 2018 to 8.95 billion US$ in June 2023. This indicates a strategic reliance on long-term borrowing to fund operations or capital allocation. Non-current liabilities followed a similar trajectory, growing from 9.06 billion US$ to 11.28 billion US$ over the same timeframe.
- Current Liability Trends
- Current liabilities exhibited fluctuations but generally trended upward, moving from 3.98 billion US$ in March 2018 to 4.63 billion US$ in June 2023. This growth was primarily supported by increases in accounts payable, which rose from 1.21 billion US$ to 1.54 billion US$, and other accruals, which peaked at 2.60 billion US$ in the final quarter of the period.
- Equity Dynamics and Share Repurchases
- The stockholders' equity profile is marked by significant volatility, frequently dipping into negative territory. This is attributed to a substantial and growing treasury stock balance, which expanded from -20.44 billion US$ in March 2018 to -25.54 billion US$ in June 2023. The scale of these share repurchases has effectively offset the growth in retained earnings, which steadily increased from 20.58 billion US$ to 24.25 billion US$.
- Total Equity and Solvency Observations
- Total equity has remained low relative to the size of the balance sheet, fluctuating between a low of -189 million US$ (June 2018) and a peak of 1.07 billion US$ (September 2020), before ending at 315 million US$ in June 2023. The narrow margin of total equity against total liabilities suggests a highly leveraged capital structure, where the company operates with minimal net equity due to the prioritization of shareholder distributions via buybacks.
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