Discover how badwill, or negative goodwill, impacts accounting when purchasing companies at below market value. Learn examples and effects on financial statements.

When you feel good about something, you’re usually willing to pay more for it. It’s the same concept when a company considers acquiring another. As a result, acquiring companies are often willing to ...

Learn about negative goodwill in accounting, its implications in acquisitions, and how it affects financial statements.

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. In this appendix we will clarify the difference and relationship between economic goodwill and accounting ...

Assessing goodwill for impairment became more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic because of significant changes in business operations and overall economic uncertainty. Considering goodwill ...

Many have started to question the goodwill impairment model under FASB ASC 350-20 and whether it paints the most accurate financial picture in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In September, the Private ...

Two of the accounting rules by which companies play the merger game are about to change. A boost to earnings is expected to be one immediate effect. Longer-term, the rule changes will force ...

Jeff Bartel, Chairman & Managing Director of Hamptons Group, LLC, an alternative investment & strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. To continue ...

Goodwill in accounting and investing is a term used to describe intangible assets that don't appear in hard numbers on a balance sheet. These can include a host of things that companies tend to value ...