Re:Twitter's sputtering user growth unnerves investors
by tanzam75 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @09:55PM
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> In my example, the dilution happened in 2009 but affects GAAP profitability in 2013.
Then Twitter should restate its non-GAAP results for 2009-2013 to subtract out the stock grants from previous quarters' results.
The numbers have to add up. If you exclude something from the non-GAAP results for one quarter, then it has to appear in the non-GAAP results for another quarter. The money cannot simply disappear into thin air.
If a company reports non-GAAP results, then it should be required to report a cumulative difference vs. GAAP. Over time, the cumulative difference should go to zero, as the timing differences are worked out.
Then Twitter should restate its non-GAAP results for 2009-2013 to subtract out the stock grants from previous quarters' results.
The numbers have to add up. If you exclude something from the non-GAAP results for one quarter, then it has to appear in the non-GAAP results for another quarter. The money cannot simply disappear into thin air.
If a company reports non-GAAP results, then it should be required to report a cumulative difference vs. GAAP. Over time, the cumulative difference should go to zero, as the timing differences are worked out.