To develop superior skills as a finance manager by taking important
financial measures for the organization working for and displaying expertise in order to reduce the finance risk and maintaining a high performance with regard to all financial objectives.
Refer to Non-GAAP
Financial Measures for adjustments.
See the attached schedules for supplemental financial data, which includes the financial information, the non-GAAP financial measures and corresponding reconciliations to the comparable GAAP
financial measures for the relevant periods.
Although our management uses these non-GAAP
financial measures for operational decision - making and considers these financial measures to be useful for analysts and investors, we recognize that there are a number of limitations related to such measures.
Management uses these non-GAAP adjusted
financial measures for internal reporting and forecasting purposes, when publicly providing its business outlook, to evaluate the company's performance and to evaluate and compensate the company's executives.
These measures are non-GAAP
financial measures for which a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is not available without unreasonable efforts.
This press release also includes certain forward - looking non-GAAP
financial measures for the year ending December 31, 2018.
See the attached schedules for supplemental financial data and corresponding reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures referred to above to the most comparable GAAP
financial measures for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
Not exact matches
Internally, the Company's management uses these
measures to evaluate performance against historical results, to establish
financial targets on a consolidated basis and
for other reasons, which are discussed below.
These non-GAAP
financial measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative
for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP
financial measures used by other companies.
A vote on the
measure was delayed
for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank
financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the
measure did not block funds
for Obama's immigration order.
For more details on T - Mobile's Q1 2018
financial results, including the Investor Factbook with detailed
financial tables and reconciliations of certain historical non-GAAP
measures disclosed in this release to the most comparable
measures under GAAP, please visit T - Mobile US, Inc.'s Investor Relations website at http://investor.t-mobile.com.
Reconciliations
for these non-GAAP
financial items to the most directly comparable financial items based on GAAP as of March 31, 2018 are provided in the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measur
financial items to the most directly comparable
financial items based on GAAP as of March 31, 2018 are provided in the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measur
financial items based on GAAP as of March 31, 2018 are provided in the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP
Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measur
Financial Measures to GAAP
Financial Measur
Financial Measures table.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute
for income from operations, net income or any other
measure of
financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles («GAAP»).
Non-GAAP
financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute
for or superior to, other
measures of
financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Refer to Appendix - Non-GAAP
Financial Measure Reconciliations at the end of the tables following this press release for reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures contained in this release to the nearest GAAP
Financial Measure Reconciliations at the end of the tables following this press release for reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures contained in this release to the nearest GAAP m
Measure Reconciliations at the end of the tables following this press release
for reconciliations of the non-GAAP
financial measures contained in this release to the nearest GAAP
financial measures contained in this release to the nearest GAAP
measuremeasure.
See the attached Supplemental
Financial Information
for a reconciliation of net loss, a GAAP
measure, to adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP
measure,
for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.
We believe that adjusted diluted net income per share, adjusted net income, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating income margin and adjusted EBITDA are useful
measures for investors to review, because they provide a consistent
measure of the underlying
financial results of our ongoing business and, in our management's view, allow
for a supplemental comparison against historical results and expectations
for future performance.
We report our
financial results in accordance with GAAP, but believe that certain non-GAAP
financial measures provide useful supplemental information to investors regarding the underlying business trends and performance of our ongoing operations and are useful
for period - over-period comparisons of those operations.
The non-GAAP results should not be considered a substitute
for financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and may be different from non-GAAP
measures used by other companies.
Refer to the Outlook section in the discussion of non-GAAP
financial measures below
for more details.
Please see discussion of non-GAAP
financial measures at the end of this press release
for more information.
See below
for a description of adjustments to the company's U.S. GAAP
financial measures included herein.
See «Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP
Financial Measures» below
for additional information.
You'll want to take special care to make it easy
for managers to compare sales revenue, profitability and other key
financial measures against planned performance.
A
measure designed to provide
financial incentives
for companies to hire new employees looks set to pass the Senate, after five Republicans, including newly elected Senator Scott Brown, crossed party lines and voted with the Democrats.
Consequently, management uses these non-GAAP
financial measures as indicators of the company's business performance, as well as
for operational planning and decision making purposes.
«Some shadow banking products are not transparent, and regulatory
measures tend to end up encouraging
financial innovations
for evading tighter regulations,» said Moody's.
While declining to recommend steps the Trump administration might take to follow up on Obama administration
measures to ease this
financial burden, Dudley said that anything that «makes college more affordable, especially policies that make it more affordable
for lower and moderate - income households, would be beneficial
for income mobility over time.»
Cree believes that these non-GAAP
measures, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP
measures, enhance investors» and management's overall understanding of the Company's current
financial performance and the Company's prospects
for the future, including cash flows available to pursue opportunities to enhance shareholder value.
Japan's
Financial Services Agency (FSA) said it ordered Coincheck to submit a report on the hack and
measures for preventing a recurrence by February 13.
The non-GAAP
financial measures are in addition to, not a substitute
for, or superior to,
measures of
financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Reconciliations
for these non-GAAP
financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP
financial measures are included in the news release.
Management has also presented Free Cash Flow (FCF), which is a non-GAAP
financial measure,
for the first quarters of 2018 and 2017.
In addition to reporting
financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company also provides non-GAAP
measures that adjust
for the impacts of the NRD resolution and measurement period adjustment to the impact of enactment of the TCJA.
There's also the positive spin: others in
financial markets see it as proof that past stimulus
measures have done their job in avoiding a «hard landing»
for the economy.
Other than projected free cash flow
for the year ending December 31, 2018,
for which a reconciliation is provided, we have not provided quantitative reconciliations of these forward - looking non-GAAP
financial measures to the most directly comparable forward - looking GAAP
financial measures because the excluded items are not available on a prospective basis without unreasonable efforts.
JPMorgan expects
measures will include affordable housing and education spending, including
financial aid
for B40 students.
Since the
financial crisis, Morgan Stanley's return on equity, a key
measure of profitability
for financial firms, has bounced around in the single digits.
While management believes that these non-GAAP adjusted
financial measures provide useful supplemental information to investors regarding the underlying performance of the company's business operations, investors are reminded to consider these non-GAAP
measures in addition to, and not as a substitute
for,
financial performance
measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Therefore, we believe that the presentation of non-GAAP
financial measures that adjust
for the amortization of intangible assets provides investors and others with a consistent basis
for comparison across accounting periods.
Its rankings are based heavily on a company's long - term
financial results and —
for the first time this year — take into account its environmental, social, and governance performance as
measured by investment research firm Sustainalytics.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018
financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues
for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement
for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity
measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding
for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications
for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all,
for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
As it is a non-cash charge, however, and highly dependent on our share price at the time of equity award grants, we believe that it is useful
for investors and analysts to see certain
financial measures excluding the impact of these charges in order to obtain a clearer picture of our operating performance.
Please see the section headed «Use of Non-GAAP
Financial Measures» below for a discussion of how we define these measures, as well as reconciliations at the end of this release of each of these measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP m
Measures» below
for a discussion of how we define these
measures, as well as reconciliations at the end of this release of each of these measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP m
measures, as well as reconciliations at the end of this release of each of these
measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP m
measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP
measuresmeasures.
The presentation of these
financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute
for, or superior to, the
financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
For more information on these non-GAAP
financial measures, please see the tables captioned «Reconciliations of non-GAAP
financial measures to the nearest comparable U.S. GAAP
measures», included following the accompanying
financial tables.
These non-GAAP
financial measures are used by management
for evaluating
financial performance as well as decision - making.
A Great Place to Work
For All has six components we now
measure: Values, Innovation,
Financial Growth, Leadership Effectiveness, Maximizing Human Potential, and Trust.
WASHINGTON — The Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday proposed a series of regulatory relief
measures for small institutions, especially those in rural areas, to help them provide credit while they try to follow the agency's tough mortgage rules.