abrdn Life Sciences Investors (abrdn Life Sciences Investors) Intangible Assets

: $0.00 Mil (As of Sep. 2023)

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Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. abrdn Life Sciences Investors's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.00 Mil.

abrdn Life Sciences Investors Intangible Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for abrdn Life Sciences Investors's Intangible Assets can be seen below:

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abrdn Life Sciences Investors Annual Data

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abrdn Life Sciences Investors 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.

abrdn Life Sciences Investors (NYSE:HQL) 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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abrdn Life Sciences Investors (abrdn Life Sciences Investors) Business Description

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Address

1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103

Website

https://www.abrdnhql.com

abrdn Life Sciences Investors operates as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of Life Sciences companies. It invests in securities of public and private companies that are believed by the Fund's Investment Adviser, abrdn Inc to have significant potential for above-average growth.

Executives

Todd Reit	director	C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Bill Maher	director	600 WEST BROADWAY, 30TH FL., SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Rose Dimartino	director	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
James Joseph O'connor	other: Director of Adviser	C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Marika Tooze	other: Director of Adviser	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc.	other: Adviser	1900 MARKET ST., 2ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Jaclyn Marie Matsick	other: Director of Adviser	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Lucia Sitar	officer: VP and Chief Legal Officer	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Jennifer A Nichols	other: Director of Adviser	1735 MARKET STREET, 37TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Christian Pittard	officer: President	ONE BOW CHURCHYARD, LONDON X0 EC4M 9HH
Megan Kennedy	officer: Secretary and Vice President	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Sharon Ferrari	officer: Treasurer and CFO	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Alan R Goodson	officer: Vice President	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Joseph Andolina	officer: Chief Compliance Officer & VP	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Stephen Bird	director	388 GREENWICH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022