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.
Halliburton Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31).
The financial position from March 2014 through December 2018 is characterized by a significant expansion of debt and a subsequent contraction of shareholders' equity, indicating a period of increased financial leverage and capital volatility.
- Liability Trends and Obligations
- Total liabilities experienced a notable peak in December 2015, rising to 21,447 million US dollars from a baseline of approximately 15,500 million US dollars in early 2014. This increase was primarily driven by a sharp rise in long-term debt, which jumped from 7,243 million US dollars in September 2015 to 14,687 million US dollars by December 2015. Current liabilities showed a volatility spike in March 2016, reaching 7,412 million US dollars, largely due to a temporary increase in short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt, which peaked at 3,186 million US dollars during that quarter.
- Equity and Retained Earnings
- Total shareholders' equity exhibited a downward trend over the analyzed period. After reaching a peak of 16,298 million US dollars in December 2014, equity declined steadily, reaching a low of 8,349 million US dollars by December 2017. A critical factor in this decline was the erosion of retained earnings, which fell from a high of 21,809 million US dollars in December 2014 to 12,668 million US dollars by December 2017. A modest recovery is observed in 2018, with total shareholders' equity rising back to 9,544 million US dollars by year-end.
- Capital Structure and Leverage
- The balance sheet demonstrates a shift in the funding mix. In 2014, the company maintained a more balanced ratio between total liabilities and shareholders' equity. However, by 2016 and 2017, the reliance on debt increased as equity diminished. The reduction in treasury stock, moving from -8,399 million US dollars in March 2014 to -6,744 million US dollars in December 2018, suggests changes in share buyback activity or capital reallocation.
- Operational Liability Patterns
- Accounts payable and accrued employee compensation followed a cyclical pattern, generally declining between 2014 and 2016 before recovering in 2017 and 2018. Accounts payable, for instance, dropped from a peak of 3,005 million US dollars in September 2014 to a low of 1,490 million US dollars in June 2016, before climbing back to 3,018 million US dollars by December 2018, reflecting fluctuations in operational scaling or vendor payment terms.
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