Fair Value Measurements

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Sep. 30, 2019

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

Note 4. Fair Value Measurements

Financial assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value. The accounting guidance for fair value provides a framework for measuring fair value, clarifies the definition of fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. The accounting guidance establishes a three-tiered hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level 2—Inputs (other than quoted market prices included in Level 1) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level 3—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

In determining fair value, the Company utilizes quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible and considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s financial assets determined using the inputs defined above (in thousands).

	September 30, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market funds	$	16,381	$	—	$	—	$	16,381
Corporate bonds		—		28,105		—		28,105
Commercial paper		—		40,865		—		40,865
Government bonds		—		46,596		—		46,596
Total financial assets	$	16,381	$	115,566	$	—	$	131,947

	December 31, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market funds	$	25,390	$	—	$	—	$	25,390
Corporate bonds		—		8,989		—		8,989
Commercial paper		—		59,730		—		59,730
Government bonds		—		33,394		—		33,394
Total financial assets	$	25,390	$	102,113	$	—	$	127,503

Investments in corporate bonds, commercial paper and government bonds are classified as Level 2 as they were valued based upon quoted market prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant inputs are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets.