Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Stryker Corp., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).
The capital structure exhibits a consistent balance between liabilities and shareholders' equity, with total liabilities generally fluctuating between 52% and 62% of the total balance sheet. A period of increased leverage was observed toward the end of 2020, where total liabilities reached a peak of 61.89% on December 31, 2020, coinciding with the lowest point of total shareholders' equity at 38.11%.
- Debt and Liability Trends
- Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, represents a substantial portion of the balance sheet, typically ranging from 26% to 39%. A gradual increase in the proportion of long-term debt was observed from 2018 through early 2021, peaking at 39.03% in March 2021 before settling at 38.42% by March 2022.
- Current liabilities displayed notable volatility, peaking at 21.69% in March 2018. Following this peak, current liabilities stabilized, generally remaining between 12% and 15% for the remainder of the analyzed period.
- Current maturities of debt showed sporadic spikes, most notably reaching 8.96% in March 2018, followed by a significant reduction to near-zero levels throughout 2021, before a slight increase to 0.59% in March 2022.
- Equity Composition and Stability
- Total shareholders' equity fluctuated between a high of 48.52% in September 2017 and a low of 38.11% in December 2020. By March 2022, equity had recovered to 41.64%.
- Retained earnings constitute the largest component of equity but have shown a general downward trend in their relative proportion of the total balance sheet, declining from 43.39% in March 2017 to 37.47% in March 2022.
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss remained consistently negative throughout the period, with values oscillating between -1.33% and -3.37%, indicating persistent unrealized losses that marginally offset total equity.
- Operational Liability Patterns
- Accounts payable remained relatively stable, typically hovering between 2.0% and 3.3% of the total balance sheet.
- Accrued compensation demonstrated cyclicality, often peaking in the fourth quarter of each year (e.g., 3.78% in December 2017 and 3.17% in December 2019) before declining in the first quarter of the following year.
- Accrued product liabilities appeared in the records starting in late 2020, stabilizing between 1.16% and 1.51% of the total liabilities and shareholders' equity.
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