Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
International Business Machines Corp., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).
The capital structure demonstrates a gradual shift toward a higher proportion of equity financing over the analyzed period. Total liabilities decreased from 85.53% of total liabilities and equity in March 2021 to 77.29% by June 2026. Conversely, total equity increased from 14.47% to 22.71% over the same timeframe, indicating a reduction in overall financial leverage.
- Liability Composition and Trends
- Noncurrent liabilities exhibited a steady decline from 60.94% in March 2021 to 53.68% in June 2026. A primary driver of this reduction was the significant decrease in retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations, which fell from 11.67% to 5.66%. Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, showed more volatility, peaking at 40.28% in March 2023 before stabilizing at 36.96% by June 2026.
- Current liabilities remained relatively stable, fluctuating between a high of 25.55% in March 2022 and a low of 21.48% in September 2024. Deferred income within current liabilities remained a consistent component, generally maintaining a range between 8.50% and 10.90%.
- Equity Dynamics
- The equity structure is characterized by high retained earnings and significant treasury stock activity. Retained earnings remained substantial, though they experienced a general decline from a peak of 120.23% in June 2022 to 102.52% by June 2026. This was mirrored by the treasury stock account, which reflects aggressive share repurchases, with values ranging from -109.37% to -134.70%.
- A positive trend is observed in the accumulated other comprehensive loss, which improved from -19.01% in March 2021 to -9.96% by June 2026, contributing to the overall increase in total stockholders' equity.
- Short-term Obligations and Operating Liabilities
- Short-term debt showed periodic fluctuations, reaching a peak of 6.02% in June 2025 before descending to 3.80% in June 2026. Accounts payable and compensation and benefits obligations remained stable as a percentage of the total balance sheet, typically staying below 3% each.
- Operating lease liabilities, both current and noncurrent, showed a gradual downward trend, with noncurrent operating lease liabilities decreasing from 2.27% in March 2021 to 1.65% in June 2026.
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