Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Exxon Mobil Corp., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 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).
The capital structure exhibits a strategic shift toward a more equity-heavy composition over the observed period. Total liabilities declined from a peak of 50.92% in June 2021 to a low of 39.69% by June 2025, before rebounding slightly to 43.80% by March 2026. Conversely, total equity increased from 49.17% in March 2021 to a peak of 60.31% in June 2025, indicating a strengthening of the solvency position and a reduction in financial leverage.
- Debt and Long-Term Liability Trends
- A consistent deleveraging trend is evident in long-term debt, which decreased from 13.52% of total liabilities and equity in March 2021 to 7.13% by March 2026. This reduction is complemented by a steady decline in postretirement benefits reserves, which fell from 6.54% to 1.93% over the same period. However, deferred income tax liabilities showed a general upward trajectory, rising from 5.43% in early 2021 to a peak of 8.96% in December 2025, suggesting a shifting profile within the long-term obligation structure.
- Equity and Capital Composition
- A significant structural adjustment occurred around June 2024, marked by a sharp increase in common stock from approximately 4.7% to over 10% of total liabilities and equity. Simultaneously, the negative impact of treasury stock was reduced from -68.24% in March 2024 to -49.59% in June 2024, suggesting a change in share repurchase activity or a new issuance of equity. Earnings reinvested remained the dominant component of equity, though they transitioned from a range of 114% to 122% in the 2021-2023 period to a range of 100% to 107% from 2024 onwards.
- Short-Term Obligations and Liquidity
- Current liabilities fluctuated throughout the period, peaking at 21.78% in June 2022 before stabilizing between 15% and 19% for several quarters. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities remained the primary driver of current obligations, generally oscillating between 13% and 18%. Notes and loans payable remained relatively low for most of the period, though a notable increase to 3.13% was observed by March 2026, coinciding with a broader increase in total liabilities during that quarter.
- Minority and Other Interests
- Noncontrolling interests exhibited a gradual decline, moving from 2.14% in March 2021 to 1.42% by March 2026. Long-term obligations to equity companies also trended downward, decreasing from 0.98% to 0.12%, indicating a reduction in the relative weight of these specific obligations within the overall balance sheet.
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