Balance Sheet: Assets
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.
Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
Assets: Selected Items
Current Assets: Selected Items
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 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).
Total assets exhibited a period of contraction followed by a gradual recovery, starting at 61,619 million USD in January 2018 and declining to a low of 50,760 million USD by July 2019. From that point, total assets trended upward, reaching 59,711 million USD by April 2024. This movement was primarily driven by fluctuations in current assets and a relative stabilization of non-current assets.
- Liquidity and Working Capital Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents showed a significant long-term decline, falling from 7,673 million USD in early 2018 to a trough of 2,530 million USD in January 2023, before ending the period at 2,676 million USD. Conversely, inventory levels demonstrated a substantial and consistent upward trajectory, increasing from 2,431 million USD in January 2018 to 7,326 million USD by April 2024. This shift indicates a transition in asset composition, where liquidity has decreased while capital tied up in physical stock has nearly tripled.
- Receivables Analysis
- Accounts receivable remained relatively stable over the analyzed period, with a moderate increase from 3,098 million USD to 3,840 million USD. Financing receivables, both current and long-term, exhibited remarkable consistency. Current financing receivables hovered between 3,396 million USD and 3,883 million USD, while long-term financing receivables and other assets fluctuated within a range of 8,918 million USD to 13,740 million USD, showing a general stabilization around 11,673 million USD by the end of the period.
- Fixed and Intangible Asset Composition
- Property, plant, and equipment, net, remained largely flat with a slight downward bias, moving from 6,338 million USD to 5,817 million USD. Goodwill remained a dominant component of the balance sheet, maintaining a steady value between 17,403 million USD and 18,308 million USD throughout the six-year span. In contrast, net intangible assets experienced a steady decline, falling from 965 million USD in January 2018 to 515 million USD by April 2024, suggesting regular amortization with limited new additions.
- Non-Current Asset Stability
- Non-current assets showed a general pattern of stability after an initial decline from 41,120 million USD in January 2018 to a low of 35,643 million USD in July 2019. For the remainder of the period, these assets fluctuated within a narrow band, ending at 38,284 million USD in April 2024. This stability was underpinned by the consistent valuations of goodwill and long-term financing receivables.
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