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Valaris Limited: goodwill carrying amount

Valaris goodwill carrying amount: $276.1 million at 2015-12-31, unchanged on the year. 8 values since 2008 from SEC filings, each linked to its filing.

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At a glance

Valaris reported goodwill carrying amount of $276.1 million at 2015-12-31, unchanged from a year earlier. From 2008 to 2015 it fell at a compound 2.8% a year, from $336.2 million to $276.1 million. Across the last five reported years it ranged from $276.1 million (2014-12-31) to $3.27 billion (2011-12-31). That was 2.0% of total assets ($13.6 billion) at the same date.

Computed from the values in the table below, in USD; each links to the filing it came from.

What this measure means

Recognized goodwill remaining after accumulated impairment. It arises from business combinations and does not measure the current value of the company’s brand.

Exact concept: us-gaap:Goodwill. Each value is a balance at the reporting date, not a flow earned over a year. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2008-12-31 to 2015-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.

This selected history ends more than two years before capture. Do not treat its final value as a current balance or current annual result. More recent filings may use another accounting tag; inspect the filings before drawing conclusions about the company.

Selected filing history

Goodwill carrying amount in original reported units, latest-filed observation per period
Period startPeriod endValueUnitFiledSource filing
-2015-12-31276,100,000USD2018-02-2710-K · 0000314808-18-000019 SEC
-2014-12-31276,100,000USD2017-02-2810-K · 0000314808-17-000012 SEC
-2013-12-313,274,000,000USD2015-03-0210-K · 0000314808-15-000018 SEC
-2012-12-313,274,000,000USD2014-02-2610-K · 0000314808-14-000026 SEC
-2011-12-313,274,000,000USD2013-02-2210-K · 0000314808-13-000019 SEC
-2010-12-31336,200,000USD2012-02-2410-K · 0000314808-12-000020 SEC
-2009-12-31336,200,000USD2011-02-2410-K · 0000314808-11-000016 SEC
-2008-12-31336,200,000USD2011-02-2410-K · 0000314808-11-000016 SEC

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Entity
Valaris Limited / CIK 0000314808
Captured
SEC response SHA-256
ebaf121f38259ea78161098f27cf3b3ec649bf77a389fc4beca9d7d461fbf992

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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0000314808.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))