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.
DuPont de Nemours Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31).
The financial data reveals a period of extreme volatility and structural transformation in the balance sheet between 2015 and 2019. A distinct three-phase pattern is observable: a period of relative stability from 2015 through mid-2017, a massive expansion of both liabilities and equity starting in the third quarter of 2017, and a sharp contraction in the second quarter of 2019.
- Liability Dynamics and Debt Profile
- Total liabilities remained within a range of 42 billion to 52 billion US dollars from March 2015 until June 2017. A significant escalation occurred on September 30, 2017, where total liabilities jumped to 93.9 billion US dollars. This increase was driven by simultaneous spikes in current liabilities, which rose from 13.4 billion to 27.3 billion US dollars, and noncurrent liabilities, which surged from 39.2 billion to 66.7 billion US dollars. Long-term debt, excluding current portions, saw a substantial increase from approximately 20 billion US dollars in early 2017 to peak at 37.6 billion US dollars by December 2018.
- A dramatic reversal is observed starting June 30, 2019, where total liabilities plummeted to 28.3 billion US dollars. This contraction was most evident in noncurrent liabilities, which fell to 21.8 billion US dollars, and current liabilities, which dropped to 6.5 billion US dollars, returning the liability profile to levels lower than those seen in 2015.
- Equity and Capital Structure Evolution
- Stockholders' equity experienced a massive expansion in September 2017, rising from 28.4 billion US dollars in June 2017 to 102.9 billion US dollars. This was primarily attributable to a surge in additional paid-in capital, which grew from 4.2 billion US dollars to 81.1 billion US dollars in the same period, suggesting a major capital injection or corporate reorganization.
- A critical shift in retained earnings occurred in the second quarter of 2019. After maintaining a positive balance of approximately 30 billion US dollars for several years, retained earnings shifted to an accumulated deficit of 8.3 billion US dollars by June 30, 2019. Consequently, total equity contracted from 94.1 billion US dollars in March 2019 to 42.6 billion US dollars in June 2019.
- Specific Obligation Trends
- Pension and post-employment benefit obligations showed a marked increase in late 2017, rising from 11.2 billion US dollars to 18.4 billion US dollars, before sharply declining to approximately 1.1 billion US dollars by June 2019.
- Accounts payable followed a similar trajectory, peaking at 13.1 billion US dollars in December 2018 before dropping to 3.0 billion US dollars in June 2019. Asbestos-related liabilities remained relatively stable until a spike to 1.36 billion US dollars in December 2016, after which they gradually declined until disappearing from the record in June 2019.
The overall trend indicates a major corporate event occurring between September 2017 and March 2019 that fundamentally enlarged the balance sheet, followed by a decisive restructuring in mid-2019 that reduced total liabilities and equity to a fraction of their peak levels and eliminated several long-term obligations.
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