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.
Sysco Corp., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
US$ in millions
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 liabilities exhibit a sustained upward trajectory over the analyzed period, increasing from 15,867 million USD in September 2018 to 23,026 million USD by June 2024. This growth is characterized by a significant acceleration during 2020, where total liabilities rose from approximately 16,810 million USD in December 2019 to a peak of 21,435 million USD by June 2020. This period marked a fundamental shift in the company's leverage profile that persisted through the remainder of the timeline.
- Current Liability Dynamics
- Current liabilities grew from 6,641 million USD to 9,241 million USD. A primary driver of this increase is accounts payable, which rose from 4,218 million USD to 6,290 million USD, suggesting an expansion in operational scale or a shift in supplier payment terms. Current maturities of long-term debt showed high volatility, peaking at 1,544 million USD in June 2020 before stabilizing at lower levels in 2023, before rising again to 469 million USD in June 2024.
- Long-Term Debt and Obligations
- Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, experienced a sharp increase in 2020, jumping from 8,093 million USD in December 2019 to 12,902 million USD in June 2020. While this figure fluctuated between 10,000 million USD and 12,000 million USD in subsequent years, it remained substantially higher than pre-2020 levels, ending at 11,513 million USD in June 2024. Long-term operating lease liabilities also showed a gradual increase, rising from 546 million USD in September 2019 to 838 million USD by June 2024.
- Shareholders' Equity and Capital Management
- Total shareholders' equity has been volatile and generally declined from 2,639 million USD in September 2018 to 1,860 million USD in June 2024. A critical factor in this trend is the aggressive acquisition of treasury stock, which increased from 8,706 million USD to 11,734 million USD. This share repurchase activity has largely offset the growth in retained earnings, which climbed from 10,592 million USD to 12,260 million USD over the same period.
The overall financial posture indicates a strategic shift toward higher leverage and aggressive capital return to shareholders. The expansion of the balance sheet is driven by both increased operational liabilities and a permanent step-up in long-term borrowing since 2020. Despite the growth in accumulated retained earnings, the combination of treasury stock buybacks and increased total liabilities has resulted in a lower equity base relative to the total capital structure.
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