GAAP standards provide uniform financial reporting, critical for investors and auditors comparing companies. Non-GAAP results adjust GAAP figures to highlight specific financial aspects, but they ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. David Kindness is a Certified Public ...

Net sales were $1.283 billion for the fourth quarter, compared to $1.794 billion in the prior year's fourth quarter. Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were $282.5 million for the ...

It’s no secret that proxy statements are rapidly evolving into full-blown marketing documents. The introduction of the CD&A began the trend back in 2006 (although it took a while for companies ...

Net cash used in investing activities includes purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software and other intangible assets, which are also included in our computation of free cash flow.

GASB released a study on utilization of GAAP among state and local governments and found all the states are using GAAP, but only about three-quarters of localities are.

There are differences between how the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial ...