Goodwill to Asset ratio measures how much goodwill a company is recording compared to the total level of its assets. Virgin Media's Goodwill for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was £0 Mil. Virgin Media's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was £10,806 Mil.
Therefore, Virgin Media's Goodwill to Asset Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was 0.00.
Virgin Media Goodwill-to-Asset Historical Data
The historical data trend for Virgin Media's Goodwill-to-Asset 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.
Competitive Comparison of Virgin Media's Goodwill-to-Asset
For the Broadcasting subindustry, Virgin Media's Goodwill-to-Asset, along with its competitors' market caps and Goodwill-to-Asset data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Virgin Media's Goodwill-to-Asset Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Virgin Media's Goodwill-to-Asset distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Virgin Media's Goodwill-to-Asset falls into.
* 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.
Virgin Media (LSE:VMED) Goodwill-to-Asset Explanation
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.
Virgin Media Goodwill-to-Asset Related Terms
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Virgin Media Inc is engaged in the entertainment and communications business, being a quad-play provider of broadband internet, television, mobile telephony and fixed line telephony services that offer a variety of entertainment and communications services to residential and commercial customers throughout the U.K. The group is a provider of residential broadband internet, pay television and fixed line telephony services by number of customers. In addition, it provides a complete portfolio of voice, data and internet solutions to businesses, public sector organizations and service providers in the U.K. through Virgin Media Business. Its two reporting segments are Consumer and Business. Consumer segment includes the distribution of television programming over the cable network and the provision of broadband and fixed line telephone services to residential consumers, both on and off the cable network. The Consumer segment faces competition from BT, British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, or BSkyB, TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC, or TalkTalk, Vodafone, EE and O2. Business segment includes the voice and data telecommunication and internet solutions services that provide through its cable network and third party networks to businesses, public sector organizations and service providers. The Business segment is managed through Virgin Media Business offers a broad portfolio of voice, data and internet solutions to commercial and public sector organizations in the U.K., ranging from analog telephony to managed data networks and applications. Virgin Media Business competes primarily with traditional network operators such as BT and C&W. It also competes with regional providers, such as COLTTelecom Group PLC.
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