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.
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Broadcom Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-02-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-05), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-02).
A significant structural shift in the balance sheet is evident beginning in February 2024, marked by a substantial expansion in both total liabilities and stockholders' equity. Prior to this period, the financial position remained relatively stable, with total liabilities and equity fluctuating between 71 billion and 81 billion US dollars. Following the February 2024 pivot, total liabilities and equity surged to a peak of 177.9 billion US dollars, reflecting a major capital event or acquisition that fundamentally altered the company's scale.
- Liability Trends and Composition
- Current liabilities remained consistent between 6.2 billion and 7.5 billion US dollars from 2020 through late 2023. A sharp increase occurred on February 4, 2024, where current liabilities rose to 20.4 billion US dollars, primarily driven by a spike in other current liabilities from 3.6 billion to 15.3 billion US dollars. While these figures moderated slightly, they remained elevated above 16 billion US dollars through August 2026.
- Long-term debt exhibited a similar pattern, holding steady around 38 billion to 42 billion US dollars until February 2024, when it peaked at 73.5 billion US dollars. A gradual deleveraging trend is observed thereafter, with long-term debt declining to 57.2 billion US dollars by August 2, 2026, indicating a systematic reduction of long-term obligations following the 2024 expansion.
- Equity and Capitalization Analysis
- Stockholders' equity experienced a dramatic increase in February 2024, jumping from 24 billion US dollars in late 2023 to 70.3 billion US dollars. This growth was predominantly fueled by an increase in additional paid-in capital, which rose from approximately 21.1 billion US dollars to 70.1 billion US dollars during the same window, suggesting a significant issuance of equity.
- Retained earnings showed considerable volatility, including a dip into a deficit of 1.9 billion US dollars in November 2024. However, a strong recovery followed, with retained earnings growing aggressively to reach 22.2 billion US dollars by August 2, 2026. This upward trajectory in the later periods suggests a transition toward strong organic profit retention.
- Overall Solvency and Leverage Patterns
- The ratio of total liabilities to stockholders' equity shifted noticeably. In the pre-2024 period, liabilities were roughly double the equity. Post-2024, despite the increase in total debt, the massive expansion of the equity base provided a more balanced capital structure. By August 2, 2026, total liabilities stood at 88.5 billion US dollars against stockholders' equity of 99.7 billion US dollars, marking a transition to an equity-heavy balance sheet.