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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS  
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NOTE E – GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill by reportable operating segment consisted of the following:

    

Total

    

ArcBest

    

FleetNet

    

(in thousands)

Balances at December 31, 2019 and 2020

$

88,320

$

87,690

$

630

Goodwill acquired(1)

 

213,969

 

213,969

Goodwill divested(2)

(1,952)

(1,952)

Balances at December 31, 2021

$

300,337

$

299,707

$

630

Accumulated impairment at December 31, 2021

$

(20,000)

$

(20,000)

$

(1)Goodwill acquired relates to the acquisition of MoLo (see Note D).
(2)Goodwill divested due to the sale of the labor services portion of the ArcBest segment’s moving business in second quarter 2021 was determined based on the relative fair value of the business sold to the total fair value of the reporting unit.

The Company performs the annual impairment evaluation of the goodwill balance of its reporting units, each October 1. As of October 1, 2021, the Company’s assessment of qualitative factors, including performance of the reporting units compared to prior periods, macroeconomic factors, industry considerations, and an increase in the Company’s market capitalization, led to a conclusion that goodwill was not impaired. As of October 1, 2020, the annual impairment evaluation determined there was no impairment of the goodwill balance.

As of the October 1, 2019 annual impairment testing, it was determined that the recorded balances of the domestic freight reporting unit within the ArcBest segment exceeded the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. As a result, the Company recorded a noncash goodwill impairment charge of $20.0 million in the ArcBest segment operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019. It was also determined that potential impairment indicators existed and an impairment test of the asset groups, including the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets was performed as of October 1, 2019. The

Company recorded a noncash impairment charge of $6.5 million in the ArcBest segment operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 to record the asset group at fair value. Approximately $6.0 million of the impairment was related to customer relationships and an additional $0.5 million was related to revenue equipment. The impairment resulted primarily from underperformance of the truckload and dedicated businesses within the domestic freight reporting unit of the ArcBest segment during 2019. Economic conditions during 2019, including lack of growth in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, tariff impacts of international trade, and higher customer inventory levels, contributed to uncertainty on projected shipment levels for purposes of these accounting assessments.

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31:

2021

2020

 

Weighted-Average

Accumulated

Net

Accumulated

Net

 

    

Amortization Period

    

Cost

    

Amortization

    

Value

    

Cost

    

Amortization

    

Value

 

(in years)

(in thousands)

(in thousands)

 

Finite-lived intangible assets

Customer relationships

 

12

$

100,321

$

35,072

$

65,249

$

52,721

$

30,477

$

22,244

Other

8

30,335

1,304

29,031

980

543

437

 

11

 

130,656

 

36,376

 

94,280

53,701

 

31,020

 

22,681

Indefinite-lived intangible assets

Trade name

 

N/A

 

32,300

 

N/A

 

32,300

32,300

 

N/A

 

32,300

 

Total intangible assets

 

N/A

$

162,956

$

36,376

$

126,580

$

86,001

$

31,020

$

54,981

The annual impairment evaluation of indefinite-lived intangible assets was performed as of October 1, 2021 and 2020 and it was determined that there was no impairment of the recorded balances.

As of December 31, 2021, the future amortization for intangible assets acquired through business acquisitions were as follows:

    

Amortization of

    

Intangible Assets

 

(in thousands)

2022

$

12,920

2023

 

12,826

2024

 

12,793

2025

 

12,778

2026

8,671

Thereafter

34,292

Total amortization

$

94,280