Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ)

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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.

Assets: Selected Items

Current Assets: Selected Items

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

US$ in millions

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Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 Jan 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2017 Jul 31, 2017 Apr 30, 2017 Jan 31, 2017 Oct 31, 2016 Jul 31, 2016 Apr 30, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 Oct 31, 2015 Jul 31, 2015 Apr 30, 2015 Jan 31, 2015 Oct 31, 2014 Jul 31, 2014 Apr 30, 2014 Jan 31, 2014 Oct 31, 2013 Jul 31, 2013 Apr 30, 2013 Jan 31, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents 4,919 3,556 3,367 5,166 6,195 4,247 5,475 6,997 6,967 6,223 6,331 6,288 5,636 4,636 3,688 17,433 17,171 14,768 12,919 15,133 14,474 15,096 16,165 12,163 13,251 13,240 12,589
Accounts receivable, net 5,295 5,414 5,113 5,113 4,615 4,605 4,396 4,414 4,233 3,771 3,478 4,114 4,008 3,884 4,114 13,363 12,753 12,320 12,295 13,832 14,198 14,288 13,492 15,876 14,336 14,606 14,236
Financing receivables — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2,918 2,804 2,842 2,907 2,946 3,130 3,112 3,054 3,144 3,113 3,212 3,316
Inventory 5,716 5,394 5,649 6,062 6,091 5,557 5,655 5,786 5,184 4,756 4,555 4,484 3,961 3,547 4,052 6,485 6,700 6,227 6,575 6,415 6,249 5,840 6,004 6,046 6,540 5,999 6,374
Other current assets 3,753 3,921 4,807 5,046 4,875 5,024 5,691 5,121 5,059 3,552 3,411 3,582 3,797 3,318 3,301 11,588 12,570 12,726 13,502 11,819 11,236 11,547 11,969 13,135 12,718 12,514 13,037
Current assets 19,683 18,285 18,936 21,387 21,776 19,433 21,217 22,318 21,443 18,302 17,775 18,468 17,402 15,385 15,155 51,787 51,998 48,883 48,198 50,145 49,287 49,883 50,684 50,364 49,958 49,571 49,552
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,462 2,412 2,312 2,198 2,112 2,061 2,026 1,878 1,707 1,661 1,730 1,736 1,607 1,572 1,529 11,090 11,028 11,014 11,030 11,340 11,434 11,350 11,259 11,463 11,328 11,476 11,686
Long-term financing receivables and other assets — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 9,050 8,733 8,552 8,619 8,454 8,981 9,043 9,131 9,556 9,913 10,205 10,249
Goodwill 6,330 6,349 6,343 5,968 5,930 5,941 5,935 5,622 5,622 5,622 5,622 5,622 5,618 5,672 5,680 32,941 33,025 31,218 31,108 31,139 31,132 31,134 31,131 31,124 31,116 31,133 31,031
Other non-current assets 3,930 4,900 4,899 5,069 4,436 4,652 6,067 3,095 3,162 3,101 3,065 3,184 2,597 2,894 3,153 2,014 2,249 1,729 1,906 2,128 2,336 2,562 2,820 3,169 3,485 3,869 4,183
Non-current assets 12,722 13,661 13,554 13,235 12,478 12,654 14,028 10,595 10,491 10,384 10,417 10,542 9,822 10,138 10,362 55,095 55,035 52,513 52,663 53,061 53,883 54,089 54,341 55,312 55,842 56,683 57,149
Total assets 32,405 31,946 32,490 34,622 34,254 32,087 35,245 32,913 31,934 28,686 28,192 29,010 27,224 25,523 25,517 106,882 107,033 101,396 100,861 103,206 103,170 103,972 105,025 105,676 105,800 106,254 106,701

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-01-31).


A structural shift in the asset base is evident between October 2015 and January 2016, where total assets decreased from 106,882 million USD to 25,517 million USD. Following this contraction, total assets exhibited moderate volatility, fluctuating between 25,517 million USD and 35,245 million USD through July 2019.

Liquidity and Working Capital Trends
Cash and cash equivalents experienced a significant reduction coinciding with the early 2016 transition, dropping from a peak of 17,433 million USD in October 2015 to 3,688 million USD in January 2016. Post-transition, cash levels remained unstable, reaching a secondary trough of 3,367 million USD in January 2019.
Accounts receivable, net followed a similar trajectory, declining from a range of 12,000 to 15,000 million USD pre-2016 to a lower range of 3,400 to 5,400 million USD in subsequent periods. This indicates a substantial reduction in the volume of credit extended to customers or a restructuring of the receivables portfolio.
Inventory levels demonstrated greater resilience than other current assets. While there was a decrease in early 2016, inventory values recovered from 3,547 million USD in April 2016 to 5,716 million USD by July 2019, suggesting a gradual increase in stock holdings to support operations.
Non-Current Asset Analysis
Goodwill represented a dominant portion of the asset base prior to 2016, remaining stable near 31,000 million USD. After the January 2016 adjustment, goodwill was reduced to approximately 5,600 million USD, though it showed a slight upward trend toward 6,330 million USD by July 2019, indicating minor acquisition activity or adjustments.
Property, plant and equipment, net saw a precipitous decline from approximately 11,000 million USD pre-2016 to approximately 1,500 million USD post-2016. A steady recovery is observed from 2016 through 2019, with the value rising to 2,462 million USD, signaling a period of reinvestment in physical infrastructure.
Other non-current assets showed significant volatility post-2016, peaking at 6,067 million USD in January 2018 before declining to 3,930 million USD by July 2019.
Overall Asset Composition
The composition of the balance sheet shifted from a heavily weighted non-current asset structure pre-2016 to a more balanced distribution between current and non-current assets. Current assets, which previously mirrored non-current assets in scale, became the primary driver of total asset fluctuations in the latter half of the analyzed period.

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