This is
a useful measure in analyzing how well a company uses its assets to produce earnings.
which is not to deny that the total size — text and pictures, not to mention audio and video in the days to come — is a very
useful measure in and of itself, especially when you consider the matter of «cloud storage» which you mention.
«Fasting blood sugar is easily measured and our findings suggest that it could serve as
a useful measure in advising some patients on the type of diet that is most beneficial for their weight loss,» said senior author Sai Krupa Das, Ph.D., scientist in the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston.
Not exact matches
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 information presented provides investors with additional
useful information, but should not be considered
in isolation or as substitutes for the related GAAP
measures.
Management believes that these
measures, when presented
in conjunction with the comparable GAAP
measures, are
useful to both management and its investors
in analyzing the company's ongoing business and operating performance.
Cree considers free cash flow to be an operating performance and a liquidity
measure that provides
useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after the purchases of property and equipment, a portion of which can then be used to, among other things, invest
in Cree's business, make strategic acquisitions, strengthen the balance sheet and repurchase stock.
We believe that these non-GAAP
measures are
useful to investors
in assessing our operating performance, as it provides them with the same tools that management uses to evaluate our performance and is responsive to questions we receive from both investors and analysts.
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.
The Company believes that the presentation of non-GAAP
measures when shown
in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP
measures, provides
useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and its historical and projected results of operations.
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.
We believe that it may be
useful for investors and analysts to review certain
measures both
in accordance with U.S. GAAP and net of the effect of TAC, which we view as comparable to sales commissions but, unlike sales commissions, are not deducted from U.S. GAAP revenues.
«Consider questions such as why are you using the non-GAAP
measures and how does it provide investors
useful information,» White said during a recent conference held by the American Institute of CPAs
in Washington, D.C.
Because we hold significant assets and liabilities
in currencies other than our Russian ruble operating currency, and because foreign exchange fluctuations are outside of our operational control, we believe that it is
useful to present adjusted net income and related margin
measures excluding these effects,
in order to provide greater clarity regarding our operating performance.
While individual survey questions
in the Business Outlook Survey (BOS) provide
useful insights into specific aspects of business activity, a summary
measure of the main survey questions serves as a gauge of overall business sentiment.
Although the investment center approach is extremely
useful in evaluating the overall profitability of a company as
measured by return on capital deployed, it can be manipulated by managers who know how accounting rules work.
However, a simple price - to - earnings (P / E) ratio, whether based on a snapshot
in time or a smoothed
measure of earnings, can be more
useful, providing some indication of the possible distribution of future returns, our analysis shows.
In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our core busines
In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses
in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our core busines
in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a
useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our core business.
While a number of simple
measures of valuation have also been
useful over the years, even metrics such as price - to - peak earnings have been skewed by the unusual profit margins we observed at the 2007 peak, which were about 50 % above the historical norm - reflecting the combination of booming and highly leveraged financial sector profits as well as wide margins
in cyclical and commodity - oriented industries.
Accounting book value is meant to
measure the potential assets available to investors
in the event of liquidation, and that's simply not a very
useful measurement for most equity investors.
Historically - reliable valuation
measures are remarkably
useful in projecting long - term and full - cycle market outcomes, but the behavior of the market over shorter segments of the market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.
Avis Budget believes that these non-GAAP
measures are
useful in measuring the comparable results of Avis Budget period - over-period.
In particular, the exclusion of the effect of the Fitbit Force recall, which primarily impacted our results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, discussed in «Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Fitbit Force Product Recall» and certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our busines
In particular, the exclusion of the effect of the Fitbit Force recall, which primarily impacted our results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, discussed
in «Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Fitbit Force Product Recall» and certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our busines
in «Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Fitbit Force Product Recall» and certain expenses
in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our busines
in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a
useful measure for period - to - period comparisons of our business.
Management believes that presenting the Company's non-GAAP financial
measures is
useful to investors because it (i) provides investors with meaningful supplemental information regarding financial performance by excluding certain items, (ii) permits investors to view performance using the same tools that management uses to budget, make operating and strategic decisions, and evaluate historical performance, and (iii) otherwise provides supplemental information that may be
useful to investors
in evaluating the Company's results.
Trends and differences
in credit scores can be a very
useful way to learn about credit and credit scores and to see how you
measure up.
Two
measures useful in identifying stocks at risk of a short squeeze are (a) short interest and (b) short - interest ratio.
«Identifying VXX / XIV Tendencies» finds that S&P 500 implied volatility index (VIX) futures roll return, as
measured by the percentage difference
in settlement price between the nearest and next nearest VIX futures, may be a
useful predictor of iPath S&P 500 VIX Short - term Futures ETN (VXX) and VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short - term ETN (XIV) returns.
If indeed Christ is supposed to be
in everything, and God the god of all aspects of our lives, and Christianity
useful for all
measure of good, then, what the heck is their problem?
Whether Whitehead's cosmology is a plausible and
useful view of the world depends
in large
measure on the cogency of his distinction between genetic and coordinate divisions of actual occasions.
Murray comes up with a very
useful measure of community dysfunction: the percentage of «problematic people,» which he arrives at by combining prime - age males not making a living, single mothers raising children, a guesstimate of prime - age adults who are living alone, and those uninvolved
in any community activity.
To
measure a group's viability, the minister and lay leaders need to ask these crucial questions: Is this group
useful in achieving the kingdom goals for which the church exists?
The «if you can't
measure it you can't manage it» style of management is
useful only
in particular situations found
in business environments and is a disaster when applied outside those specific areas, ESPECIALLY when applied to managing relationships.
The high water binding capacity of potato starch,
measured through its high viscosity, is very
useful in snacks, meat and bakery products, powdered foods and whenever lower relative concentrations or dosage of starch is preferred.
Includes 289 lines of beverage consumption data (historical and forecasts to 2016) by category, pack type, pack material and individual pack size Data also
measured in million units,
useful when calculating raw material requirements as part of the packaging production process.
Go and buy a
measuring jug, a kitchen scales and some
measuring spoons (you won't be using these much
in time but they are
useful for now).
That is a main reason why the organic movement did not manage to advance the topic despite above - mentioned high agreement and relevance.Therefore, a think tank that manages to get concepts and strategies clear, that identifies practicable
measure for operators and that is able to explain the concepts
in simple language to use
in communications is extremely
useful and relevant for the advancement of the goals of organic 3.0.
When managers have to plug gaps
in their overstretched squads due to injuries, cost - cutting
measures or contract expirations, loans can be supremely
useful.
But beyond this important policy implication is a second implication
in Jackson's study that is more relevant for our purposes: There is a more creative and potentially more
useful way to
measure noncognitive skills than what most researchers are currently focused on.
Maybe it's less
useful to consider them as akin to academic skills that can be taught and
measured and incentivized
in predictable ways and more
useful to think of them as being like psychological conditions — the product of a complex matrix of personal and environmental factors.
These objective
measures are very
useful in recognizing that you should stay away or get out.
Given the heterogeneity
in the choice of outcome
measures routinely collected and reported
in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated
measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be
useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step
in facilitating
useful meta - analyses of similar studies.
Given the heterogeneity
in the choice of outcome
measures routinely collected and reported
in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) dataset, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated
measure of maternal quality of life and wellbeing would be
useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step
in facilitating
useful meta - analyses of similar studies.
I agree that it's always difficult to get
useful measures of the impact social media activity
in the advocacy / political world.
The Times says the new
measures to be announced by Charles Clarke today will include an «Australian - style points system» to ensure only qualified and
useful migrants will be allowed to work
in Britain.
The applicant is taken around the prison, which Spear says is a very
useful way to
measure how comfortable and effective they'd be
in the role.
Natural England's survey, now
in its fifth year, is a
useful measure of how people engage with the natural environment from their local park to the expanses of moorland.
But the proposed
measure could be a
useful tool for gay marriage opponents to use on potential fence - sitters
in the Senate Republican conference, which so far has voted as a bloc against expanding the state definition of marriage.
Senior study author Katsuhiko Yanagisawa, director general of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
in Japan, is convinced that enough amyloid penetrates the blood — brain barrier to make its way into the bloodstream to be a
useful measure of cognitive function.
Levels of a nerve cell signaling molecule called substance P —
measured in tear samples — might be a
useful marker of diabetes - related nerve damage (neuropathy), suggests a study
in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.