One-Time Gain
A non-recurring increase in earnings driven by an event outside the normal operating activity of the business — examples include asset sales, litigation settlements, foreign-exchange windfalls, and the reversal of previously accrued liabilities. Properly disclosed, one-time gains sit on a separate line below operating income (often labelled other income, gain on sale, or non-operating income). Improperly disclosed, they can be buried inside operating income or revenue, inflating margin metrics in ways the segment footnote or the MD&A drivers section usually still reveals. The reading discipline is to subtract any disclosed one-time gain from headline operating income before computing trend-line growth or margin progression.
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Accounts Payable · Adjusted EBITDA · Adjusted EBITDA Ex-SBC · ADR · ARPU · Average Length Of Stay
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