Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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.
Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31).
The balance sheet of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. reflects a period of strategic shifts in liability management and capital structure between March 2014 and June 2019. Total liabilities exhibited a general upward trajectory, increasing from 16.0 billion USD in early 2014 to 20.3 billion USD by June 2019, while the overall balance sheet size expanded from 27.8 billion USD to 31.2 billion USD over the same period.
- Current Liabilities and Short-Term Obligations
- Current liabilities remained relatively stable between 4.3 billion USD and 5.7 billion USD for much of the analyzed period, but experienced a significant surge starting in 2018. By June 2019, current liabilities reached 7.5 billion USD. This increase is primarily driven by a substantial rise in short-term debt, which escalated from 76 million USD in March 2018 to 2.8 billion USD by June 2019. Trade payables also showed volatility, peaking at 3.6 billion USD in 2014, dipping during 2015, and recovering to approximately 2.6 billion USD by mid-2019.
- Noncurrent Liabilities and Long-Term Debt
- Noncurrent liabilities trended upward from 10.3 billion USD in March 2014 to a peak of 13.3 billion USD in September 2017, before stabilizing around 12.8 billion USD by June 2019. Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, remained consistent, fluctuating between 6.8 billion USD and 8.5 billion USD for the majority of the period. A notable structural change occurred in early 2019 with the introduction of operating lease liabilities, which appeared at 1.3 billion USD, likely reflecting changes in accounting standards for lease recognition.
- Stockholders' Equity and Capital Adjustments
- Total equity followed a U-shaped trajectory, declining from 11.8 billion USD in March 2014 to a low of 6.1 billion USD in December 2016, before recovering to 10.7 billion USD by June 2019. A significant reconfiguration of equity accounts occurred in September 2018. Prior to this date, treasury stock had grown aggressively to a negative 16.2 billion USD, and retained earnings had climbed to 17.9 billion USD. In September 2018, treasury stock was reduced to negative 1.1 billion USD, and retained earnings were adjusted downward to 6.5 billion USD, suggesting a major corporate action such as a share retirement or capital restructuring.
- Solvency and Capital Structure Trends
- The relationship between total liabilities and total equity shifted over time. In 2014, the liability-to-equity ratio was approximately 1.35. This ratio peaked during the 2016 equity low, where liabilities reached 17.3 billion USD against 6.1 billion USD in equity. By June 2019, the ratio settled at approximately 1.89, indicating a higher reliance on debt relative to equity than was present at the start of the period, despite the recovery in total equity value.
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