Stock Analysis on Net

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.

Target Corp., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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May 3, 2025 Feb 1, 2025 Nov 2, 2024 Aug 3, 2024 May 4, 2024 Feb 3, 2024 Oct 28, 2023 Jul 29, 2023 Apr 29, 2023 Jan 28, 2023 Oct 29, 2022 Jul 30, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 29, 2022 Oct 30, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 May 1, 2021 Jan 30, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Aug 1, 2020 May 2, 2020 Feb 1, 2020 Nov 2, 2019 Aug 3, 2019 May 4, 2019
Accounts payable 11,823 13,053 14,419 12,595 11,561 12,098 14,291 12,278 11,935 13,487 15,438 14,891 14,053 15,478 16,250 12,632 11,637 12,859 14,203 10,726 9,625 9,920 11,258 9,152 8,360
Accrued and other current liabilities 6,029 6,110 5,738 5,749 5,684 6,090 6,099 5,948 5,732 5,883 6,138 5,905 5,582 6,098 5,925 5,600 5,788 6,122 5,023 5,057 4,619 4,406 4,191 4,059 3,823
Current portion of long-term debt and other borrowings 1,139 1,636 1,635 1,640 2,614 1,116 1,112 1,106 200 130 2,207 1,649 1,089 171 1,176 1,190 1,173 1,144 131 109 168 161 1,159 1,153 1,056
Current liabilities 18,991 20,799 21,792 19,984 19,859 19,304 21,502 19,332 17,867 19,500 23,783 22,445 20,724 21,747 23,351 19,422 18,598 20,125 19,357 15,892 14,412 14,487 16,608 14,364 13,239
Long-term debt and other borrowings, excluding current portion 14,334 14,304 14,346 13,654 13,487 14,922 14,883 14,926 16,010 16,009 14,237 13,453 13,379 13,549 11,586 11,589 11,509 11,536 12,490 14,188 14,073 11,338 10,513 10,365 11,357
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities 3,564 3,582 3,418 3,444 3,392 3,279 3,031 2,798 2,621 2,638 2,590 2,543 2,581 2,493 2,494 2,462 2,337 2,218 2,196 2,241 2,249 2,275 2,208 2,111 2,064
Deferred income taxes 2,338 2,303 2,419 2,495 2,543 2,480 2,447 2,334 2,289 2,196 2,240 1,862 1,752 1,566 1,246 1,146 1,169 990 1,171 1,121 1,122 1,122 1,215 1,082 1,034
Other noncurrent liabilities 2,011 2,115 2,067 1,989 1,996 1,939 1,852 1,826 1,758 1,760 1,746 1,575 1,632 1,629 1,931 1,906 1,899 1,939 2,128 1,980 1,781 1,724 1,652 1,808 1,808
Noncurrent liabilities 22,247 22,304 22,250 21,582 21,418 22,620 22,213 21,884 22,678 22,603 20,813 19,433 19,344 19,237 17,257 17,103 16,914 16,683 17,985 19,530 19,225 16,459 15,588 15,366 16,263
Total liabilities 41,238 43,103 44,042 41,566 41,277 41,924 43,715 41,216 40,545 42,103 44,596 41,878 40,068 40,984 40,608 36,525 35,512 36,808 37,342 35,422 33,637 30,946 32,196 29,730 29,502
Common stock 38 38 38 38 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 39 39 40 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 43
Additional paid-in-capital 7,011 6,996 6,916 6,831 6,747 6,761 6,681 6,610 6,541 6,608 6,558 6,502 5,592 6,421 6,381 6,332 6,271 6,329 6,285 6,248 6,206 6,226 6,006 6,114 5,908
Retained earnings 8,360 8,090 8,009 8,030 7,519 7,093 6,225 5,767 5,448 5,005 4,631 4,421 5,495 6,920 8,069 9,200 9,372 8,825 7,789 7,121 5,775 6,433 6,270 6,461 5,958
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (462) (458) (474) (470) (465) (460) (430) (425) (422) (419) (208) (369) (352) (553) (687) (713) (725) (756) (797) (833) (854) (868) (773) (782) (792)
Shareholders’ investment 14,947 14,666 14,489 14,429 13,840 13,432 12,514 11,990 11,605 11,232 11,019 10,592 10,774 12,827 13,803 14,860 14,959 14,440 13,319 12,578 11,169 11,833 11,545 11,836 11,117
Total liabilities and shareholders’ investment 56,185 57,769 58,531 55,995 55,117 55,356 56,229 53,206 52,150 53,335 55,615 52,470 50,842 53,811 54,411 51,385 50,471 51,248 50,661 48,000 44,806 42,779 43,741 41,566 40,619

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-04).


Liabilities Trends

Overall, total liabilities have exhibited an increasing trend from May 2019 through November 2024, reaching a peak in October 2022 before showing some decline toward the most recent periods. Current liabilities increased substantially between May 2019 and October 2021, peaking at around 23,351 million USD, then fluctuated downward to approximately 18,991 million USD by May 2025. Similarly, long-term noncurrent liabilities grew steadily from about 16,263 million USD in May 2019 to over 22,000 million USD by early 2020s, with peaks and troughs but generally trending upward.

Accounts payable showed significant volatility, rising sharply from 8,360 million USD in May 2019 to a peak of 16,250 million USD in October 2021 followed by a general downward correction to 11,823 million USD by May 2025. Accrued and other current liabilities exhibited a steady increase over the period, growing from 3,823 million USD in May 2019 to over 6,000 million USD by late 2024 and early 2025. The current portion of long-term debt and other borrowings fluctuated widely, with a notable spike around October 2022 reaching over 2,200 million USD before reducing to roughly 1,139 million USD in February 2024, then fluctuating again.

Noncurrent operating lease liabilities steadily increased from around 2,064 million USD in 2019 to peak at over 3,500 million USD in late 2024, indicating growing lease obligations. Deferred income taxes experienced a gradual upward trend from approximately 1,034 million USD in mid-2019 to just over 2,500 million USD by late 2023, with some fluctuations thereafter. Other noncurrent liabilities remained mostly stable with minor fluctuations in the range of 1,600 - 2,100 million USD.

Shareholders’ Investment Trends

Shareholders' investment increased from approximately 11,117 million USD in May 2019 to a higher level near 14,947 million USD in May 2025. Retained earnings showed substantial growth over time, with some volatility: starting at 5,958 million USD in May 2019, rising to above 7,500 million USD by mid-2021, experiencing a dip in early 2022, and recovering to around 8,360 million USD by May 2025. Additional paid-in capital remained relatively steady with slight increases, fluctuating around the 6,000 - 7,000 million USD range.

Common stock value was stable, holding close to 38-43 million USD throughout the period. The accumulated other comprehensive loss showed a moderate decrease in negative amounts over time, moving from approximately -792 million USD in 2019 to about -462 million USD by May 2025, indicating a partial mitigation of other comprehensive losses.

Balance Sheet Composition Insights

The total of liabilities and shareholders’ investment rose steadily from about 40,619 million USD in May 2019, culminating near 58,000 million USD at its peak in late 2024, before reducing slightly to about 56,185 million USD by May 2025. This reflects overall growth in the company’s financing structure, both debt and equity.

The growth in liabilities, especially current liabilities and lease obligations, suggests increased operational financing or timing differences in payments over the periods. Meanwhile, shareholders’ equity growth indicates retained profits and possibly capital contributions supporting the balance sheet strength.