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.

Walt Disney Co., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

	Sep 28, 2024	Sep 30, 2023	Oct 1, 2022	Oct 2, 2021	Oct 3, 2020	Sep 28, 2019
Accounts and accrued payables	14,796)	15,125)	16,205)	16,357)	13,183)	13,778)
Payroll and employee benefits	3,672)	3,061)	3,447)	3,482)	2,925)	3,010)
Income taxes payable	2,473)	2,276)	378)	—)	—)	—)
Short-term finance lease liabilities	30)	37)	37)	41)	37)	5)
Other	99)	172)	146)	1,014)	656)	969)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	21,070)	20,671)	20,213)	20,894)	16,801)	17,762)
Current portion of borrowings	6,845)	4,330)	3,070)	5,866)	5,711)	8,857)
Deferred revenue and other	6,684)	6,138)	5,790)	4,317)	4,116)	4,722)
Current liabilities	34,599)	31,139)	29,073)	31,077)	26,628)	31,341)
Borrowings, excluding current portion	38,970)	42,101)	45,299)	48,540)	52,917)	38,129)
Deferred income taxes	6,277)	7,258)	8,363)	7,246)	7,288)	7,902)
Long-term finance lease liabilities	160)	206)	219)	246)	271)	146)
Other long-term liabilities	10,691)	11,863)	12,299)	14,276)	16,933)	13,614)
Long-term liabilities	56,098)	61,428)	66,180)	70,308)	77,409)	59,791)
Total liabilities	90,697)	92,567)	95,253)	101,385)	104,037)	91,132)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	—)	9,055)	9,499)	9,213)	9,249)	8,963)
Preferred stock	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Common stock, $0.01 par value	58,592)	57,383)	56,398)	55,471)	54,497)	53,907)
Retained earnings	49,722)	46,093)	43,636)	40,429)	38,315)	42,494)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(3,699)	(3,292)	(4,119)	(6,440)	(8,322)	(6,617)
Treasury stock, at cost	(3,919)	(907)	(907)	(907)	(907)	(907)
Total Disney Shareholder’s equity	100,696)	99,277)	95,008)	88,553)	83,583)	88,877)
Noncontrolling interests	4,826)	4,680)	3,871)	4,458)	4,680)	5,012)
Total equity	105,522)	103,957)	98,879)	93,011)	88,263)	93,889)
Total liabilities and equity	196,219)	205,579)	203,631)	203,609)	201,549)	193,984)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-28).

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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.	Walt Disney Co. current liabilities increased from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to 2024.
Long-term liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Walt Disney Co. long-term liabilities decreased from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to 2024.
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.	Walt Disney Co. total liabilities decreased from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to 2024.
Total Disney Shareholder’s equity	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.	Walt Disney Co. total Disney Shareholder’s equity increased from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to 2024.

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity