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: 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).
Total assets exhibited a pattern of relative stability with periodic fluctuations, maintaining a range between approximately 19.8 billion and 23.3 billion US dollars. A notable contraction in asset value occurred throughout 2020 and 2021, coinciding with a reduction in non-current assets and a temporary decline in liquidity, before recovering to 22.1 billion US dollars by September 30, 2023.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents experienced significant volatility. Following a period of relative stability between 3.8 billion and 4.7 billion US dollars from 2018 to 2019, balances declined to a low of 1.6 billion US dollars by September 2021. A sharp recovery was observed in March 2022, with cash levels surging to 6.4 billion US dollars and remaining elevated above 5.5 billion US dollars through the remainder of the period.
- Accounts receivable followed a similar trajectory, peaking at 844 million US dollars in December 2019 before falling sharply to a low of 147 million US dollars by March 2022. A consistent recovery trend has since been observed, with the balance increasing to 390 million US dollars by September 2023.
- Fixed and Non-Current Asset Analysis
- Property and equipment, net, showed a general downward trend. Values remained steady around 15 billion US dollars through 2020, followed by a step-down to approximately 12.1 billion US dollars in March 2021. The balance continued a gradual decline, stabilizing near 11.6 billion US dollars by the end of the analyzed period.
- Leasehold interests in land increased from approximately 1.2 billion US dollars in early 2018 to a peak of 2.2 billion US dollars in June 2019, remaining relatively constant around 2.1 billion US dollars thereafter.
- Deferred income taxes, net, decreased significantly from 1.1 billion US dollars in early 2018 to 127 million US dollars by September 2023, reflecting a long-term downward trend.
- Strategic Asset Reclassifications and Anomalies
- A temporary increase in current assets was observed between March 2021 and December 2021, driven by the reporting of approximately 3.2 billion US dollars in current assets of discontinued operations held for sale.
- The balance sheet introduced a loan receivable of approximately 1.2 billion US dollars starting in March 2022, which remained stable through September 2023.
- A substantial increase in goodwill and intangible assets occurred in March 2023, where the balance rose from 19 million US dollars to 545 million US dollars, suggesting a significant acquisition or asset revaluation event.
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