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Equity Investments | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020
Equity Investments [Abstract] |
Equity Investments | Note 6—Equity Investments Equity investments consist of the following:
|  | April 30, 2020 |  |  | July 31, 2019 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Zedge, Inc. Class B common stock, 42,282 shares at April 30, 2020 and July 31, 2019 |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 68 |
Rafael Holdings, Inc. Class B common stock, 27,419 shares at April 30, 2020 and July 31, 2019 |  |  | 387 |  |  |  | 567 |
Mutual funds |  |  | 5,282 |  |  |  | 5,053 |
Current equity investments |  | $ | 5,716 |  |  | $ | 5,688 |
Visa Inc. Series C Convertible Participating Preferred Stock ("Visa Series C Preferred") |  | $ | 3,633 |  |  | $ | 3,619 |
Hedge funds |  |  | 4,711 |  |  |  | 5,475 |
Other |  |  | 225 |  |  |  | 225 |
Noncurrent equity investments |  | $ | 8,569 |  |  | $ | 9,319 |
On June 1, 2016, the Company completed a pro rata distribution of the common stock that the Company held in the Company's subsidiary Zedge, Inc. to the Company's stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 26, 2016. The Company received Zedge and Rafael shares in connection with the lapsing of restrictions on Zedge and Rafael restricted stock held by certain of the Company's employees and the Company's payment of taxes related thereto. In June 2016, upon the acquisition of Visa Europe Limited by Visa, Inc., IDT Financial Services Limited received 1,830 shares of Visa Series C Preferred among other consideration. Each share of Visa Series C Preferred is convertible into 13.884 shares of Visa Class A common stock, subject to certain conditions, starting in June 2020 and will be convertible at the holder's option beginning in June 2028. The changes in the carrying value of the Company's equity investments without readily determinable fair values for which the Company elected the measurement alternative was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 4,345 |  |  | $ | 3,045 |  |  | $ | 3,919 |  |  | $ | 1,883 |
Adoption of change in accounting for equity investments |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,213 |
Adjusted balance |  |  | 4,345 |  |  |  | 3,045 |  |  |  | 3,919 |  |  |  | 3,096 |
Adjustment for observable transactions involving a similar investment from the same issuer |  |  | (412 | ) |  |  | 599 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 550 |
Redemptions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | )
Impairments |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance, end of the period |  | $ | 3,933 |  |  | $ | 3,644 |  |  | $ | 3,933 |  |  | $ | 3,644 |
The Company decreased the carrying value of the 1,830 shares of Visa Series C Preferred it held by $0.4 million in the three months ended April 30, 2020, and increased the carrying value by $0.6 million in the three months ended April 30, 2019, and by $14,000 and $0.6 million in the nine months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, based on the fair value of Visa Class A common stock and a discount for lack of current marketability. Unrealized gains and losses for all equity investments included the following:
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Net (losses) gains recognized during the period on equity investments |  | $ | (1,226 | ) |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | (817 | ) |  | $ | 704 |
Less: net gains and losses recognized during the period on equity investments redeemed during the period |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Unrealized (losses) gains recognized during the period on equity investments still held at the reporting date |  | $ | (1,226 | ) |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | (817 | ) |  | $ | 704 |

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