Empirical research shows that goodwill impairments have no impact on a companys share price. But these impairments

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Empirical research shows that goodwill impairments have no impact on a company’s share price. But these impairments do reflect an auditor’s best estimate of the value lost in an acquisition by the company. Does the stock market not care about such losses?
Goodwill
Goodwill is an important concept and terminology in accounting which means good reputation. The word goodwill is used at various places in accounting but it is recognized only at the time of a business combination. There are generally two types of...
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Valuation Measuring and managing the values of companies

ISBN: ?978-0470424704

5th edition

Authors: Mckinsey, Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessel

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