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Knowledge@Wharton	How Employee Stock Options Can Undermine the Value of Ordinary Shares What effect do options have on the number of stock shares a company has in circulation? The answer can make a big difference when a company computes its earnings per share, and when investors calculate the critical price-to-earnings ratio.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2004 Chris Mallon	Shareholder Dilution Delusions Using shareholder cash to stem stock option dilution is a deceptive, wealth-destroying practice.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Jeff Hwang	A Costly Tech Buyback Selling options low and buying back shares high destroy Texas Instruments' value.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 Jeff Hwang	On Cree's Buyback Cree, the semiconductor materials maker, has recently bought back around 4 million shares and with its most recent expansion authorizes the repurchase of 5.1 million additional shares.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2004 Brian Gorman	Applied Materials' Buyback The stock repurchase program sounds impressive, but has yet to add shareholder value.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 Bill Mann	The Best Stock Options Model Are there perfect ways to value stock options? No. But anything is better than this. What's the sign that the Financial Accounting Standards Board is thinking about requiring stock options to be expensed? Lots of trips to Washington by Silicon Valley executives, and pre-emptive bills in Congress. Certainly, someone up there recognizes that accounting is best left to accountants.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2004 Rich Smith	DoubleClick's Concentration Total diluted shares outstanding may have declined at the online advertiser, but the company issued new shares almost as fast as it bought up the old ones!
The Motley Fool February 2, 2005 Rich Smith	Stop! Thief! Is it ever a good thing when management steals your stake? Confusion abounds when talk turns to the concept of stock dilution. So here are the three primary sources of stock dilution so you know how to protect your investments from the very companies you're investing in.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2005 Jim Mueller	Sportsman's Guide's Red Flag How many stock options is the outdoor gear seller giving out? And it wants more? Here's an investor's red flag.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Xybernaut's Dilution Solution Expanding shares outstanding can make a shrinking loss look even better.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec's Trojan Buyback The software company is raking in the cash and distributing it to insiders.
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003	Stock Options: The End of the Affair? For whatever reasons, more and more companies seem to be backing off of their love affair with options.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Rich Smith	7 Steps to Finding Gems How to find a company's investment potential.
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Nanette Byrnes	Beyond Options However you slice it, the new mix will cost companies more
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Rich Smith	Bargain Hunting at Deb Shops June comps disappoint, but the stock remains attractively priced.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Rich Smith	The Goods on Goody's Goody's Family Clothing deserves a closer look from anyone who seeks a large margin of safety in investing.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 Rich Smith	Fargo Could Go Far Fargo Electronics' revenues skidded in 2003, but its free cash flow is strong.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2004 Rich Smith	Panning for Gold In minutes, you can sift through a company's financials. Here's how. Last week, the author gave a brief rundown of the financials on Maryland clothier JoS. A. Bank. This week, he reveals where the numbers came from -- and how to seek out Hidden Gems yourself.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2004 Jeff Hwang	On XM's Share Offering Insider selling after a run-up is cause for reevaluation of XM's stock price.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2004 Seth Jayson	Papa John's' Crusty Conduct The pizza's heating up, but are shareholders being served?
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 Rich Smith	Four-Dimensional Stocks Einstein would understand how a stock whose price has risen can still be cheap.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2004 Rich Smith	Sylvan's Financial Maze Sylvan Learning Systems (Nasdaq: SLVN) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2003 earnings on Thursday -- and the company could hardly have made its report more confusing if it had tried.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Bill Mann	House Meddles in FASB Matters The House of Representatives moves to block the independence of America's top accountants.
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The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Rich Smith	Corillian Fishes for Phishers The online banking software maker is not at all your standard value investment. Everything has to work out exactly as planned for this company to be worth buying at the current valuation.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Sportsman's Guide Scores Big A strong Q4 capped off a great year for this online sporting goods retailer.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Bill Mann	Sickly Sweet Stock Split Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory splits a $13 stock "to increase shareholder value." But in this case, splitting the stock does nothing of the sort.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Rich Smith	It's "Show Me" Time at Apollo Superstar educator Apollo is underperforming the S&P 500 -- does that make it cheap?
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Jeff Hwang	RIM Cashes In Share offering may indicate richly valued shares, but also a quest for long-term value.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2004	"Diluted" vs. "Basic" Earnings The terms reflect some interesting changes in how companies report their earnings. Learn the difference so you can focus on the right numbers when investing.
CFO August 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Pay for Nonperformance? Executive compensation practices won't change until accounting rules for options are fixed.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec's Bizarre Swap After peeling back layers of buybacks, its shareholder dilution is more historic than prospective.
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	Are Stock Options In Your Future? Given the recent turmoil surrounding stock options -- including well-publicized abuses of executive stock options, the depressed market, and anticipated new rules on the expensing of options -- has this once-popular form of compensation lost its appeal?
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Rich Smith	Sportsman's Guide to Insider Selling Sportsman's Guide just turned in its second quarter 2004 results, and while Wall Street reacted with scorn the numbers were quite impressive.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2006	Foolish Fundamentals: Stock Dilution When a company issues additional stock, it can be good or bad for shareholders. Find out how to tell the difference.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2004 Bill Mann	Taking Advantage of the Terminally Stupid In a public filing, Concord unveiled a plan to buy back employee options at prices up to $4. The trouble is, with a $9 share price, options granted at $40 are worth basically nothing.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2004 Paul Elliott	Profiting With the Insiders Insider ownership, for one, is easy to screen for, but more nuanced than you might think. Read on for a breakdown of this often misunderstood attribute of the true hidden gem.
Knowledge@Wharton	New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options) A handful of technology companies are heading in alternative directions when it comes to giving employees incentives to stay and perform well.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2004 Seth Jayson	IBM's Options Upgrade Options-based compensation for executives is rife with opportunities to fatten management wallets at the expense of shareholders Big Blue leads the way with a new and improved stock option plan.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec's Simply Terrific The Internet security company continues to post impressive numbers. Investors will want to continue to monitor Symantec's performance, and to pay special attention when (or if) the dilution rate appears to slow later this year.
Knowledge@Wharton	Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages?
The Motley Fool December 16, 2003 Jeff Hwang	A Sirius "Hail Mary" The satellite radio provider strikes an expensive deal to create "The NFL Radio Network."
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Paul Elliott	Smart Money, Killer Stocks Hidden Gems purist Paul Elliott takes a look inside small-cap investing. For all that, there are things to look for. Insider ownership, for one, is easy to screen for but more nuanced than you might think.
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CFO July 1, 2004 Don Durfee	Better Carrots? Big changes are under way in long-term incentive compensation, a new survey finds. But they may not be big enough.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Jeff Hwang	United Technologies Impresses UTC forecasts healthy 2004 revenue and earnings growth during a meeting with analysts and investors.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Rex Moore	The Beauty of ROE It's a simple measure of management effectiveness. Return on equity, or ROE, helps us determine how well management creates value for shareholders.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Rich Smith	Drew Insiders Cash In, Cash Out In all likelihood, Drew's numbers will look quite healthy for some time, boosting its stock price further. At the same time, bear in mind that Drew insiders are now only notifying the SEC that they may wish to sell stock in the future.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty	3 Great Speculations Call them penny stocks if you like, but there may be bargains in the cheap seats. Whether there is value among Wall Street's fallen angels -- or whether it's even worth looking -- is an eternal debate.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Wild, Wild Ride With 39 attractions scattered throughout North America and Europe, Six Flags (NYSE: PKS), packs a lot of family fun -- and thrills. The world's largest operator of regional theme parks packs some scary financials, too.