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-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 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).
Total assets exhibited a substantial upward trajectory over the analyzed period, increasing from 10,026 million USD in March 2018 to 20,309 million USD by June 2023. This growth is characterized by a marked acceleration beginning in early 2021, nearly doubling the total asset base over five years.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Cash and cash equivalents showed significant volatility but concluded the period with a strong upward trend, rising from 1,372 million USD in March 2018 to 3,080 million USD in June 2023. A notable liquidity surge occurred during 2020, with levels exceeding 2,000 million USD for the first time. Total current assets followed a similar expansion, growing from 4,830 million USD in March 2018 to 7,835 million USD by June 2023, driven largely by the accumulation of cash and fluctuating levels of receivables and inventories.
- Fixed Asset Expansion and Capital Investment
- Net property, plant, and equipment experienced a significant structural increase between December 2020 and March 2021, jumping from 5,444 million USD to 7,563 million USD. This upward trend persisted through June 2023, reaching 9,436 million USD. This indicates a period of aggressive capital expenditure or asset revaluation, as gross property, plant, and equipment rose from 17,704 million USD in December 2020 to 22,465 million USD by June 2023.
- Strategic Growth and Intangible Assets
- A distinct shift in asset composition occurred in the first quarter of 2021 with the introduction of goodwill, which rose from zero to 909 million USD. Simultaneously, net intangibles increased from 129 million USD in December 2020 to 539 million USD in March 2021. These changes strongly suggest a significant acquisition or strategic merger during this timeframe, which permanently expanded the noncurrent asset base.
- Working Capital Components
- Inventories demonstrated a general increase from 1,824 million USD in March 2018 to 2,540 million USD in June 2023, despite a temporary decline during mid-2020. Receivables, less allowance, peaked in June 2022 at 2,428 million USD before stabilizing around 1,698 million USD by June 2023. The overall trend reflects an expansion of operational scale and a corresponding increase in the assets required to support that growth.
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