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Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX)

Financial Reporting Quality: Aggregate Accruals

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Earnings can be decomposed into cash and accrual components. The accrual component (aggregate accruals) has been found to have less persistence than the cash component, and therefore (1) earnings with higher accrual component are less persistent than earnings with smaller accrual component, all else equal; and (2) the cash component of earnings should receive a higher weighting evaluating company performance.


Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio

Chevron Corp., balance sheet computation of aggregate accruals

US$ in millions

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Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020
Operating Assets
Total assets 256,938 261,632 257,709 239,535 239,790
Less: Cash and cash equivalents 6,781 8,178 17,678 5,640 5,596
Less: Time deposits 4
Less: Marketable securities 45 223 35 31
Operating assets 250,153 253,409 239,808 233,860 234,163
Operating Liabilities
Total liabilities 103,781 99,703 97,467 99,595 107,064
Less: Short-term debt 4,406 529 1,964 256 1,548
Less: Long-term debt, excluding debt due within one year 20,135 20,307 21,375 31,113 42,767
Operating liabilities 79,240 78,867 74,128 68,226 62,749
 
Net operating assets1 170,913 174,542 165,680 165,634 171,414
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals2 (3,629) 8,862 46 (5,780)
Financial Ratio
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio3 -2.10% 5.21% 0.03% -3.43%
Benchmarks
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors4
ConocoPhillips 29.59% 10.61% -5.86% 44.50%
Exxon Mobil Corp. 26.07% 3.91% -1.19% -4.87%
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 18.30% -0.56% 3.65% -11.15%
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 17.00% 4.71% -0.84% -0.16%
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Energy 16.21% 4.84% -0.61% -0.16%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 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).

1 2024 Calculation
Net operating assets = Operating assets – Operating liabilities
= 250,15379,240 = 170,913

2 2024 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals = Net operating assets2024 – Net operating assets2023
= 170,913174,542 = -3,629

3 2024 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio = 100 × Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × -3,629 ÷ [(170,913 + 174,542) ÷ 2] = -2.10%

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Financial ratio Description The company
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio Ratio is found by dividing balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals by average net operating assets. Using the balance-sheet-based accruals ratio, Chevron Corp. improved earnings quality from 2023 to 2024.

Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio

Chevron Corp., cash flow statement computation of aggregate accruals

US$ in millions

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Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020
Net income (loss) attributable to Chevron Corporation 17,661 21,369 35,465 15,625 (5,543)
Less: Net cash provided by operating activities 31,492 35,609 49,602 29,187 10,577
Less: Net cash used for investing activities (8,936) (15,232) (12,108) (5,865) (6,965)
Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals (4,895) 992 (2,029) (7,697) (9,155)
Financial Ratio
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio1 -2.83% 0.58% -1.22% -4.57%
Benchmarks
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors2
ConocoPhillips 0.37% 5.11% -1.56% -0.78%
Exxon Mobil Corp. -0.55% -0.04% -2.93% -6.69%
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 11.03% -1.30% 2.84% -13.52%
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels -0.02% 0.66% -1.62% -6.08%
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Energy 0.15% 0.69% -1.32% -6.12%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 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).

1 2024 Calculation
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio = 100 × Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × -4,895 ÷ [(170,913 + 174,542) ÷ 2] = -2.83%

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Financial ratio Description The company
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio Ratio is found by dividing cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals by average net operating assets. Using the cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio, Chevron Corp. deteriorated earnings quality from 2023 to 2024.