Name: Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) | Common-Size Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

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Emerson Electric Co., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

	Sep 30, 2019	Sep 30, 2018	Sep 30, 2017	Sep 30, 2016	Sep 30, 2015	Sep 30, 2014
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt	7.04%	7.96%	4.40%	11.88%	11.56%	10.20%
Accounts payable	9.14%	9.53%	9.07%	6.98%	10.68%	12.21%
Employee compensation	2.96%	3.08%	2.71%	1.98%	2.70%	2.92%
Customer advances (contract liabilities)	2.53%	2.22%	2.58%	1.99%	2.04%	1.88%
Product warranty	0.68%	0.61%	0.61%	0.49%	0.76%	0.80%
Other	6.80%	6.83%	6.39%	13.51%	7.58%	6.97%
Accrued expenses	12.97%	12.74%	12.29%	17.97%	13.08%	12.57%
Current liabilities	29.16%	30.23%	25.75%	36.83%	35.31%	34.97%
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities	20.87%	15.38%	19.37%	18.68%	19.42%	14.72%
Pension and postretirement liabilities	3.78%	3.07%	3.39%	4.77%	3.90%	3.30%
Deferred income taxes	1.60%	2.37%	2.17%	0.97%	1.85%	2.37%
Asbestos litigation	1.53%	1.64%	1.74%	0.24%	0.00%	0.00%
Other	2.71%	3.22%	2.81%	3.48%	2.73%	2.60%
Other liabilities	9.62%	10.29%	10.11%	9.45%	8.47%	8.26%
Noncurrent liabilities	30.48%	25.68%	29.48%	28.13%	27.89%	22.98%
Total liabilities	59.64%	55.91%	55.23%	64.96%	63.20%	57.95%
Common stock, $0.50 par value	2.33%	2.34%	2.44%	2.19%	2.16%	1.97%
Additional paid-in capital	1.92%	1.71%	1.52%	0.94%	0.77%	0.67%
Retained earnings	118.06%	113.15%	112.28%	99.88%	96.47%	82.17%
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	-8.40%	-4.98%	-5.20%	-9.19%	-7.32%	-2.38%
Cost of common stock in treasury	-73.74%	-68.34%	-66.53%	-59.01%	-55.49%	-40.58%
Common stockholders’ equity	40.17%	43.88%	44.50%	34.81%	36.59%	41.85%
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	0.20%	0.21%	0.27%	0.23%	0.21%	0.20%
Total equity	40.36%	44.09%	44.77%	35.04%	36.80%	42.05%
Total liabilities and equity	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-11-18), 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-19), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-20), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-16), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-18), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-19).

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.	Emerson Electric Co.’s current liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and equity increased from 2017 to 2018 but then slightly decreased from 2018 to 2019.
Noncurrent liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Emerson Electric Co.’s noncurrent liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and equity decreased from 2017 to 2018 but then increased from 2018 to 2019 exceeding 2017 level.
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.	Emerson Electric Co.’s total liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and equity increased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.
Common 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’s 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.	Emerson Electric Co.’s common stockholders’ equity as a percentage of total liabilities and equity decreased from 2017 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2019.