Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Financial Instruments

10. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Certain financial assets and liabilities are accounted for at fair value, which is defined 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. The following fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2 – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. Level 2 includes those financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies.

Level 3 – Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value from the perspective of a market participant.

The following tables present the Company’s cash and financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each of the hierarchy levels (in thousands):

	December 31, 2019
		Cost		Unrealized Gains		Accrued Interest		Estimated Fair Value		Cash & Cash Equivalents		Investment Securities
Cash	$	36,593	$	-	$	-	$	36,593	$	36,593	$	-
Level 1:
Certificate of deposit		35,000		-		-		35,000		35,000		-
Money market accounts		5,381		-		-		5,381		5,381		-
Government & agency securities		2,832		2		-		2,834		-		2,834
		43,213		2		-		43,215		40,381		2,834
Level 2:
Municipal bonds		12,610		34		226		12,870		-		12,870
Total	$	92,416	$	36	$	226	$	92,678	$	76,974	$	15,704

	December 31, 2018
		Cost		Unrealized Losses		Accrued Interest		Estimated Fair Value		Cash & Cash Equivalents		Investment Securities
Cash	$	35,436	$	-	$	-	$	35,436	$	35,436	$	-
Level 1:
Certificate of deposit		40,000		-		-		40,000		40,000		-
Money market accounts		5,928		-		-		5,928		5,928		-
Government & agency securities		2,835		(72)		-		2,763		-		2,763
		48,763		(72)		-		48,691		45,928		2,763
Level 2:
Municipal bonds		16,791		(164)		280		16,907		-		16,907
Total	$	100,990	$	(236)	$	280	$	101,034	$	81,364	$	19,670

The Company had no realized losses or gains for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, gross unrealized losses and gains related to individual securities that had been in a continuous loss position for 12 months or longer were not significant. The maturities of the Company’s investment securities generally range up to 3 years for municipal bonds and for government and agency securities.