Balance Sheet: Assets
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.
Kraft Foods Group Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets
US$ in millions
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-29).
Assets: Selected Items
| Balance sheet item | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold, or consumed within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer). Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. current assets increased from 2012 to 2013 but then decreased significantly from 2013 to 2014. |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | Amount after accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. property, plant and equipment, net decreased from 2012 to 2013 but then increased from 2013 to 2014 not reaching 2012 level. |
| Noncurrent assets | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold or consumed after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. noncurrent assets decreased from 2012 to 2013 and from 2013 to 2014. |
| Total assets | Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. total assets decreased from 2012 to 2013 and from 2013 to 2014. |
Current Assets: Selected Items
| Balance sheet item | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. cash and cash equivalents increased from 2012 to 2013 but then slightly decreased from 2013 to 2014 not reaching 2012 level. |
| Receivables, net of allowances | The total amount due to the entity within one year of the balance sheet date (or one operating cycle, if longer) from outside sources, including trade accounts receivable, notes and loans receivable, as well as any other types of receivables, net of allowances established for the purpose of reducing such receivables to an amount that approximates their net realizable value. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. receivables, net of allowances decreased from 2012 to 2013 but then increased from 2013 to 2014 not reaching 2012 level. |
| Inventories | Amount after valuation and LIFO reserves of inventory expected to be sold, or consumed within one year or operating cycle, if longer. | Kraft Foods Group Inc. inventories decreased from 2012 to 2013 but then increased from 2013 to 2014 not reaching 2012 level. |