Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Move's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €52.4 Mil.
Move Intangible Assets Historical Data
The historical data trend for Move'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.
Move (FRA:HMZN) 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.
Be Aware
Companies may change the way intangible assets are amortized, and this will affect their reported earnings.
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Move, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1993 under the name of InfoTouch Corporation. The Company and its subsidiaries operate an online network of websites for real estate information marketplace connecting consumers with the information and the expertise they need to make informed home buying, selling, financing and renting decisions. It provides consumers with a powerful combination of breadth, depth and accuracy of information about homes for sale, new construction, homes for rent, multi-family rental properties, senior living communities, home financing, home improvement and moving resources. Its flagship consumer web sites are REALTOR.com, Move.com and Moving.comTM. The Company also supplies management software and marketing services for real estate agents and brokers through its Top Producer and TigerLead businesses. The Company categorizes its products and services into two groups: Consumer Advertising and Software and Services. The Company's Consumer Advertising products are focused on providing real estate consumers with the information, tools and professional expertise they need to make informed home buying, selling, financing and renting decisions through its operation of realtor.com and other consumer-facing web sites. Realtor.com is the official web site of the National Association of Realtors (the "NAR"), the largest trade association in the U.S. that represents residential and commercial real estate professionals, including brokers, agents, property managers, appraisers, counselors and others engaged in all aspects of the real estate industry. The Company's Software and Services products are committed to delivering valuable connections to real estate professionals by providing them with advertising systems, productivity and management tools, and reporting with the goal of helping to make them more successful. It separately operates several other websites providing single family and multi-family rental listings, senior housing and moving-related content and services to its consumer audience. Realtor.com competes in a highly fragmented and highly complex local real estate marketplace. Competition within realtor.com falls into two general categories: (i) online real estate media companies; and (ii) offline advertising offerings, including newspaper classifieds, direct mail and other traditional offline media. The Company has nine patents issued in the U.S.
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