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.
ConocoPhillips, consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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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 reflects a significant expansion in total scale, with total liabilities and equity increasing from 83,693 million USD in March 2021 to 124,261 million USD by June 2026. A primary inflection point is observed in December 2024, where a substantial increase in both long-term debt and contributed capital fundamentally shifted the capital structure.
- Liability Structure and Trends
- Total liabilities grew from 40,538 million USD to 58,912 million USD over the analyzed period. Long-term debt exhibited relative stability between 15,000 and 19,000 million USD until December 2024, at which point it surged to 23,289 million USD and remained elevated through June 2026.
- Short-Term Obligations
- Current liabilities followed a general upward trend, rising from 7,184 million USD in March 2021 to 12,452 million USD by June 2026. Accounts payable served as the primary driver of this increase, peaking at 7,349 million USD in March 2025.
- Long-Term Obligations and Taxes
- Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs showed a steady climb from 5,782 million USD to 8,404 million USD. Deferred income taxes experienced the most aggressive growth among non-current liabilities, increasing from 4,982 million USD to 12,387 million USD.
- Equity and Retained Earnings
- Total equity increased from 43,155 million USD to 65,349 million USD. This growth was heavily supported by retained earnings, which rose consistently from 35,608 million USD in March 2021 to 72,921 million USD by June 2026, indicating sustained profitability and internal capital accumulation.
- Capital Management and Share Repurchases
- A strong commitment to shareholder returns is evidenced by the steady increase in treasury stock, which moved from -47,672 million USD to -79,251 million USD, reflecting an ongoing share buyback program. Additionally, capital in excess of par remained stable until December 2024, when it jumped from 61,430 million USD to 77,529 million USD.
- Comprehensive Loss
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss remained relatively stable, fluctuating between -4,808 million USD and -6,473 million USD, suggesting that external market adjustments to equity had a limited impact compared to the scale of retained earnings and capital contributions.
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