Goodwill Impairment First Quarter 2020 Goodwill Impairment Tracking
In Q1 2020, many banks had determined that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with the significant decline in their stock trading value produced a “triggering event” forcing interim goodwill testing.
In the 2008 and 2009, during the Great Recession, the industry had $50 billion in goodwill impairment losses. At 6/30/2020 there was approximately $340.6 billion in goodwill in US commercial banks and savings institutions.
Q1 2020 the banking industry recorded $8.6 billion in goodwill impairment losses.
First Quarter 2020 Largest Goodwill Impairment Losses ($000)
Company Name | State | Parent Price to Book at 3/31/2020 | Goodwill Impairment Losses ($000) |
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BBVA USA | AL | 23% | 2,185,000 |
Umpqua Bank | OR | 56% | 1,783,846 |
Pacific Western Bank | CA | 43% | 1,470,000 |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A | VA | 70% | 784,000 |
Great Western Bank | SD | 60% | 740,562 |
TIAA, FSB | FL | N/A | 528,354 |
Cadence Bank, N.A | GA | 34% | 443,695 |
CIT Bank, N.A | CA | 28% | 323,074 |
OPUS Bank | CA | N/A | 96,229 |
Cedar Hill Reviewed Q1 2020 10-Qs of Top 75 Largest Banks. What are they disclosing about Goodwill Impairment?
Review of Forms 10-Qs Top 75 Publicly Traded Banks | # of Banks | Q1 2020 |
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1: Number of Banks concluding "No triggering event had occurred" | 3 | 4.00% |
2: Number of Banks performing Interim Goodwill Impairment Tests | 39 | 52.00% |
% of Tests | ||
A. Number of Banks performing Qualitative Goodwill Impairment Tests | 19 | 48.72% |
B. Number of Banks performing Quantitative Goodwill Impairment Tests | 16 | 41.03% |
C. Number of Banks performing Non-Specific Goodwill Impairment Tests | 4 | 10.26% |
3: Number of Banks silent with regard to Interim Goodwill Impairment Testing | 33 | 44.00% |