Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Moderna Inc., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 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).
The financial structure exhibits a dramatic transition from a capital-intensive research and development phase to a period of hyper-growth characterized by significant advance payments, eventually stabilizing into a profit-driven equity model. The most notable shift occurs between mid-2020 and early 2022, during which the composition of liabilities and equity underwent extreme volatility before returning to a state of higher equity solvency.
- Liability Dynamics and Deferred Revenue
- Total liabilities experienced a massive surge, peaking at 69.77% of total liabilities and stockholders’ equity in March 2021, compared to approximately 20% in 2019. This spike was almost entirely driven by a rapid increase in current liabilities, specifically deferred revenue, which climbed from 1.30% in June 2020 to a peak of 59.33% in March 2021. This pattern indicates a period of substantial advance payments for future deliverables. Following this peak, deferred revenue steadily declined, reaching 2.40% by September 2024, as these obligations were likely recognized as earned revenue.
- Equity Composition and Profitability
- A fundamental shift is observed in the drivers of stockholders' equity. In 2019, equity was primarily sustained by additional paid-in capital (peaking at 167.95% of the total balance sheet) while burdened by significant accumulated deficits (reaching -94.15% in December 2019). By June 2021, the company transitioned to positive retained earnings (10.88%), which continued to grow as a percentage of the total balance sheet, peaking at 77.77% in June 2023. Concurrently, the relative weight of additional paid-in capital plummeted to below 5% by 2024, signaling that organic profit generation replaced external capital injections as the primary source of equity.
- Non-Current Obligations and Lease Trends
- Non-current liabilities remained a relatively small component of the total capital structure, generally fluctuating between 3% and 17%. However, a gradual upward trend is noted in non-current lease obligations toward the end of the period. Operating lease liabilities, non-current, rose from 0.30% in September 2022 to 4.30% by September 2024, and financing lease liabilities increased from 0.43% in December 2021 to 3.95% by September 2024. This suggests an increase in long-term infrastructure or equipment investments.
- Overall Solvency and Capital Structure
- The balance sheet demonstrates a return to a highly equity-heavy structure. After a period of high leverage (driven by deferred revenue) where total liabilities reached nearly 70%, the proportion of stockholders' equity recovered from a low of 30.23% in March 2021 to 75.47% by September 2024. This trajectory reflects a movement from a precarious funding position to a robust financial base supported by accumulated earnings.
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