Statement of Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income is the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owners sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2026-04-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-04-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-04-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-04-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-04-30).
The financial results from 2021 through 2026 demonstrate a pattern of volatility in both net income and other comprehensive income, with a notable recovery in profitability in the latter part of the period. While net income exhibits a general upward trend toward the end of the observed timeframe, the total comprehensive income attributable to the company is subject to significant swings driven by currency translation and hedging activities.
- Net Income Performance
- Net income experienced a sharp increase from 3,630 million US$ in 2021 to a peak of 5,062 million US$ in 2022. This was followed by a period of contraction, reaching a low of 3,705 million US$ in 2024. A subsequent recovery trend is observed in 2025 and 2026, with net income rising to 4,837 million US$ by the end of the period.
- Comprehensive Income Components
- Comprehensive income is heavily influenced by volatile components, most notably translation adjustments and net investment hedges. Translation adjustments showed extreme variance, moving from a gain of 1,699 million US$ in 2021 to a loss of 2,086 million US$ in 2022, before stabilizing into smaller fluctuations in subsequent years.
- Net investment hedges acted as a significant countervailing force to translation adjustments. This is most evident in 2022, where a gain of 2,299 million US$ largely offset the substantial translation loss. A similar inverse relationship is observed in 2025, where a loss of 1,474 million US$ in hedges occurred alongside a positive translation adjustment of 853 million US$.
- Other Comprehensive Income Factors
- Unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges and investment securities contributed marginally to the overall volatility, with cash flow hedges fluctuating between losses of 519 million US$ in 2021 and gains of 727 million US$ in 2022. Retirement obligation adjustments remained mostly positive until a decline to -110 million US$ in 2025.
- Noncontrolling Interests
- The comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests remained consistently negative and immaterial relative to total comprehensive income, fluctuating within a narrow range between -17 million and -34 million US$ throughout the six-year period.
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