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.
Devon Energy Corp., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
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 financial position of the entity from March 2018 to September 2023 is characterized by a significant contraction in the balance sheet followed by a strategic recapitalization and steady growth in equity. Total liabilities and equity peaked early in the period at approximately 29.3 billion USD, declined to a low of 9.9 billion USD by December 2020, and subsequently recovered to 24.2 billion USD by September 2023.
- Liability Structure and Debt Trends
- Long-term debt exhibited substantial volatility, decreasing from 9.6 billion USD in early 2018 to approximately 4.3 billion USD throughout 2019 and 2020. A sharp increase occurred in March 2021, with long-term debt rising to 7.0 billion USD, before gradually moderating to 5.7 billion USD by September 2023. Current liabilities were heavily influenced by discontinued operations in 2018 and 2019, creating temporary spikes in short-term obligations. By the 2022-2023 period, current liabilities stabilized between 2.6 billion and 3.3 billion USD, with accounts payable and revenues/royalties payable showing a general upward trend since 2020.
- Equity and Capitalization
- Total equity underwent a severe contraction, falling from 13.7 billion USD in March 2018 to a minimum of 3.0 billion USD in December 2020. This decline was reversed in March 2021, coinciding with a substantial increase in additional paid-in capital, which jumped from 2.7 billion USD to 8.1 billion USD, indicating a significant equity issuance. Following this capital injection, total equity grew consistently, reaching 11.7 billion USD by September 2023.
- Retained Earnings and Profitability Indicators
- Retained earnings serve as a primary indicator of accumulated profitability and showed extreme variance. After declining from 473 million USD in 2018 to a low of 208 million USD in December 2020, retained earnings entered a period of rapid and sustained growth. By September 2023, this figure reached 5.5 billion USD, suggesting a strong recovery in net income and a shift toward internal capital accumulation.
- Deferred Tax and Long-term Obligations
- A notable upward trend is observed in deferred income taxes, which were largely absent from the reporting in 2020 but grew steadily from 287 million USD in March 2021 to 1.67 billion USD by September 2023. Asset retirement obligations remained relatively stable between 2019 and 2022, before increasing to 641 million USD in the final quarter of the analyzed period.
Overall, the data indicates a transition from a period of balance sheet deleveraging and equity erosion (2018–2020) to a phase of reinforced capitalization and organic equity growth (2021–2023). The shift is marked by a strategic use of equity markets in early 2021 and a subsequent strengthening of the retained earnings account.
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