Common-Size Balance Sheet: Assets
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2011-12-31).
The asset composition shows a gradual shift from current to noncurrent assets over the five-year period. While current assets represented nearly half of the total asset base between 2011 and 2014, there is a notable decline to 44.16% by the end of 2015, coinciding with an increase in noncurrent assets to 55.84%.
- Liquidity and Cash Position
- A consistent downward trend is observed in cash and cash equivalents, which decreased from 13.85% of total assets in 2011 to 7.78% in 2015. This indicates a reduction in the proportion of highly liquid assets relative to the overall balance sheet size.
- Working Capital Components
- Receivables, net, peaked at 14.06% in 2013 before declining to 10.95% in 2015. Inventories remained a significant portion of the asset base, fluctuating between 15.74% and 18.71%, with a peak in 2012. Additionally, costs in excess of billings showed a general upward trajectory, rising from 2.32% in 2011 to a peak of 5.60% in 2014, suggesting an increase in unbilled project costs.
- Fixed and Long-term Asset Trends
- Property, plant and equipment, net, experienced a gradual increase from 9.58% in 2011 to 11.69% in 2015. Deferred income taxes within noncurrent assets also trended upward, moving from 1.05% to 1.83% over the same period.
- Intangible Asset Concentration
- The asset structure is heavily weighted toward intangible value. Goodwill remained relatively stable and significant, ranging between 22.78% and 26.12%. Intangibles, net, showed a slight decline from 15.96% in 2011 to 14.40% in 2015. Together, goodwill and intangibles consistently represented approximately 38% to 41% of the total asset base throughout the period analyzed.
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