Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
Based on: 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), 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).
The asset composition of the organization has undergone a significant structural transformation between March 2018 and September 2023, characterized by a pivot from a heavily fixed-asset-dominant balance sheet toward a more liquid posture.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- A substantial increase in liquidity is observed, particularly starting in early 2022. Cash and cash equivalents, which fluctuated between 8% and 20% from 2018 through 2021, surged to approximately 28.9% in March 2022 and remained elevated, ending at 25.19% in September 2023. This shift is reflected in the total current assets, which rose from a low of 12.71% in December 2020 to a range of 27% to 30% throughout 2022 and 2023. Accounts receivable showed a general long-term decline, dropping from peaks of 3.64% in 2019 to below 1% in 2021 and 2022, before a slight recovery to 1.76% by late 2023.
- Fixed and Non-Current Asset Reallocation
- Property and equipment, net, previously the most dominant asset class, exhibited a marked downward trend in its relative weight. From a peak of 72.61% in December 2020, this component declined to 52.38% by September 2023. Concurrently, leasehold interests in land saw an increase from approximately 5% in 2018 to a stable range of 9% to 10% from 2019 onwards. Non-current assets as a whole decreased from a high of 87.29% in December 2020 to 72.10% by the end of the period.
- Emergent Asset Categories and Strategic Shifts
- Several structural anomalies and new asset classes appear in the latter half of the period. Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale appeared in 2021, contributing roughly 15% to 16% of total assets before being removed in 2022. Additionally, loan receivables emerged as a new component in March 2022, maintaining a consistent weight of approximately 5.2% to 5.6% of total assets. Goodwill and intangible assets remained negligible until March 2023, when they spiked to approximately 2.4% to 2.8% of the total asset base.
Overall, the data indicates a strategic movement away from capital-intensive fixed asset concentration toward a balance sheet with significantly higher cash reserves and the introduction of diversified financial assets, such as loans and intangibles.
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