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: 2024-06-30), 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).
Total assets exhibited a period of significant volatility between 2019 and 2021, primarily driven by liquidity management during the global pandemic, before stabilizing between 15.2 billion and 15.9 billion US dollars from 2022 through June 2024. The overall asset composition remains heavily weighted toward intangible assets and goodwill, reflecting an asset-light business model.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- A substantial increase in cash and cash equivalents is observed starting in March 2020, peaking at 3.5 billion US dollars in June 2020. This surge drove current assets to a high of 4.58 billion US dollars during the second and third quarters of 2020. Following this peak, a steady normalization occurred, with cash levels declining to approximately 731 million US dollars by June 2024, although a temporary spike to 1.3 billion US dollars was noted in March 2024.
- Strategic Intangible Asset Growth
- There is a clear upward trajectory in the value of management and franchise contracts, net, which grew from 841 million US dollars in March 2019 to 1.21 billion US dollars by June 2024. This growth indicates a strategic expansion of the company's franchise and management portfolio. In contrast, goodwill and brand values remained remarkably stable over the five-year period, with goodwill hovering around 5 billion US dollars and brands maintaining a value near 4.8 to 4.9 billion US dollars.
- Fixed and Operating Assets
- Property and equipment, net, showed a general downward trend from 412 million US dollars in March 2019 to a low of 254 million US dollars in September 2022, before recovering to 378 million US dollars by June 2024. Similarly, operating lease right-of-use assets declined from 916 million US dollars in early 2019 to 610 million US dollars by mid-2024, suggesting a reduction in leased asset footprints or the expiration of previous lease obligations.
- Working Capital and Receivables
- Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses, demonstrated a long-term growth pattern. After a dip during the 2020 pandemic period to 771 million US dollars in December 2020, receivables climbed steadily, reaching 1.58 billion US dollars by June 2024. This increase aligns with a broader recovery in business activity and a growth in the scale of operations.
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