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.
Based on: 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).
- Cash and Cash Equivalents
- The cash and cash equivalents experienced fluctuations over the observed quarters, with a noticeable peak at the end of the first quarter of 2020, reaching approximately $2.37 billion. Following this peak, there was a decline through mid-2021, with some recovery afterward, culminating in a significant increase in the first quarter of 2024 to about $1.86 billion.
- Short-term Investments
- Short-term investments displayed variability with general upward momentum from the start of 2019 to the end of 2023. A significant increase was observed in the third quarter of 2022, peaking around $252 million, before declining in early 2024 to approximately $106 million.
- Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-term Investments Combined
- This combined liquidity metric showed an increase in the first quarter of 2020, followed by a decline toward mid-2021. It then gradually rose again, reaching the highest value within the timeframe in the first quarter of 2024, exceeding $1.96 billion.
- Accounts Receivable, Net
- Accounts receivable saw a steady increase overall, rising from approximately $1.66 billion in early 2019 to a peak of about $2.64 billion in the third quarter of 2022. Thereafter, it largely stabilized with minor fluctuations, remaining around $2.5 billion into early 2024.
- Inventories
- Inventories consistently increased over the period analyzed, growing from roughly $1.22 billion at the beginning of 2019 to about $2.16 billion in the third quarter of 2023, followed by a slight decline in early 2024.
- Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
- These assets showed growth with some volatility, increasing from about $254 million in early 2019 to over $423 million in the first quarter of 2024, despite a few quarters of decline in between.
- Current Assets Held for Sale
- This category only appears in mid-2021 with significant amounts, suggesting an asset disposition or reclassification event. The value was over $1 billion in the reported quarters before disappearing in subsequent periods.
- Total Current Assets
- Current assets overall exhibited a rising trend from approximately $4.13 billion in early 2019 to about $7.04 billion in early 2024, with some fluctuations and a notable dip in maturity around the end of 2021.
- Property, Plant, and Equipment (net)
- Net property, plant, and equipment generally increased from about $932 million in early 2019 to approximately $1.31 billion by the first quarter of 2024, indicating ongoing capital investment.
- Goodwill
- Goodwill grew substantially from around $4.44 billion in early 2019 to $7.10 billion in early 2024, with a steady upward progression and some fluctuations, particularly a significant jump during 2021.
- Other Intangible Assets, Net
- Other intangible assets appeared starting at the end of 2019 with values near $442 million, increasing to approximately $785 million by early 2024. The data shows some cyclic variation but overall growth.
- Other Long-term Assets
- Other long-term assets declined sharply in late 2019, likely due to reclassification or disposal, before generally trending upward from 2020 onward. By early 2024, these assets reached approximately $483 million.
- Total Long-term Assets
- Long-term assets remained relatively stable in the range of $6.08 billion to $6.86 billion until the end of 2020, after which a substantial increase occurred in 2021, peaking near $9.69 billion by the end of 2023. A minor decrease followed in early 2024.
- Total Assets
- Total assets followed an upward trajectory over the time span, rising from about $10.21 billion in early 2019 to roughly $16.72 billion by the first quarter of 2024. The growth was marked by occasional short-term declines but showed a consistent overall increase, driven by expansions in both current and long-term asset categories.