Hormel Foods HRL Specialty Foods — Goodwill
Discontinued — last reported Q4 '17
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Hormel Foods in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.
The official record: Hormel Foods’s 10-K, filed December 20, 2017, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
Questions, answered.
- What does specialty foods — goodwill mean?
- The value of intangible assets like brand reputation acquired through past purchases within the Specialty Foods segment.
- How do you interpret specialty foods — goodwill?
- A high balance indicates significant historical M&A activity; a sudden decrease suggests impairment testing has identified a loss in value.
- How does specialty foods — goodwill compare across companies?
- Common in companies that grow through acquisition; comparable to goodwill balances in other consumer packaged goods segments.