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.

AmerisourceBergen Corp., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in thousands

	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2020	Sep 30, 2019	Sep 30, 2018	Sep 30, 2017
Accounts payable	40,192,890)	38,009,954)	31,705,055)	28,385,074)	26,836,873)	25,404,042)
Accrued expenses and other	2,214,592)	2,856,405)	1,646,763)	1,057,208)	881,157)	1,402,002)
Short-term debt	1,070,473)	300,213)	501,259)	139,012)	151,657)	12,121)
Liabilities held for sale	—)	192,069)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Current liabilities	43,477,955)	41,358,641)	33,853,077)	29,581,294)	27,869,687)	26,818,165)
Long-term debt, net of current portion	4,632,360)	6,383,711)	3,618,261)	4,033,880)	4,158,532)	3,429,934)
Long-term financing obligation	—)	—)	—)	320,518)	352,296)	351,635)
Accrued income taxes	320,274)	281,070)	284,845)	284,075)	299,600)	84,257)
Deferred income taxes	1,620,413)	1,685,296)	686,485)	1,860,195)	1,829,410)	2,492,612)
Other liabilities	976,583)	1,082,723)	472,855)	98,812)	110,352)	75,406)
Accrued litigation liability	5,461,758)	5,961,953)	6,198,943)	—)	—)	—)
Noncurrent liabilities	13,011,388)	15,394,753)	11,261,389)	6,597,480)	6,750,190)	6,433,844)
Total liabilities	56,489,343)	56,753,394)	45,114,466)	36,178,774)	34,619,877)	33,252,009)
Common stock, $0.01 par value	2,927)	2,907)	2,878)	2,853)	2,836)	2,806)
Additional paid-in capital	5,658,733)	5,465,104)	5,081,776)	4,850,142)	4,715,473)	4,517,635)
Retained earnings	2,977,646)	1,670,513)	518,335)	4,235,491)	3,720,582)	2,395,218)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,830,970)	(445,442)	(108,830)	(111,965)	(79,253)	(95,850)
Treasury stock, at cost	(7,019,895)	(6,469,728)	(6,513,083)	(6,097,604)	(5,426,814)	(4,755,348)
Total AmerisourceBergen Corporation stockholders’ equity (deficit)	(211,559)	223,354)	(1,018,924)	2,878,917)	2,932,824)	2,064,461)
Noncontrolling interests	282,832)	361,057)	179,288)	114,289)	117,137)	—)
Total stockholders’ equity	71,273)	584,411)	(839,636)	2,993,206)	3,049,961)	2,064,461)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	56,560,616)	57,337,805)	44,274,830)	39,171,980)	37,669,838)	35,316,470)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-09-30).

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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.	AmerisourceBergen Corp. current liabilities increased from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022.
Noncurrent liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	AmerisourceBergen Corp. noncurrent liabilities increased from 2020 to 2021 but then slightly decreased from 2021 to 2022 not reaching 2020 level.
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.	AmerisourceBergen Corp. total liabilities increased from 2020 to 2021 but then slightly decreased from 2021 to 2022.
Total AmerisourceBergen Corporation stockholders’ equity (deficit)	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.	AmerisourceBergen Corp. total AmerisourceBergen Corporation stockholders’ equity (deficit) increased from 2020 to 2021 but then slightly decreased from 2021 to 2022.

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity