It's easy to see why we call the financial asset "goodwill." It first appears in the heady days of big mergers when a company has paid big bucks to acquire another in hopes of years of growing cash ...

Determining a reasonable goodwill figure for a company’s balance sheet is no easy task. There is no universal rule on how to figure out goodwill, which adds value to the company. Goodwill is ...

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? We're spending a few days looking at balance sheets of companies in the S&P/TSX composite. We're specifically looking at the composition of assets and the cash flow to support ...

Discover how the goodwill to assets ratio reveals a company's intangible value through its goodwill compared to total assets, ...

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

On this mailbag episode of Industry Focus, our podcast hosts answer a question about FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS), which carries a disproportionately large goodwill account on its balance ...

A balance sheet is a type of financial statement that lists a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity. The assets should be in "balance" and equal the total liabilities and ...