Shopify Investor Presentation Deck
Non-GAAP financial measures
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP"), Shopify uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide additional information in order to assist investors in understanding our financial and operating
performance.
Adjusted gross profit and adjusted operating expenses are non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the effect of stock-based compensation expenses and related payroll
taxes, amortization of acquired intangibles and, in the case of adjusted operating expenses, a real estate-related impairment charge.
Management uses non-GAAP financial measures internally for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Shopify
believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information about operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future
prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making. Non-GAAP financial
measures are not recognized measures for financial statement presentation under U.S. GAAP and do not have standardized meanings, and may not be comparable to
similar measures presented by other public companies. Such non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or
superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. See the financial tables below for a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures.
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