Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Marathon Petroleum Corp., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 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), 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).
The capital structure of the organization has undergone a significant shift between March 2019 and September 2024, characterized by an increase in total liabilities and a concurrent reduction in total equity as a percentage of the total balance sheet. Total liabilities rose from 54.52% in early 2019 to 67.79% by the end of the period, indicating a higher reliance on debt and obligations to fund operations and capital allocation.
- Liability Composition and Trends
- Current liabilities have expanded from 15.71% to 26.39%. This growth is primarily driven by a substantial increase in accounts payable, which peaked at 23.26% in June 2022 before stabilizing around 16% in late 2024. Short-term debt obligations remained minimal for several years but showed a sharp increase in 2024, reaching a peak of 5.75% in June 2024, suggesting a shift in the maturity profile of the company's debt.
- Noncurrent liabilities have remained relatively stable in their proportional weight, fluctuating between 35.80% and 48.79%. Long-term debt due after one year consistently represented between 26% and 36% of the total structure, maintaining a steady baseline of long-term leverage.
- Equity Dynamics and Capital Allocation
- A dominant trend is the aggressive expansion of treasury stock, which moved from -14.58% in March 2019 to -64.28% in September 2024. This trajectory indicates a massive and sustained program of share repurchases, which has served as the primary driver for the reduction in total equity.
- Retained earnings exhibited significant volatility, dropping from 16.22% in December 2019 to a low of 4.65% in March 2021. However, a strong recovery followed, with retained earnings climbing steadily to 46.06% by September 2024, reflecting strong internal profit accumulation over the latter half of the analyzed period.
- Despite the growth in retained earnings, the impact of treasury stock acquisitions resulted in a decline in total stockholders' equity from 35.21% to 23.72%.
- Other Balance Sheet Observations
- Deferred income taxes have remained a consistent component of the liability structure, generally hovering between 5% and 7%. Defined benefit postretirement plan obligations saw a gradual decline from a peak of 2.49% in December 2020 to approximately 1.49% by September 2024.
- Redeemable noncontrolling interests were stable around 1% for most of the period but decreased sharply to 0.25% by the end of 2024.
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