Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

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.

Mondelēz International Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019
Short-term borrowings	420)	2,299)	216)	29)	2,638)
Current portion of long-term debt	2,101)	383)	1,746)	2,741)	1,581)
Accounts payable	8,321)	7,562)	6,730)	6,209)	5,853)
Accrued marketing	2,683)	2,370)	2,097)	2,130)	1,836)
Accrued employment costs	1,158)	949)	822)	834)	769)
Other current liabilities	4,330)	3,168)	2,397)	3,216)	2,645)
Current liabilities	19,013)	16,731)	14,008)	15,159)	15,322)
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	16,887)	20,251)	17,550)	17,276)	14,207)
Long-term operating lease liabilities	537)	514)	459)	470)	403)
Deferred income taxes	3,292)	3,437)	3,444)	3,346)	3,338)
Accrued pension costs	437)	403)	681)	1,257)	1,190)
Accrued postretirement health care costs	124)	217)	301)	346)	387)
Other liabilities	2,735)	2,688)	2,326)	2,302)	2,351)
Noncurrent liabilities	24,012)	27,510)	24,761)	24,997)	21,876)
Total liabilities	43,025)	44,241)	38,769)	40,156)	37,198)
Common stock, no par value	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Additional paid-in capital	32,216)	32,143)	32,097)	32,070)	32,019)
Retained earnings	34,236)	31,481)	30,806)	28,402)	26,653)
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(10,946)	(10,947)	(10,624)	(10,690)	(10,258)
Treasury stock, at cost	(27,174)	(25,794)	(24,010)	(22,204)	(21,139)
Total Mondelēz International shareholders’ equity	28,332)	26,883)	28,269)	27,578)	27,275)
Noncontrolling interest	34)	37)	54)	76)	76)
Total equity	28,366)	26,920)	28,323)	27,654)	27,351)
Total liabilities and equity	71,391)	71,161)	67,092)	67,810)	64,549)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31).

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Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current liabilities	Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer.	Mondelēz International Inc. current liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Noncurrent liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Mondelēz International Inc. noncurrent liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 but then decreased significantly from 2022 to 2023.
Total liabilities	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.	Mondelēz International Inc. total liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 but then slightly decreased from 2022 to 2023.
Total Mondelēz International shareholders’ equity	Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.	Mondelēz International Inc. total Mondelēz International shareholders’ equity decreased from 2021 to 2022 but then increased from 2022 to 2023 exceeding 2021 level.

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity