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The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Marine Products The boat maker reports its second-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters? |
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Flat Seas at Marine Products The boat maker is set to report its first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Shedding a Little Light on Rofin-Sinar Valuations on this small-cap laser company are modest, but so are expectations. |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2005 |
Foolish Fundamentals: The Income Statement A look at how companies report their sales and profits and what it means to investors. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Rich Smith |
Marine Products Hard to Sink Lousy numbers threaten, but fail to sink the stock. What does it mean to investors? |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Rich Smith |
Boat Makers See Shoals Recent results should have torpedoed the stock, but Marine Products is floating higher than expected today. |
The Motley Fool February 7, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Rofin-Sinar's Searing Quarter Laser make's stock is down, even after announcing more blowout numbers. |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Marine Products' Shallow Buyback The boat maker gets ready to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, can the company break its losing streak? |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2005 Rich Smith |
Select Comfort's Q1 Lullaby The company's news lets Wall Street rest easy. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Family Dollar Still No Bargain Another quarter, another minor earnings surprise for low-budget retailer Family Dollar. The business is fine, but investors, why pay full price? |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2005 Rich Smith |
Siren's Song Remains the Same Marine Products retells last quarter's tale. Once again, the most obvious results of the boat maker's operations last quarter have left the average investor seriously confused. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Brunswick Still Not Above Water Boat engine maker Brunswick cuts production and guidance. Blame skyrocketing fuel costs, higher interest rates, and a sea of other factors. |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2006 Jim Mueller |
O'Charley's Mixed on Margins Improvement in restaurant gross margins is offset by worse operating margins and give mixed results to investors. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
Buying on Margins Profit margins are one useful tool for finding great stock values. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Rough Seas at Brunswick Core operations are in a rut -- when might conditions turn? And where do investors go from here? |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
Good Growth at Weight Watchers It may not be a small cap, but with these net margins, its return on equity, and the earnings growth, Weight Watchers' stock price may still have room to bulk up. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2004 Rich Smith |
Career Education's Class Rank Career Education is one of the cheaper companies in the education sphere. |
The Motley Fool March 13, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: ADAM & Earnings' Eve With margins like these, you'd think someone would be interested in purchasing the online health information publisher's stock. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Air Couriers Rocket Upward Can Air T and World Airways maintain their momentum? |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Will Polaris Twinkle Again? Times are bad for Polaris, but not fatally bad. Investors, as time has shown, buying good companies when they're down is a good strategy for long-term outperformance. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Why Margins Matter What are margins? Investors, there are three that matter when studying an income statement. Let's run though each, one at a time. |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Dive Into MarineMax? Is the nation's largest boat-dealer network going to float? Interested investors should keep a careful eye on the integration of acquisitions. |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Fresh Del Monte's Spotty Results Strong sales, good margins, and higher promotion expenses at the prepared food company highlight this stock's complexity. |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2005 Rich Smith |
Marine Products Runs Aground Marine Products reported Q1 sales that were up 17% over the year-ago quarter. Profits rose even faster, to $0.17 per diluted share -- a 21% year-on-year increase. But none of that impressed investors. So let's examine what red flags they might have fixated on. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
New York Times Not Looking Too Fit Slow ad spending and rising expenses hurt the bottom line. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Seth Jayson |
Hasbro Has-Been? Earnings are up, but do soggy sales raise a red flag? |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2011 |
Brunswick Earnings Preview Brunswick will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, July 28. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
HP's Stuck in the Margins Hewlett-Packard's third quarter shows an improvement in operating margins, but there's still room to improve. The stock is leading the New York Stock Exchange's most actives list and is one of the top five percentage gainers for the day. |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
Mine Safety in Numbers Here's how this little stock helps workers and shareholders. |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2006 John Reeves |
7 Surprising One-Star Stocks Can these stocks keep up the momentum? Restoration Hardware... Marine Products... AMR Corp... Worldspace Corporation... etc. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2006 |
Foolish Fundamentals: Margins Margins are important, but how you use margin information is more important to your investing success. Don't stay on the surface when analyzing margins. Your portfolio will thank you for it later. |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Rich Smith |
American Standard Still Clogged American Standard reported strong results, but debt remains a factor. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Talk America Talks Talk America's flat to declining sales, plus fewer profits earned on those sales, is not a recipe for earnings growth. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Choppy Waters at Brunswick: Fool by Numbers The the boat and recreational equipment maker released fourth-quarter and year-end 2006 results: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Rich Smith |
West Marine Still Afloat After waiting patiently for two weeks for the boating accessory retailer to file its 10-K form, investors learned that they'll need to wait a bit longer. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2005 David Meier |
The Power of Margins The way you think about margins can give you an investing edge. |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy |
Red-Hot Red Hat Hats off to this fast-growing Linux provider. Its current valuation of approximately 49 times its owner earnings, will likely scare away many investors. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Rex Moore |
One Stock to Get Hooked On Hooker Furniture is a family-run operation that was founded back in 1924, and it has all the things you like to see in a business, including a modest valuation. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Hurricane Winds Whip RPM High material costs in the wake of last year's storms suck the wind out of this specialty chemicals company's sails. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Dollar Tree's a Dud This boring business is fine, but investors, should wait for a better price. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Rich Smith |
Boat Makers Batten Down For boat builders, it was a miserable, stormy fourth quarter. Both the makers and the retailers agree: Times are tough in the boat industry. But one boat seller sees the seas calming. |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2005 Seth Jayson |
The Right Trend Is Your Friend It's amazing how often smart people miss the movements that matter. The trends really are your friends, so long as everyone else is ignoring the ones that matter. Keep your eyes on the business and buy what looks strong while others are still scoffing. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
Ahoy! MarineMax on the Horizon? Is this small-cap worth a look for investors? |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
Hunting for Buried Treasures Here is the author's criteria for hunting down a small-cap investment winner. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Brunswick Drops Anchor The bowling-billiards-fitness company's stock hit a 52-week low yesterday and continues to trade lower today after an earnings warning. Now that it trades for a reduced multiple of earnings, should value investors start circling the wagons? |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: A Glance at Google Google's margins are a thing of beauty, and the upward trend they're on is even more stunning. Unfortunately, the valuation looks pretty darn amazing, too. The stock sells for 96 times trailing earnings and an only slightly more reasonable 84 times trailing free cash flow. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Hurting on the Margin Although operating margins at Hewlett-Packard are improving, they still are below peer levels. At today's stock price, the company offers investors marginal value. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2005 |
Behold the Income Statement The income statement is easy -- and important -- to understand. |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Unearthing a Bargain? Mine Safety has a strong quarter but misses analysts' earnings projections. The stock is now trading at 21 times trailing earnings. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Answers in the Margins By just looking at operating margins, investors can find profitable industry leaders. |