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.
Reynolds American Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
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 balance sheet experienced a fundamental structural transformation during the second quarter of 2015, characterized by a massive expansion in both total liabilities and shareholders' equity. Prior to this period, the company maintained a relatively stable capital structure, but the subsequent shift indicates a significant corporate event, likely a major acquisition or recapitalization, which permanently scaled the organization's financial footprint.
- Long-Term Debt and Noncurrent Liabilities
- Long-term debt exhibited a sharp increase in June 2015, rising from 4.63 billion USD in December 2014 to 17.55 billion USD. While this figure moderated to approximately 12.65 billion USD by March 2017, the debt level remained substantially higher than pre-2015 levels. Simultaneously, long-term deferred income taxes saw an unprecedented surge, jumping from 397 million USD in March 2015 to 9.81 billion USD in June 2015, remaining above 9.6 billion USD through the end of the period.
- Equity and Retained Earnings
- Shareholders' equity underwent a dramatic increase in mid-2015, rising from 4.52 billion USD in December 2014 to 18.33 billion USD in June 2015, eventually reaching 21.71 billion USD by March 2017. This growth was driven largely by a surge in paid-in capital, which increased from 6.20 billion USD to over 18 billion USD in the same period. Notably, the company transitioned from a persistent accumulated deficit to positive retained earnings in June 2015, with the balance growing from a deficit of 1.28 billion USD in March 2015 to a surplus of 3.79 billion USD by March 2017.
- Current Liability Volatility
- Current liabilities displayed significant quarterly fluctuations, primarily driven by tobacco settlement accruals. These accruals peaked at 3.45 billion USD in March 2016 before dropping to 1.70 billion USD by June 2016. Other current liabilities remained relatively stable between 744 million USD and 1.36 billion USD, although a spike in income taxes payable to 2.13 billion USD was observed in June 2015, coinciding with the broader balance sheet expansion.
- Overall Leverage and Capitalization
- The total balance sheet size expanded from approximately 15.85 billion USD in March 2015 to 54.56 billion USD in June 2015. Despite the substantial increase in total liabilities, which rose from 11.33 billion USD to a peak of 36.23 billion USD, the simultaneous expansion of the equity base helped maintain a diversified capitalization structure. By March 2017, total liabilities and shareholders' equity stabilized at 51.96 billion USD.
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