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.

Ford Motor Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019
Payables	25,992)	25,605)	22,349)	22,204)	20,673)
Dealer and dealers’ customer allowances and claims	12,910)	9,219)	8,300)	12,702)	13,113)
Deferred revenue	2,515)	2,404)	2,349)	2,161)	2,091)
Employee benefit plans	2,282)	2,020)	1,687)	1,752)	1,857)
Accrued interest	1,224)	935)	888)	1,215)	1,128)
Current operating lease liabilities	481)	404)	345)	323)	367)
OPEB	331)	329)	332)	339)	332)
Pension	205)	196)	202)	193)	185)
Other	5,922)	5,590)	4,583)	4,960)	3,914)
Current other liabilities and deferred revenue	25,870)	21,097)	18,686)	23,645)	22,987)
Company excluding Ford Credit	477)	730)	3,175)	1,374)	1,575)
Ford Credit	49,192)	49,434)	46,517)	49,969)	52,371)
Debt payable within one year	49,669)	50,164)	49,692)	51,343)	53,946)
Liabilities held for sale	—)	—)	—)	—)	526)
Current liabilities	101,531)	96,866)	90,727)	97,192)	98,132)
Dealer and dealers’ customer allowances and claims	7,506)	6,095)	4,909)	3,072)	1,921)
Pension	6,383)	5,673)	8,658)	10,738)	9,878)
OPEB	4,365)	4,130)	5,708)	6,236)	5,740)
Deferred revenue	5,051)	4,883)	4,683)	4,559)	4,191)
Non-current operating lease liabilities	1,395)	1,101)	1,048)	991)	1,047)
Employee benefit plans	837)	834)	1,007)	1,074)	1,104)
Other	2,877)	2,781)	1,692)	1,709)	1,443)
Non-current other liabilities and deferred revenue	28,414)	25,497)	27,705)	28,379)	25,324)
Company excluding Ford Credit	19,467)	19,200)	17,200)	22,633)	13,703)
Ford Credit	80,095)	69,605)	71,200)	87,708)	87,658)
Long-term debt payable after one year	99,562)	88,805)	88,400)	110,341)	101,361)
Deferred income taxes	1,005)	1,549)	1,581)	538)	490)
Non-current liabilities	128,981)	115,851)	117,686)	139,258)	127,175)
Total liabilities	230,512)	212,717)	208,413)	236,450)	225,307)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	41)	41)	40)	40)	40)
Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share	1)	1)	1)	1)	1)
Capital in excess of par value of stock	23,128)	22,832)	22,611)	22,290)	22,165)
Retained earnings	31,029)	31,754)	35,769)	18,243)	20,320)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(9,042)	(9,339)	(8,339)	(8,294)	(7,728)
Treasury stock	(2,384)	(2,047)	(1,563)	(1,590)	(1,613)
Equity attributable to Ford Motor Company	42,773)	43,242)	48,519)	30,690)	33,185)
Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests	25)	(75)	103)	121)	45)
Total equity	42,798)	43,167)	48,622)	30,811)	33,230)
Total liabilities and equity	273,310)	255,884)	257,035)	267,261)	258,537)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31).

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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.	Ford Motor Co. current liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Non-current liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Ford Motor Co. non-current liabilities decreased from 2021 to 2022 but then increased from 2022 to 2023 exceeding 2021 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.	Ford Motor Co. total liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Equity attributable to Ford Motor Company	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.	Ford Motor Co. equity attributable to Ford Motor Company decreased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity