[siliconviking]

Well said. Though here in the US a significant (sometimes) portion of employee costs lies in stock based comp. And many times, co's present non-GAAP numbers that strip out this part from their income (which inflates their income, and sometimes that can be the difference between making a profit or a loss). The stock based comp gets reflected in increased share count over time, so it will show up in the stock price, just not in the presented non-GAAP income.