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.
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02).
Total assets demonstrate a consistent long-term growth trajectory, increasing from 25,415 million USD in May 2020 to 37,115 million USD by August 2026. This expansion is driven by a combination of strategic capital investments in long-term assets and periodic fluctuations in current asset levels, specifically within cash reserves and inventory.
- Liquidity and Cash Management
- Cash and cash equivalents exhibited significant volatility during the early period of the analysis, peaking at 10,582 million USD in October 2020. This was followed by a gradual decline to a trough of 3,365 million USD in July 2022. In subsequent years, liquidity stabilized, fluctuating between 4,200 million USD and 6,200 million USD, ending the period at 6,004 million USD in August 2026.
- Inventory Dynamics
- Merchandise inventories show a pronounced seasonal pattern with cyclical peaks. Notable increases occurred in October 2022 (8,329 million USD), November 2024 (8,371 million USD), and November 2025 (9,353 million USD). These peaks are typically followed by draw-downs, reflecting the retail cycle of inventory accumulation prior to peak sales periods. There is an overall upward trend in the baseline inventory levels over the six-year period.
- Long-Term Capital Investment
- A steady and linear increase is observed in Net Property at Cost, which rose from 5,202 million USD in May 2020 to 8,567 million USD by August 2026. Similarly, Operating Lease Right of Use assets grew from 9,074 million USD to 11,154 million USD. This concurrent growth suggests a sustained expansion of the physical store footprint and ongoing infrastructure investment.
- Current Asset Composition
- Current assets have fluctuated in alignment with cash and inventory cycles, ranging from a low of 10,296 million USD to a high of 16,654 million USD. Accounts receivable remained relatively stable, generally staying between 400 million USD and 665 million USD, indicating consistent credit management. Federal, state, and foreign income taxes recoverable showed a general downward trend from early 2020 highs, stabilizing at lower levels in the later years.
- Long-Term Asset Growth
- Long-term assets expanded from 15,119 million USD in May 2020 to 21,786 million USD in August 2026. This growth is primarily attributed to the increase in property and lease assets, while goodwill remained nearly constant throughout the entire period, indicating a lack of significant new acquisitions.
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