Sentences with phrase «ignores intangible assets»

Tangible book value is like regular book value, but it ignores intangible assets like goodwill.

Thanks to conservative accounting rules, book value completely ignores intangible assets like brand name, goodwill, patents and other intellectual property created by a company.

Not exact matches

One of the line entries on your balance, intangible assets are probably one of the hardest items to put an actual value to and are only recorded on the balance sheet if purchased and are ignored if internally generated.

You should be able to confirm / calculate the value of intangibles from other sources — like reserve reports, industry comps, superior / sustainable earnings etc. — if you can't, it's usually best to ignore these «assets «(try tell this to your average junior resource company investor, sigh...).

[NB: I had to presume all intangible asset expenditure was acquisition - related, and therefore ignore it in the table above.]