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.
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 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).
Total assets demonstrate a long-term expansionary trend, increasing from 51,103 million US$ in March 2021 to 60,037 million US$ by March 2026. This growth is driven primarily by increases in long-term assets and a strategic shift in the composition of non-current holdings.
- Current Asset Liquidity and Composition
- Cash and equivalents exhibit significant volatility throughout the period. A peak of 4,709 million US$ in December 2021 was followed by a sharp decline in early 2022, while a subsequent peak of 4,579 million US$ in December 2023 was followed by a precipitous drop to 838 million US$ by March 2024. Accounts and notes receivable show a consistent upward trajectory, rising from 1,734 million US$ in March 2021 to 2,432 million US$ in March 2026, suggesting an increase in credit extensions or revenue growth.
- Inventories remained remarkably stable, fluctuating within a narrow range between 43 million US$ and 61 million US$, indicating highly efficient inventory management relative to the overall scale of operations.
- Strategic Long-Term Investments
- A significant structural change occurred in investments in affiliates during the first quarter of 2024, where values jumped from 1,080 million US$ in December 2023 to 2,883 million US$ in March 2024. This elevated level was maintained through March 2026, ending at 2,865 million US$.
- Goodwill and other assets experienced steady growth. Goodwill increased from 2,746 million US$ in March 2021 to 3,349 million US$ in March 2026, while miscellaneous and other assets combined grew from approximately 10,955 million US$ to 18,912 million US$ over the same period, indicating continued acquisition activity or asset reclassifications.
- Infrastructure and Fixed Assets
- Net property and equipment increased from 24,550 million US$ in March 2021 to 28,245 million US$ in March 2026. While the cost of property and equipment rose from 41,082 million US$ to 49,477 million US$, this was partially offset by a corresponding increase in accumulated depreciation and amortization, which grew from 16,532 million US$ to 21,232 million US$.
- Lease right-of-use assets remained relatively stable for the first three years before entering a growth phase in 2024. These assets rose from a low of 12,193 million US$ in September 2022 to 14,513 million US$ by March 2026, reflecting an expansion of leased footprints.
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