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.

Yahoo! Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

	Mar 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016	Sep 30, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	Mar 31, 2016	Dec 31, 2015	Sep 30, 2015	Jun 30, 2015	Mar 31, 2015	Dec 31, 2014	Sep 30, 2014	Jun 30, 2014	Mar 31, 2014	Dec 31, 2013	Sep 30, 2013	Jun 30, 2013	Mar 31, 2013	Dec 31, 2012	Sep 30, 2012	Jun 30, 2012	Mar 31, 2012
Cash and cash equivalents	1,328,913)	1,119,469)	1,411,308)	1,325,404)	1,479,604)	1,631,911)	1,281,160)	1,188,169)	1,174,657)	2,667,916)	10,345,285)	1,114,586)	1,198,016)	2,077,590)	842,428)	1,142,223)	1,174,633)	2,667,778)	7,560,400)	1,539,269)	1,719,968)
Short-term marketable securities	5,582,149)	5,700,925)	5,189,207)	5,055,683)	4,497,046)	4,225,112)	4,600,889)	4,636,152)	4,109,789)	5,327,412)	848,558)	1,629,869)	1,741,494)	1,330,304)	987,870)	1,486,591)	1,838,527)	1,516,175)	852,816)	371,204)	489,912)
Accounts receivable, net	940,311)	1,084,267)	945,659)	991,185)	878,135)	1,047,504)	980,301)	985,105)	924,411)	1,032,704)	831,393)	824,472)	879,992)	979,559)	844,118)	941,811)	943,658)	1,008,448)	953,671)	1,040,893)	941,590)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	176,351)	221,499)	244,782)	224,729)	369,439)	602,792)	733,723)	771,506)	813,790)	671,075)	554,271)	588,822)	662,372)	638,404)	891,807)	887,677)	644,204)	460,312)	318,892)	318,932)	331,327)
Current assets	8,027,724)	8,126,160)	7,790,956)	7,597,001)	7,224,224)	7,507,319)	7,596,073)	7,580,932)	7,022,647)	9,699,107)	12,579,507)	4,157,749)	4,481,874)	5,025,857)	3,566,223)	4,458,302)	4,601,022)	5,652,713)	9,685,779)	3,270,298)	3,482,797)
Long-term marketable securities	1,110,166)	1,089,707)	1,170,962)	1,284,026)	1,153,846)	975,961)	940,052)	1,169,671)	1,618,544)	2,230,892)	1,056,992)	1,566,120)	1,631,819)	1,589,500)	1,384,638)	2,161,814)	2,382,026)	1,838,425)	1,013,555)	490,570)	441,688)
Alibaba Group Preference Shares	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	830,925)	816,261)	802,609)	—)	—)
Property and equipment, net	1,177,723)	1,209,937)	1,273,327)	1,326,242)	1,496,510)	1,547,323)	1,590,439)	1,524,539)	1,483,772)	1,487,684)	1,483,797)	1,470,272)	1,479,406)	1,488,518)	1,536,362)	1,579,822)	1,612,690)	1,685,845)	1,671,234)	1,663,665)	1,726,858)
Goodwill	430,463)	415,809)	437,609)	431,366)	815,979)	808,114)	5,266,594)	5,146,579)	5,140,270)	5,163,654)	4,860,768)	4,693,656)	4,699,319)	4,679,648)	4,704,859)	4,582,588)	3,803,433)	3,826,749)	3,910,245)	3,887,360)	3,910,932)
Intangible assets, net	142,424)	161,644)	181,998)	202,116)	316,251)	347,269)	397,181)	412,235)	441,869)	470,842)	395,662)	364,332)	393,355)	417,808)	427,351)	398,300)	136,610)	153,973)	173,918)	196,729)	226,202)
Other long-term assets and investments	279,267)	206,059)	218,585)	245,123)	261,107)	342,390)	392,744)	475,497)	510,418)	550,798)	265,812)	175,872)	178,319)	177,281)	165,866)	171,210)	239,427)	289,130)	548,182)	209,669)	223,956)
Investment in Alibaba Group	41,359,859)	33,680,879)	40,577,385)	30,504,958)	30,313,175)	31,172,361)	22,618,853)	31,555,927)	31,927,985)	39,867,789)	34,079,787)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Investments in equity interests	2,841,100)	3,192,884)	3,020,804)	2,623,463)	2,577,137)	2,503,229)	2,333,063)	2,326,436)	2,346,201)	2,489,578)	2,575,274)	4,028,812)	3,728,823)	3,426,347)	3,120,450)	2,874,387)	2,884,846)	2,840,157)	2,608,605)	4,939,938)	4,950,807)
Noncurrent assets	47,341,002)	39,956,919)	46,880,670)	36,617,294)	36,934,005)	37,696,647)	33,538,926)	42,610,884)	43,469,059)	52,261,237)	44,718,092)	12,299,064)	12,111,041)	11,779,102)	11,339,526)	11,768,121)	11,889,957)	11,450,540)	10,728,348)	11,387,931)	11,480,443)
Total assets	55,368,726)	48,083,079)	54,671,626)	44,214,295)	44,158,229)	45,203,966)	41,134,999)	50,191,816)	50,491,706)	61,960,344)	57,297,599)	16,456,813)	16,592,915)	16,804,959)	14,905,749)	16,226,423)	16,490,979)	17,103,253)	20,414,127)	14,658,229)	14,963,240)

The asset structure of the organization underwent a fundamental transformation beginning in the third quarter of 2014, shifting from a balance sheet centered on operational assets to one dominated by a massive strategic equity investment. Total assets increased from $14.96 billion in March 2012 to a peak of $61.96 billion in December 2014, eventually settling at $55.37 billion by March 2017.

Liquidity and Current Asset Trends: Current assets exhibited high volatility, characterized by a significant spike in September 2014 to $12.58 billion. This was primarily driven by cash and cash equivalents, which peaked at $10.35 billion in the same period before normalizing to a range between $1.1 billion and $1.6 billion. A notable shift in liquidity management is observed starting in December 2014, where short-term marketable securities increased from a historical average of under $2 billion to a sustained level exceeding $4 billion through March 2017.
Strategic Investment Impact: The most substantial change in the asset composition was the introduction of the investment in Alibaba Group in September 2014, valued initially at $34.08 billion. This asset became the primary component of noncurrent assets, which jumped from $12.30 billion in June 2014 to $44.72 billion in September 2014. The valuation of this investment remained the dominant driver of the total balance sheet, fluctuating between a low of $22.62 billion in June 2015 and a high of $41.36 billion by March 2017.
Fixed and Intangible Asset Analysis: Operational noncurrent assets showed a general decline over the period. Property and equipment, net, decreased steadily from $1.73 billion in March 2012 to $1.18 billion in March 2017. A significant write-down is evident in the goodwill account; after remaining relatively stable between $3.8 billion and $5.2 billion for several years, goodwill dropped sharply to $808 million in December 2015 and further declined to $430 million by March 2017, suggesting a major impairment event.
Other Asset Observations: Accounts receivable remained relatively stable, fluctuating within a narrow band between $824 million and $1.08 billion. Prepaid expenses and other current assets peaked in 2013 but entered a clear downward trajectory after March 2015, falling from $814 million to $176 million by March 2017. Similarly, intangible assets, net, declined from a peak of $427 million in September 2013 to $142 million by the end of the analyzed period.

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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)

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Balance Sheet: Assets
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