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2018 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312519045608 Filed on February 20, 2019

Income Statement

Concept	2018	2017 Q4	2017
Revenue	$170.8B	$41.68B	$160.5B
YoY Change	6.36%	-0.39%	-1.98%
Cost Of Revenue	$19.79B	$21.93B	$18.71B
YoY Change	5.76%	3.82%	-0.26%
Gross Profit	$151.0B	$19.75B	$141.8B
YoY Change	6.44%	-4.69%	-2.2%
Gross Profit Margin	88.41%	47.39%	88.35%
Selling, General & Admin	$36.77B	$9.443B	$35.47B
YoY Change	3.67%	-5.42%	-2.43%
% of Gross Profit	24.35%	47.81%	25.0%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$28.43B	$6.071B	$24.39B
YoY Change	16.58%	-0.95%	-5.65%
% of Gross Profit	18.83%	30.74%	17.19%
Operating Expenses	$36.77B	$15.51B	$35.47B
YoY Change	3.67%	-3.72%	-2.43%
Operating Profit	$26.10B	$1.281B	$19.97B
YoY Change	30.68%	-73.4%	-17.98%
Interest Expense	$7.957B	-$1.962B	$6.300B
YoY Change	26.3%	70.16%	28.31%
% of Operating Profit	30.49%	-153.16%	31.55%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$1.223B	-$602.0M	-$4.831B
YoY Change	-74.68%		6.53%
Pretax Income	$24.87B	-$1.283B	$15.14B
YoY Change	64.3%	-130.2%	-23.59%
Income Tax	$4.920B	-$148.0M	-$14.71B
% Of Pretax Income	19.78%		-97.15%
Net Earnings	$19.37B	$19.04B	$29.45B
YoY Change	-34.23%	681.17%	126.96%
Net Earnings / Revenue	11.34%	45.68%	18.34%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.85	$3.08	$4.77
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.85	$3.08	$4.76
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	6.778B shares		6.164B shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	6.806B shares		6.183B shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2018	2017 Q4	2017
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$5.204B	$50.50B	$50.50B
YoY Change	-89.69%	772.46%	772.46%
Cash & Equivalents	$2.074B	$50.50B	$46.34B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$14.29B	$10.76B	$8.120B
YoY Change	75.96%	-24.42%	-33.12%
Inventory	$2.771B	$2.225B	$2.225B
Prepaid Expenses		$1.369B
Receivables	$27.72B	$16.52B	$16.52B
Other Receivables	$1.448B	$1.781B	$1.781B
Total Short-Term Assets	$51.43B	$79.15B	$79.15B
YoY Change	-35.02%	106.28%	106.28%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$131.5B	$125.2B	$125.2B
YoY Change	4.99%	0.26%	0.26%
Goodwill		$105.4B
YoY Change		0.23%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$6.245B	$1.560B	$1.560B
YoY Change	300.32%	-6.81%	-6.81%
Other Assets	$32.52B	$18.44B	$18.44B
YoY Change	76.33%	9.71%	9.71%
Total Long-Term Assets	$480.4B	$365.0B	$365.0B
YoY Change	31.64%	-0.14%	-0.14%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$51.43B	$79.15B	$79.15B
Total Long-Term Assets	$480.4B	$365.0B	$365.0B
Total Assets	$531.9B	$444.1B	$444.1B
YoY Change	19.76%	9.97%	9.97%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$27.02B	$24.44B	$24.44B
YoY Change	10.55%	10.95%	10.95%
Accrued Expenses	$15.97B		$10.03B
YoY Change	59.21%		10.1%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$3.052B	$0.00	$2.000M
YoY Change	152500.0%		-50.0%
Long-Term Debt Due	$7.203B	$38.37B	$38.37B
YoY Change	-81.23%	290.3%	290.44%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$64.42B	$81.39B	$81.39B
YoY Change	-20.85%	60.92%	60.92%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$166.3B	$126.0B	$126.0B
YoY Change	31.97%	10.81%	10.81%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$49.45B	$19.75B	$51.52B
YoY Change	-4.02%	-9.2%	-6.88%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$215.7B	$19.75B	$177.5B
YoY Change	21.53%	-9.2%	5.02%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$64.42B	$81.39B	$81.39B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$215.7B	$19.75B	$177.5B
Total Liabilities	$347.8B	$101.1B	$303.2B
YoY Change	14.69%	39.84%	8.03%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$50.50B
YoY Change		45.39%
Common Stock		$96.06B
YoY Change		-0.04%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$12.71B
YoY Change		0.43%
Treasury Stock Shares		355.8M shares
Shareholders Equity	$184.1B	$140.9B	$140.9B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$531.9B	$444.1B	$444.1B
YoY Change	19.76%	9.97%	9.97%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2018	2017 Q4	2017
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$19.37B	$19.04B	$29.45B
YoY Change	-34.23%	681.17%	126.96%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$28.43B	$6.071B	$24.39B
YoY Change	16.58%	-0.95%	-5.65%
Cash From Operating Activities	$43.60B	$9.537B	$38.01B
YoY Change	14.71%	-5.97%	-1.12%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$20.76B	-$4.891B	$20.65B
YoY Change	-200.54%	-21.53%	-4.04%
Acquisitions	$43.31B		-$1.123B
YoY Change	-3956.54%		-137.95%
Other Investing Activities	-$500.0M	$312.0M	-$976.0M
YoY Change	-48.77%	50.72%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$63.15B	-$4.579B	-$18.94B
YoY Change	233.34%	-24.01%	-18.76%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$609.0M		$463.0M
YoY Change	31.53%		-9.57%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net	$52.64B		$12.34B
YoY Change	326.64%		14.01%
Cash From Financing Activities	-$25.99B	-2.772B	$25.93B
YoY Change	-200.23%	-34.36%	-279.3%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$43.60B	9.537B	$38.01B
Cash From Investing Activities	-$63.15B	-4.579B	-$18.94B
Cash From Financing Activities	-$25.99B	-2.772B	$25.93B
Net Change In Cash	-$45.53B	2.186B	$45.00B
YoY Change	-201.19%	-2142.99%	6697.13%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$43.60B	$9.537B	$38.01B
Capital Expenditures	-$20.76B	-$4.891B	$20.65B
Free Cash Flow	$64.36B	$14.43B	$17.36B
YoY Change	270.67%	-11.89%	2.58%

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CY2018	us-gaap	Revenue Recognition Deferred Revenue RevenueRecognitionDeferredRevenue	<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0pt;' >NOTE </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;' >5</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;' >. REVENUE RECOGNITION</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >As of January 1, 2018, we adopted ASC 606. With our adoption of ASC 606, we made a policy election to record certain regulatory fees, primarily Universal Service Fund (USF) fees, on a net basis. We report our revenues net of </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >sales taxes.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >When implementing ASC 606, we utilized the practical expedient allowing us to reflect the aggregate effect of all contract modifications occurring before the beginning of the earliest period presented when allocating the transaction price to </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >performance obligations.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0pt;' >Wireless, Advanced Data, Legacy Voice & Data Services and Equipment Revenue</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We offer service-only contracts and contracts that bundle equipment used to access the services and/or with other service offerings. Some contracts have f</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ixed terms and others are cancellable on a short-term basis (i.e., month-to-month arrangements). </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Examples of service revenues include wireless, video entertainment (e.g., AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV), strategic services (e.g., virtual private network servic</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >e), and legacy voice and data (e.g., traditional local and long-distance). These services represent a series of distinct services that is considered a separate performance obligation. Service revenue is recognized when services are provided, based upon eit</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >her usage (e.g., minutes of traffic/bytes of data processed) or period of time (e.g., monthly service fees).</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Some of our services require customer premises equipment that, when combined and integrated with AT&T’s specific network infrastructure, facilitat</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >e the delivery of service to the customer. In evaluating whether the equipment is a separate performance obligation, we consider the customer’s ability to benefit from the equipment on its own or together with other readily available resources and if so, w</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >hether the service and equipment are separately identifiable (i.e., is the service highly dependent on, or highly interrelated with the equipment). When the equipment does not meet the criteria to be a distinct performance obligation (e.g., equipment assoc</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >iated with certain video services), we allocate the total transaction price to the related service. When equipment is a distinct performance obligation, we record the sale of equipment when title has passed and the products are accepted by the customer. Fo</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >r devices sold through indirect channels (e.g., national dealers), revenue is recognized when the dealer accepts the device, not upon activation.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Our equipment and service revenues are predominantly recognized on a gross basis, as most of our services do </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >not involve a third party and we typically control the equipment that is sold to our customers. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Revenue recognized from fixed term contracts that bund</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >le services and/or equipment is</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > allocated based on the standalone selling price of all required perform</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ance obligations of the contract (i.e., each item included in the bundle). Promotional discounts are attributed to each required component of the arrangement, resulting in recognition over the contract term. Standalone selling prices are determined by asse</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ssing prices paid for service-only contracts (e.g., arrangements where customers bring their own devices) and standalone device pricing. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We offer the majority of our customers the option to purchase certain wireless devices in installments over a specifi</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ed period of time, and, in many cases, they may be eligible to trade in the original equipment for a new device and have the remaining unpaid balance paid or settled. For customers that elect these equipment installment payment programs, at the point of sa</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >le, we recognize revenue for the entire amount of revenue allocated to the customer receivable net of fair value of the trade-in right guarantee. The difference between the revenue recognized and the consideration received is recorded as a note receivable </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >when the devices are not discounted and our right to consideration is unconditional. When installment sales include promotional discounts (e.g., “buy one get one free”), the difference between revenue recognized and consideration received is recorded as a </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >contract asset to be amortized over the contract term.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Less commonly, we offer certain customers highly discounted devices when they enter into a minimum service agreement term. For these contracts, we recognize equipment revenue at the point of sale base</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >d on a standalone selling price allocation. The difference between the revenue recognized and the cash received is recorded as a contract asset that will amortize over the contract term.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Our contracts allow for customers to frequently modify their arrange</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ment, without incurring penalties in many cases. When a contract is modified, we evaluate the change in scope or price of the contract to determine if the modification should be treated as a new contract or if it should be considered a change of the existi</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ng contract. We generally do not have significant impacts from contract modifications.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Revenues from transactions between us and our customers are recorded net of revenue-based regulatory fees and taxes. Cash incentives given to customers are recorded as</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > a reduction of revenue. N</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >onrefundable, upfront service activation </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >and setup </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >fees associated with service arrangements </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >are deferred and recognized over</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > the associated service contract period or customer life.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0pt;' >Subscription Revenue</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Subscription revenues fro</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >m cable networks and premium pay and basic-</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >tier television services are recognized over the license period as programming is provided to affiliates or digital distributors based on negotiated contractual programming rates. When a distribution contract with</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > an affiliate has expired and a new distribution contract has not been executed, revenues are based on estimated rates, giving consideration to factors including the previous contractual rates, inflation, current payments by the affiliate and the status of</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > the negotiations on a new contract. When the new distribution contract terms are finalized, an adjustment to revenue is recorded, if necessary, to reflect the new terms. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Subscription revenues from end-user subscribers are recognized when services are pr</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ovided, based upon either usage or period of time.</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >Subscription revenues from OTT services are recognized as programming services are provided to customers.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0pt;' >Content Revenue</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Feature films typically are produced or acquired for initial exhibition in </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >theaters, followed by distribution, generally commencing within three years of such initial exhibition. 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In certain circumstances, pursuant to the terms of the applicable contractual arrangements, the availability dates granted to customers may precede the date in which the customer can be billed for these sales. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Revenues from sales of feature films and television programming in physical format are recognized at the later of the delivery date or the date when made widely available for sale or rental by retailers based on gross sales less a provision for estimated</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > returns, rebates and pricing allowances. 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