Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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.
Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.
ONEOK Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
The financial trajectory of the company between March 2018 and June 2023 is characterized by a significant period of leverage expansion followed by a recent trend toward deleveraging and equity strengthening. Total liabilities grew from 9.56 billion USD in early 2018 to a peak of 18.41 billion USD in June 2022, before declining to 16.82 billion USD by June 2023. Concurrently, total equity experienced a period of contraction and stagnation before rebounding sharply in 2023.
- Long-Term Debt and Leverage
- A substantial increase in long-term debt, excluding current maturities, is observed from March 2018 (7.09 billion USD) to a peak of 14.28 billion USD in June 2020. Following this peak, the long-term debt load stabilized and slightly decreased, reaching 12.74 billion USD by June 2023. This indicates a strategic shift toward stabilizing the long-term capital structure after a period of aggressive borrowing.
- Current Liability Volatility
- Current liabilities exhibited significant fluctuations, rising from 2.05 billion USD in March 2018 to a maximum of 4.14 billion USD in September 2022. This growth was primarily driven by accounts payable, which peaked at 1.92 billion USD in June 2022. However, a sharp contraction is evident in the first half of 2023, with current liabilities falling to 1.52 billion USD, suggesting improved short-term obligation management or a reduction in operational accruals.
- Equity and Retained Earnings Recovery
- Total shareholders' equity remained relatively suppressed between 2018 and 2021, reaching a low of 5.56 billion USD in March 2020. A significant recovery is noted in 2023, with equity rising to 7.22 billion USD. This improvement is closely linked to the trend in retained earnings, which moved from a deficit of 142 million USD in March 2020 to a surplus of 711 million USD by June 2023, signaling a return to sustained profitability and capital retention.
- Deferred Tax Obligations
- A consistent and linear upward trend is observed in deferred income taxes, which increased from 54 million USD in March 2018 to 2.17 billion USD by June 2023. This steady growth suggests an accumulation of temporary differences between accounting and tax treatments over the analyzed period.
- Capital Structure Stability
- While the company's total assets and liabilities grew significantly over the five-year period, the most recent data suggests a strengthening of the balance sheet. The combined effect of reducing total liabilities and increasing shareholders' equity indicates an improvement in the company's solvency profile as of mid-2023.
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