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-K (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-29).
Total assets exhibited a consistent upward trajectory over the analyzed period, growing from 18,542 million USD in September 2018 to 24,917 million USD by June 2024. This overall expansion was driven by significant increases in both current and long-term asset bases, though the growth patterns varied across specific asset categories.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Management
- Cash and cash equivalents experienced extreme volatility, characterized by a massive surge between March 2020 and December 2020, peaking at 6,059 million USD in June 2020. Following this period of high liquidity, cash levels steadily declined, returning to a range of 598 to 962 million USD by late 2023 and early 2024. Conversely, accounts receivable and inventories showed a long-term growth trend. Accounts receivable, after a temporary dip during the 2020 period, rose from 4,242 million USD in 2018 to 5,324 million USD by June 2024. Inventories followed a similar upward path, increasing from 3,354 million USD to 4,678 million USD, suggesting an expansion in operational scale or a strategic increase in safety stock.
- Fixed Assets and Capital Investment
- Plant and equipment, net of depreciation, remained relatively stable until 2022, after which a more pronounced increase occurred, rising from 4,467 million USD in 2018 to 5,497 million USD by June 2024. This indicates a period of intensified capital expenditure toward physical infrastructure in the latter half of the analyzed timeframe.
- Intangible Assets and Strategic Growth
- Goodwill and intangible assets grew steadily, reflecting strategic acquisitions. Goodwill increased from 3,937 million USD in 2018 to 5,153 million USD by June 2024, with a notable jump occurring around October 2021. Intangibles, less amortization, similarly increased from 945 million USD to 1,188 million USD over the same period. Additionally, operating lease right-of-use assets, which entered the records in September 2019 at 627 million USD, grew to 923 million USD by June 2024.
- Long-term Asset Composition
- Total long-term assets rose from 9,900 million USD to 13,874 million USD. A significant portion of this growth is attributed to "Other long-term assets," which increased from 5,433 million USD in 2018 to 8,377 million USD in June 2024, representing one of the largest drivers of overall balance sheet expansion.
The transition of the balance sheet structure indicates a shift from a temporary high-cash position during the 2020-2021 period toward a more asset-heavy operational model. The simultaneous growth in receivables, inventories, and fixed assets suggests an increase in the company's operational capacity and market reach.
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