Fiat Industrial SpA (MIL:FI) Intangible Assets : €4,281 Mil (As of Jun. 2013)

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What is Fiat Industrial SpA Intangible Assets?

Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Fiat Industrial SpA's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €4,281 Mil.

Fiat Industrial SpA Intangible Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fiat Industrial SpA's Intangible Assets can be seen below:

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Intangible Assets

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7,048.00

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4,174.00

Fiat Industrial SpA Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13
Intangible Assets	Get a 7-Day Free Trial										4,109.00	4,113.00	4,174.00	4,291.00	4,281.00

Fiat Industrial SpA 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.

Fiat Industrial SpA (MIL:FI) 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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Fiat Industrial SpA (MIL:FI) Business Description

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Fiat Industrial SpA operates in the capital goods sector. Each of the Group's businesses is a major international player in its respective industry sector: Iveco, CNH-Case New Holland and FPT Industrial. These three sectors design, produce and sell trucks, commercial vehicles, buses, special vehicles (Iveco), tractors, and agricultural and construction equipment (CNH), in addition to engines and transmissions for those vehicles and engines for marine applications (FPT Industrial). Agricultural equipment is sold under the New Holland Agriculture and Case IH and, in the premium segment in Europe, Steyr brands. Construction equipment is sold under the New Holland Construction and Case Construction brands, as well as the Kobelco brand in North America. Iveco designs, manufactures and sells a wide range of light (2.8-6 tons GVW), medium (6-16 tons GVW) and heavy (above 16 tons GVW) commercial vehicles for on-road and off-road use. In addition to its main product offer, the Company also offers after-sales and financing services, in addition to services related to used-vehicles. FPT Industrial is specialized in the design, production and sale of propulsion and transmission systems for on- and off-road trucks and commercial vehicles, as well as engines for marine application and power generation.