Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Apollo Education Group's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was $445 Mil.
Apollo Education Group Intangible Assets Historical Data
The historical data trend for Apollo Education Group'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.
Apollo Education Group Intangible Assets Calculation
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.
Apollo Education Group (NAS:APOL) 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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Apollo Education Group (Apollo Education Group) Business Description
Apollo Education Group Inc was incorporated in Arizona in 1981. It offers educational programs and services, online and on-campus at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. Its learning platforms include the following The University of Phoenix, Inc., Apollo Global, Inc. which also includes BPP Holdings Limited, Universidad Latinoamericana, Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación, and Indian Education Services Private Ltd., Western International University, Inc., Institute for Professional Development, The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation, Carnegie Learning, Inc., and Apollo Lightspeed. Its institutions offer Accredited Degree Programs, Professional Examinations Training and Professional Development, and Employers. The Company's international operations include full-time and part-time courses, delivered on-campus or online, for professional examination preparation, professional development training and various degree/certificate/diploma programs. It competes mainly with traditional public and private two-year and four-year degree-granting regionally accredited colleges and universities, other proprietary degree-granting regionally accredited schools and alternatives to higher education. Its domestic postsecondary institutions are subject to extensive federal and state regulations.
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