Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

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.

EOG Resources Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in thousands

	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016	Dec 31, 2015
Accounts payable	2,429,127)	2,239,850)	1,847,131)	1,511,826)	1,471,953)
Accrued taxes payable	254,850)	214,726)	148,874)	118,411)	93,618)
Dividends payable	166,273)	126,971)	96,410)	96,120)	91,546)
Liabilities from price risk management activities	20,194)	—)	50,429)	61,817)	—)
Current portion of long-term debt	1,014,524)	913,093)	356,235)	6,579)	6,579)
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	369,365)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Other	232,655)	233,724)	226,463)	232,538)	155,591)
Current liabilities	4,486,988)	3,728,364)	2,725,542)	2,027,291)	1,819,287)
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	4,160,919)	5,170,169)	6,030,836)	6,979,779)	6,653,685)
Other liabilities	1,789,884)	1,258,355)	1,275,213)	1,282,142)	971,335)
Deferred income taxes	5,046,101)	4,413,398)	3,518,214)	5,188,640)	4,587,902)
Noncurrent liabilities	10,996,904)	10,841,922)	10,824,263)	13,450,561)	12,212,922)
Total liabilities	15,483,892)	14,570,286)	13,549,805)	15,477,852)	14,032,209)
Common stock, $0.01 par	205,822)	205,804)	205,788)	205,770)	205,502)
Additional paid in capital	5,817,475)	5,658,794)	5,536,547)	5,420,385)	2,923,461)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(4,652)	(1,358)	(19,297)	(19,010)	(33,338)
Retained earnings	15,648,604)	13,543,130)	10,593,533)	8,398,118)	9,870,816)
Common stock held in treasury	(26,533)	(42,182)	(33,298)	(23,682)	(23,406)
Stockholders’ equity	21,640,716)	19,364,188)	16,283,273)	13,981,581)	12,943,035)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	37,124,608)	33,934,474)	29,833,078)	29,459,433)	26,975,244)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31).

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Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current liabilities	Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer.	EOG Resources Inc. current liabilities increased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.
Noncurrent liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	EOG Resources Inc. noncurrent liabilities increased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.
Total liabilities	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.	EOG Resources Inc. total liabilities increased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.
Stockholders’ equity	Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.	EOG Resources Inc. stockholders’ equity increased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.

EOG Resources Inc. (NYSE:EOG)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity