A Goodwill is an intangible asset that arises as a result of the acquisition of one company by another for a premium value. The value of a company's brand name, solid customer base, good customer relations, good employee relations and any patents or proprietary technology represent goodwill. Datalink's goodwill for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $47.1 Mil.
Datalink Goodwill Historical Data
The historical data trend for Datalink's Goodwill 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.
A Goodwill is an intangible asset that arises as a result of the acquisition of one company by another for a premium value. The value of a company's brand name, solid customer base, good customer relations, good employee relations and any patents or proprietary technology represent goodwill. Goodwill is considered an intangible asset because it is not a physical asset like buildings or equipment. The goodwill account can be found in the assets portion of a company's balance sheet.
Datalink (NAS:DTLK) Goodwill Explanation
Goodwill to Asset ratio measures how much goodwill a company is recording compared to the total level of its assets.
It is calculated by dividing goodwill by total assets.
Datalink's Goodwill-to-Asset Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as
* 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.
If the goodwill-to-asset ratio increases, it can mean that the company is recording a proportionately higher amount of goodwill, assuming total assets are remaining constant. It is generally good to see a company increasing its assets regularly; however, if these increases are coming from intangible assets, such as goodwill, the increases may not be as good.
Increases in the goodwill-to-asset ratio might suggest that a company has been aggressively acquiring other firms or has seen its tangible assets decrease in value. When a large portion of total assets are attributable to intangible assets (such as goodwill), the company may be at risk of having that portion of its asset base wiped out quickly if it must record any goodwill impairments. Decreases in the goodwill-to-assets ratio suggest that the company has either written down some goodwill or increased its tangible assets.
Asset needs vary from industry to industry. This is why comparing goodwill-to-assets ratios is generally most meaningful among companies within the same industry. By comparing a company's goodwill to assets ratio to those of other companies within the same industry, investors can get a feel for how a company is managing its goodwill.
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Datalink Corp was incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1987. It provides solutions and services that make data centers efficient, manageable and responsive to changing business needs. The Company assesses designs, deploys, manages, and offers support unified infrastructures such as servers, storage and networks. It offers full suite of practice-specific consulting, analysis, design, implementation, management, and support services. The Company has a physical laboratory that customers can visit in Minneapolis enabling them to participate in physical demonstrations of a variety of technologies, including: site-to-site replication, data recovery, WAN optimization, de-duplication, and virtual data center architectures. It leverages this lab to test, validate and compare technologies from manufacturers and software developers, perform configuration services, troubleshoot support issues and train its professional and support services teams. It provides around the clock technical support from a team of customer support and field engineers. The Company provides analysis, design, implementation, management and support services to customers through either a stand-alone services engagement or as a part of an overall project that includes a server, storage and networking solutions and services. Its portfolio of solutions and services spans four practices: Consolidation and virtualization; Data storage and protection; and Business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. The Company does not manufacture products, but works with end users to assess their information-storage and retrieval requirements and then designs the solutions. Its customers include computer technology, financial service, insurance, telecommunications, consumer product, Internet, and transportation companies across the United States.
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