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Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Investments [Abstract]  
Investments INVESTMENTS
Money Market Investments. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had money market investments of $93.7 million and $45.2 million, respectively, that are classified as cash and cash equivalents in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Investments in Marketable Equity Securities. Investments in marketable equity securities consist of the following:
  
As of
  
March 31,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
(in thousands)
 
Total cost
$
232,096

 
$
282,349

Gross unrealized gains
204,108

 
302,731

Total Fair Value
$
436,204

 
$
585,080


There were no purchases of marketable equity securities during the first three months of 2020. The Company purchased $7.5 million of marketable equity securities during the first three months of 2019.
During the first three months of 2020, the gross cumulative realized losses from the sales of marketable equity securities were $2.0 million. The total proceeds from such sales were $48.0 million. During the first three months of 2019, the gross cumulative realized gains from the sales of marketable equity securities were $9.7 million. The total proceeds from such sales were $17.2 million.
The net (loss) gain on marketable equity securities comprised the following:
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 31
(in thousands)
2020
 
2019
(Loss) gain on marketable equity securities, net
$
(100,393
)
 
$
24,066

Less: Net losses (gains) in earnings from marketable equity securities sold and donated
8,774

 
(2,982
)
Net unrealized (losses) gains in earnings from marketable equity securities still held at the end of the period
$
(91,619
)
 
$
21,084


Investments in Affiliates. As of March 31, 2020, the Company held an approximate 12% interest in Intersection Holdings, LLC, and in several other affiliates; GHG held a 40% interest in Residential Home Health Illinois, a 42.5% interest in Residential Hospice Illinois, a 40% interest in the joint venture formed between GHG and a Michigan hospital, and a 40% interest in the joint venture formed between GHG and Allegheny Health Network (AHN). For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $2.5 million and $2.3 million, respectively, in revenue for services provided to the affiliates of GHG.
In the first quarter of 2020, the Company recorded impairment charges of $3.6 million on two of its investments in affiliates as a result of the challenging economic environment for these businesses, of which $2.7 million relates to the Company’s investment in Framebridge. The Company records its share of the earnings or losses of its affiliates from their most recent available financial statements. In some instances, the reporting period of the affiliates’
financial statements lags the Company’s financial reporting period, but such lag is never more than three months. It is possible that the Company’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 does not capture the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the earnings or losses of the affiliates whose financial results are recorded on a lag basis.
The Company had $29.0 million and $25.6 million in its investment account that represents cumulative undistributed income in its investments in affiliates as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
In the second quarter of 2019, the Company made an investment in Framebridge, a custom framing service company based in Washington, DC. The Company accounts for this investment under the equity method, and included it in Investments in Affiliates on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Timothy J. O’Shaughnessy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Graham Holdings Company, is a personal investor in Framebridge and serves as Chairman of the Board.
In February 2019, the Company sold its interest in Gimlet Media. In connection with this sale, the Company recorded a gain of $29.0 million in the first quarter of 2019. The total proceeds from the sale were $33.5 million.
Additionally, Kaplan International Holdings Limited (KIHL) held a 45% interest in a joint venture formed with York University. KIHL loaned the joint venture £22 million, which loan is repayable over 25 years at an interest rate of 7% and guaranteed by the University of York.
Cost Method Investments. The Company held investments without readily determinable fair values in a number of equity securities that are accounted for as cost method investments, which are recorded at cost, less impairment, and adjusted for observable price changes for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. The carrying value of these investments was $35.9 million and $38.5 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. During the first three months of 2020, the Company recorded impairment losses of $2.6 million to those equity securities. During the first three months of 2019, the Company recorded gains of $1.4 million to those equity securities based on observable transactions.