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.
HP Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-01-31).
The financial trajectory between January 2013 and July 2019 is characterized by a fundamental structural transformation occurring in early 2016. Prior to this period, the organization maintained a high-leverage balance sheet with substantial total liabilities and positive stockholders' equity. Following the transition, there was a sharp contraction in the total scale of the balance sheet, accompanied by a shift into a stockholders' equity deficit.
- Liabilities and Short-Term Obligations
- Current liabilities remained relatively stable between $42 billion and $49 billion from 2013 through late 2015. However, a precipitous decline occurred by January 2016, with current liabilities dropping to approximately $16.7 billion. While there was a subsequent moderate increase toward $24.5 billion by July 2019, the post-2016 level remained significantly lower than the pre-2016 baseline. Accounts payable showed a similar pattern, peaking at $15.9 billion in October 2015 before resetting to approximately $9 billion in January 2016 and eventually stabilizing around $14 billion.
- Long-Term Debt and Non-Current Liabilities
- Long-term debt exhibited a consistent downward trend over the long term. From a peak of $21.7 billion in January 2013, debt levels were reduced to approximately $4.7 billion by July 2019. A significant step-down occurred between October 2015 ($21.7 billion) and January 2016 ($6.6 billion). Other non-current liabilities followed a comparable trend, decreasing from highs of $17.8 billion in 2013 to $4.2 billion by the end of the observed period.
- Stockholders' Equity and Retained Earnings
- The equity position underwent a complete reversal in early 2016. Total stockholders' equity grew from $23.2 billion in January 2013 to a peak of $28.9 billion in July 2014, before transitioning to a deficit of $4.9 billion in January 2016. This shift was primarily driven by the move from positive retained earnings of $32 billion in October 2015 to an accumulated deficit of $5 billion in January 2016. Since that pivot, a gradual recovery has been observed, with the deficit narrowing to $1.1 billion by July 2019.
- Overall Balance Sheet Scale
- The total liabilities and stockholders' equity combined plummeted from a range of $100 billion to $107 billion between 2013 and 2015 to a range of $25 billion to $35 billion between 2016 and 2019. This massive reduction in the total balance sheet suggests a significant divestiture or corporate reorganization that permanently altered the capital structure and reduced the overall size of the entity's financial footprint.
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