Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
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 asset composition of the balance sheet demonstrates a significant shift from high liquidity during the 2020-2021 period toward a higher concentration of long-term operational assets by late 2023. There is a clear inverse relationship between the proportion of current assets and long-term assets, particularly during market volatility seen in 2020.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Current assets exhibited extreme volatility, peaking at 36.39% in March 2020 before declining to 13.25% by September 2023. This fluctuation was primarily driven by cash and cash equivalents, which surged to 22.57% in December 2020 but plummeted to a period low of 2.09% in June 2023. Accounts receivable remained relatively stable, though a peak of 10.12% was observed in June 2022, suggesting a temporary increase in outstanding credit relative to the total asset base.
- Core Operational Assets
- Oil and gas property and equipment, net, serves as the dominant asset class, showing a long-term upward trend in its share of total assets. After a dip to 42.68% in March 2020, this metric rose consistently to reach 72.45% by September 2023. Total property and equipment, net, mirrored this trajectory, increasing from a low of 51.87% in March 2020 to 78.51% by the end of the analyzed period, indicating an intensified capital allocation toward core producing assets.
- Long-term Asset Structure
- Total long-term assets transitioned from a low of 63.61% in March 2020 to 86.75% in September 2023. This expansion was largely fueled by the growth in oil and gas properties. Conversely, goodwill experienced a steady decline, falling from 8.13% in March 2018 to 3.11% in September 2023, suggesting either asset impairments or a dilution of goodwill as other tangible assets grew.
- Other Asset Components
- Right-of-use assets remained a marginal component, generally fluctuating between 0.94% and 2.25%. Investments appeared as a negligible factor until 2021, after which they stabilized between 1.8% and 2.89% of total assets. Inventory only began appearing as a distinct common-size metric in late 2022, maintaining a small footprint below 1% of total assets.
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