Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

(11) Fair Value Measurements

The Company applies Accounting Standards Codification 820 — Fair Value Measurement for all financial assets and liabilities, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The standard defines fair value as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.” It also establishes a fair value hierarchy consisting of the following three levels that prioritize the inputs to the valuation techniques used to measure fair value:

• Level 1 – Unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access at the measurement date;

• Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets); and

• Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the entity’s own assumptions about what market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information) when observable inputs are not available.

Based on the definitions, the following table represents the Company’s assets categorized in the Level 1 to Level 3 hierarchies:

	Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Money market fund deposits	$	4,553	$	—	$	—	$	4,553
Mutual fund investments		8		—		—		8
Total	$	4,561	$	—	$	—	$	4,561
Amounts included in:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,553	$	—	$	—	$	4,553
Investments in marketable securities		8		—		—		8
Total	$	4,561	$	—	$	—	$	4,561
	Fair Value Measurements as of September 30, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Money market fund deposits	$	21,816	$	—	$	—	$	21,816
Mutual fund investments		9		—		—		9
Total	$	21,825	$	—	$	—	$	21,825
Amounts included in:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	21,816	$	—	$	—	$	21,816
Investments in marketable securities		9		—		—		9
Total	$	21,825	$	—	$	—	$	21,825

There were no transfers between levels during the six months ended March 31, 2020, or the year ended September 30, 2019.