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: 2026-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-31).
Total assets exhibit a significant long-term growth trajectory, increasing from 113,546 million US dollars in August 2020 to 303,259 million US dollars by August 2026. This expansion is characterized by a moderate growth phase between 2020 and 2023, followed by an accelerated increase in asset accumulation starting in 2024.
- Liquidity and Short-Term Assets
- Current assets demonstrate substantial volatility. After peaking at 55,567 million US dollars in May 2021, they declined to a low of 17,561 million US dollars in November 2022 before recovering to 55,630 million US dollars by August 2026. This volatility is primarily driven by cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities. Marketable securities saw a sharp decline from 15,003 million US dollars in August 2020 to levels consistently below 1,000 million US dollars from February 2022 onward. Conversely, cash and cash equivalents showed a cyclical pattern, dipping to 6,813 million US dollars in November 2022 before surging to a peak of 38,455 million US dollars in November 2025.
- Operational Asset Trends
- Trade receivables, net of allowances, show a consistent and steady upward trend, growing from 4,576 million US dollars in August 2020 to 11,394 million US dollars in August 2026. This steady increase suggests a proportional growth in credit sales or a shift in customer payment terms over the analyzed period.
- Fixed Asset Expansion
- The most prominent growth is observed in property, plant and equipment, net, which rose exponentially from 6,401 million US dollars in August 2020 to 127,845 million US dollars in August 2026. This represents the primary driver of the overall increase in total assets and indicates an aggressive investment strategy in physical infrastructure. Additionally, operating lease right-of-use assets appear in the final two quarters, contributing 33,967 million US dollars to the asset base by August 2026.
- Intangible Assets and Other Non-Current Items
- Goodwill remained stable at approximately 43,800 million US dollars until August 2022, where it increased sharply to 61,629 million US dollars, remaining relatively flat thereafter. Deferred tax assets decreased slightly over the long term, from 3,152 million US dollars in August 2020, peaking at 13,725 million US dollars in February 2021, and settling at 11,625 million US dollars by August 2026. Other non-current assets experienced a significant increase from 10,187 million US dollars in August 2020 to a peak of 33,115 million US dollars in February 2026, before normalizing to 11,925 million US dollars in August 2026.
The overall shift in the balance sheet composition indicates a strategic transition from a liquidity-heavy position toward a capital-intensive infrastructure model. Non-current assets now dominate the total asset structure, growing from 63,607 million US dollars in August 2020 to 247,629 million US dollars in August 2026.
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