Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Sysco Corp., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-29).
The overall capital structure is characterized by high leverage, with total liabilities consistently representing the vast majority of the balance sheet. Total liabilities fluctuated between 85.57% and 94.84% over the analyzed period, with a notable peak in the middle of 2020. This high dependency on debt is balanced by a relatively small equity base that experienced significant volatility during the same timeframe.
- Current Liability Dynamics
- Current liabilities have shifted from a baseline of approximately 33% to 37% in 2018-2019 to a more variable range between 29% and 40% in subsequent years. Accounts payable, a primary component of current liabilities, showed a sharp contraction during mid-2020, falling to 15.23% before recovering to 25.24% by June 2024. Current maturities of long-term debt exhibit high volatility, with significant spikes, such as 6.83% in June 2020, followed by periods of minimal obligations, as seen in July 2023 at 0.27%.
- Long-Term Debt and Obligations
- Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, is the most substantial individual component of the capital structure. This item peaked at 57.02% in June 2020, coinciding with the maximum recorded total liability ratio. In the period from 2021 through 2024, long-term debt stabilized between 45% and 49%. Long-term operating lease liabilities have remained relatively constant, generally fluctuating between 2.3% and 3.4%.
- Equity Composition and Shareholders' Value
- Total shareholders' equity witnessed a significant decline from 14.23% in September 2018 to a low of 5.12% in June 2020, thereafter oscillating between 5% and 9.7%. A primary driver of this low equity percentage is the substantial negative balance of treasury stock, which consistently ranges from -43% to -52%, indicating an aggressive and sustained share buyback strategy. Retained earnings also saw a decrease from a peak of 62.50% in June 2019 to a stabilized range of 46% to 49% in the later years of the analysis.
- Comprehensive Loss and Minor Interests
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss has remained a persistent negative influence on equity, though the magnitude of the loss decreased from a peak of -8.90% in June 2019 to -5.37% by June 2024. Noncontrolling interests have remained negligible and stable, consistently representing less than 0.20% of total liabilities and shareholders' equity.
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