Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31).
Balance sheet item | Description | The company |
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Current liabilities | Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer. | McDonald’s Corp. current liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023. |
Long-term liabilities | Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. | McDonald’s Corp. long-term liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) increased from 2021 to 2022 but then decreased significantly from 2022 to 2023. |
Total liabilities | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future. | McDonald’s Corp. total liabilities as a percentage of total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) increased from 2021 to 2022 but then decreased significantly from 2022 to 2023. |
Shareholders’ equity (deficit) | Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity. | McDonald’s Corp. shareholders’ equity (deficit) as a percentage of total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) decreased from 2021 to 2022 but then increased from 2022 to 2023 exceeding 2021 level. |