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.
Assets: Selected Items
Current Assets: Selected Items
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31).
The asset profile of the organization underwent a fundamental structural transformation during the analyzed period, most notably between March 31, 2015, and June 30, 2015. Total assets grew from a range of 15 billion to 16 billion US dollars between 2012 and early 2015, before surging to approximately 54.5 billion US dollars in the second quarter of 2015 and stabilizing around 52 billion US dollars by March 31, 2017.
- Current Asset Dynamics
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibited significant volatility throughout the period. While values fluctuated between 966 million and 4,441 million US dollars, a general increase in liquidity was observed from 2015 onward. Inventories showed a consistent upward trajectory, rising from 972 million US dollars in March 2012 to 1,592 million US dollars by March 2017, suggesting an expansion in operational scale or strategic inventory management.
- Accounts receivable remained relatively stable, though a notable spike in related party receivables occurred in the second half of 2016, peaking at 122 million US dollars in September 2016 before reverting to 39 million US dollars by March 2017.
- Noncurrent Asset Expansion
- The most substantial change occurred within intangible assets and goodwill. Trademarks and other intangible assets shifted abruptly from approximately 2.4 billion US dollars in March 2015 to over 28.3 billion US dollars in June 2015, maintaining a level near 29.4 billion US dollars through the end of the period. Similarly, goodwill doubled from roughly 8 billion US dollars to 17 billion US dollars in the same quarter, subsequently settling around 16 billion US dollars.
- Property, plant, and equipment demonstrated slow but steady organic growth, increasing from 1.06 billion US dollars in March 2012 to 1.35 billion US dollars in March 2017, reflecting incremental investments in physical infrastructure.
- Balance Sheet Composition and Trends
- Prior to June 2015, the balance sheet was characterized by a relatively balanced distribution between current and noncurrent assets. Following the second quarter of 2015, the asset base became heavily weighted toward noncurrent assets, specifically intangibles and goodwill, which together constituted the vast majority of the total asset value.
- Other assets and deferred charges showed a marked decline in the latter part of the period, falling from a peak of 489 million US dollars in June 2015 to 71 million US dollars by March 2017.
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