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Impairment of Goodwill and Intangibles
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Impairment of Goodwill and Intangibles
3. Impairment of Goodwill and Intangibles

 

During the second quarter of 2016 and prior to the annual impairment test of goodwill in October, the Company concluded that impairment indicators existed at the Houston Wire & Cable (HWC) reporting unit, due to a decline in the overall financial performance, decrease in the market capitalization and overall market demand. In the second quarter, the Company also concluded that there were impairment indicators for certain of the Company’s tradenames related to the Southwest Wire Rope (Southwest) and Southern Wire reporting units.

 

The Company performed step one of the impairment test and concluded that the fair value of the HWC reporting unit was less than its carrying value. Therefore, the Company performed step two of the impairment analysis. The step one test also indicated that one of the tradenames at Southern Wire was impaired, and the Company recorded a non-cash charge of less than $0.1 million against the tradenames during the quarter ended June 30, 2016.

 

Step two of the impairment analysis measures the impairment charge by allocating the HWC reporting unit’s fair value to all of the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit in a hypothetical analysis that calculates implied fair value of goodwill in the same manner as if the reporting unit was being acquired in a business combination and recording the deferred tax impact. Any excess of the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill over the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is recorded as an impairment loss.

 

The fair value of the HWC reporting unit was estimated using a discounted cash flow model (income approach) and a guideline public company method, giving 50% weight to each. The material assumptions used included a weighted average cost of capital of 11.0% and a long-term growth rate of 3-7% for the income approach and an adjusted invested capital multiple of 0.2 times revenue and a control premium of 10.0% for the guideline public company method. The carrying value of the HWC reporting unit’s goodwill was $2.4 million and its implied fair value resulting from step two of the impairment test was zero. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $2.4 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2016.

 

The fair value for goodwill and tradenames (indefinite-lived intangible assets) were both determined using a Level 3 measurement approach. The Level 3 value of all of the Company’s tradenames at June 30, 2016 was $4.5 million.

 

During the second quarter of 2015 and prior to the annual impairment test of goodwill in October, the Company concluded that impairment indicators existed at the Southwest Wire Rope (Southwest) reporting unit, due to a decline in the overall financial performance and overall market demand. Impairment indicators also existed for certain of the Company’s tradenames related to the Southwest and Southern Wire reporting units.

  

 After performing the necessary analysis the Company recorded, during the quarter ended June 30, 2015, a non-cash charge of $0.4 million against the tradenames and a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $2.6 million.