Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. FBR's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $4.4 Mil.
FBR Intangible Assets Historical Data
The historical data trend for FBR's Intangible Assets can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Examples of intangible assets include trade secrets, copyrights, patents, trademarks. If a company acquires assets at the prices above the book value, it may carry goodwill on its balance sheet. Goodwill reflects the difference between the price the company paid and the book value of the assets.
FBR (NAS:FBRC) Intangible Assets Explanation
If a company (company A) received a patent through their own work, though it has value, it does not show up on its balance sheet as an intangible asset. However, if company A sells this patent to company B, it will show up on company B's balance sheet as an intangible asset.
The same applies to brand names, trade secrets etc. For instance, Coca-Cola's brand is extremely valuable, but the brand does not appear on its balance sheet, because the brand was never acquired.
Some intangibles are amortized. Amortization is the depreciation of intangible assets.
Many intangibles are not amortized. They may still be written down when the company decides the asset is impaired.
Whenever you see an increase in goodwill over a number of years, you can assume it's because the company is out buying other businesses above book value. GOOD if buying businesses with durable competitive advantage.
If goodwill stays the same, the company when acquiring other companies is either paying less than book value or not acquiring. Businesses with moats never sell for less than book value.
Intangibles acquired are on balance sheet at fair value.
Internally developed brand names (Coke, Wrigleys, Band-Aid) however are not reflected on the balance sheet.
One of the reasons competitive advantage power can remain hidden for so long.
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Companies may change the way intangible assets are amortized, and this will affect their reported earnings.
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FBR & Co is a full-service investment banking, institutional brokerage and asset management firm with a customer-focused and new approach to meeting its clients' needs. In addition, it makes main investments, including merchant banking investments, with its own capital. The Company has focused its business on providing: capital raising services, including underwriting and placement of public and private equity and debt; financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition advisory, restructuring, recapitalization and strategic alternative analysis; institutional sales and trading services; research coverage; asset management services through a group of proprietary mutual funds, hedge funds and funds of funds; private wealth management services to high net worth individuals, families, foundations, pension funds, endowments and other private entities; and proprietary investment returns to its shareholders through merchant banking and other direct investments that it makes utilizing its own capital. The Company focuses its capital markets business in seven industry sectors: consumer, diversified industrials, energy and natural resources, financial institutions, insurance, real estate, and technology, media and telecommunications. Its business comprises of two segments: capital markets, which includes investment banking, institutional brokerage and research; and principal investing.
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