Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

Note4.    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).

	December 31, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market funds	$	12,964	$	—	$	—	$	12,964
Commercial paper		—		44,282		—		44,282
Corporate debt securities		—		33,662		—		33,662
U.S. Treasury and agency securities		—		40,810		—		40,810
Total financial assets	$	12,964	$	118,754	$	—	$	131,718

	December 31, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market funds	$	25,390	$	—	$	—	$	25,390
Commercial paper		—		59,730		—		59,730
Corporate debt securities		—		8,989		—		8,989
U.S. Treasury and agency securities		—		33,394		—		33,394
Total financial assets	$	25,390	$	102,113	$	—	$	127,503

The Company’s commercial paper, corporate debt securities and U.S. Treasury and agency securities 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.

Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments

The carrying value of long-term debt approximates fair value because the Term Loan bears interest at a rate that approximates prevailing market rates for instruments with similar characteristics and there is no significant change in the credit worthiness of the Company.