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
Johnson Controls International plc, consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31).
Total assets experienced a notable contraction between late 2017 and mid-2019, declining from approximately 49.8 billion USD to a low of 40.4 billion USD in March 2020. Following this period, the asset base stabilized, fluctuating between 41 billion USD and 44 billion USD through March 2024. This overall trend suggests a strategic deleveraging or a significant divestiture of business segments during the 2018-2019 window.
- Liquidity and Working Capital Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibited extreme volatility. A substantial spike occurred in June 2019, where balances rose from 239 million USD to 3.68 billion USD, indicating a major liquidity event such as a divestiture or capital raise. Since then, cash levels have generally normalized, fluctuating between 800 million USD and 2 billion USD. Accounts receivable have remained relatively stable, though a recent upward trend is observed from 5.7 billion USD in September 2019 to 6.7 billion USD by March 2024. Inventories saw a sharp decline in December 2018, dropping from 3.2 billion USD to 2.0 billion USD, before gradually recovering to approximately 3 billion USD by late 2023.
- Fixed and Long-term Asset Shifts
- A dramatic reduction in net property, plant, and equipment occurred between September 2018 and December 2018, with values falling from 6.17 billion USD to 3.31 billion USD. This permanent shift in the asset base supports the conclusion of a significant structural divestment. Other non-current assets showed an opposing trend in the later years, increasing from 2.3 billion USD in December 2018 to 4.8 billion USD by March 2024.
- Intangible Assets and Goodwill
- Goodwill represents the largest single component of the balance sheet, remaining consistently high throughout the period, though it gradually declined from 19.7 billion USD in 2017 to 17.8 billion USD in March 2024. Other intangible assets have seen a steady downward trajectory, decreasing from 6.66 billion USD in December 2017 to 4.72 billion USD by March 2024, likely reflecting scheduled amortization.
- Divestiture Activity
- The presence of assets held for sale indicates intermittent strategic exits. A significant peak was observed in December 2018, with combined current and non-current assets held for sale totaling over 8 billion USD. Subsequent spikes in 2022, where non-current assets held for sale reached 1.1 billion USD in March, further suggest a continuing strategy of portfolio optimization.
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