When you don’t have a standard means of describing a company’s numbers like GAAP you end up with something like what WeWork does.

https://www.gfmag.com/topics/blogs/wework-works-bond-market-...

However, in its disclosures to bond investors, the company added back items like stock-based compensation, sales and marketing expenses, even general and administrative expenses to arrive at what it called a “community-adjusted EBITDA” of positive $233 million.