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The Motley Fool August 18, 2005 Rich Smith	Too Early for a Full Synopsys GAAP numbers remain screwy for the software maker. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Prologue to Synopsys Had it up to here with pro forma accounting, and the analysts who won't tell you when they're using it? Then give Synopsys management another round of applause. The software company reports fiscal second-quarter earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 Rich Smith	Synopsys: You Can't Win 'Em All Synopsys' success is in the eye of the beholder. Shares are up nearly 2% in after-hours trading; whether or not that's justified.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys of a Stock Slide Wall Street is right to sell Synopsys, but it's doing so for the wrong reason.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Synopsys Slides Four trading days after releasing its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings report, the semiconductor design software maker continues its slow slide down the slope.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Analysts Duped Under-promise, over-deliver. That's the key to keeping investors happy, to preserving management credibility, and yes, to 5% one-day stock price rises such as the one Synopsys is currently enjoying.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys Oversimplified The maker of semiconductor design software is set to report its third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Tech Stock on Sale Synopsys had a bad year -- or did it? While the chip design-software maker's stock would still look pricey at half its current market cap, any significant drop in price should perhaps be viewed as a buying opportunity.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Summing Up Synopsys The software maker expects profits -- pro forma and otherwise. Investors will be faced with a common quandary among companies whose "analysts" insist more on confusing investors than educating them.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys The chip manufacturing software company reports fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool November 7, 2005 Rich Smith	ServiceMaster Spins It's been a rough couple of trading days for investors in the company behind such brands as Terminix, ChemLawn, and TruGreen, ever since the company reported earnings.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Superior Synopsys The company, which makes the software that controls the equipment that makes semiconductors, is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2005 Rich Smith	A Gusher at Oil-Dri The leader in absorbent clays has quickly overcome its usual first-quarter free cash flow (FCF) negativity and is already on its way to generating strong net FCF for the rest of this year. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Synopsys of Risks and Rewards In advance of earnings, analysts expect Synopsys to grow sales 12%, and profits even more.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scoping Out Synopsys The microchip manufacturing software developer is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 Rich Smith	Synopsys Sees Ghosts: Past, Present, and Future Although Synopsis turned in a great year, looking forward, cash from operations may be drying up.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Synopsys Misplaces Its Wallet Synopsys, which provides chip design software to the likes of Intel and IBM, grew fiscal Q3 sales 13% to $344.1 million. Profits more than doubled. So why did the price drop after reporting earnings?
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 8 in a Row for Synopsys In advance of earnings, analysts wonder whether Synopsys will beat their estimates for the eighth quarter in a row.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress Report The small enterprise software maker Progress reveals its numbers tomorrow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Unacceptable Accounting The problem with GAAP, better known to its practitioners as "generally accepted accounting principles," is that it simply doesn't reflect reality as it relates to investors and the companies in which they invest.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scrutinizing Staples The office-supply quartermaster reports earnings tomorrow. Analysts have the company pegged to produce $0.32 per diluted share in profits for the quarter on $4.2 billion in sales. Furthermore, analysts predict $1.11 in profits for this fiscal year, and $1.26 for fiscal 2006.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scorning Synopsys The semi-conductor design software maker is set to report its first-quarter numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 3Com Picks Itself Up The networking equipment maker added to a string of losses last quarter. Might this quarter be the turnaround? The company is set to report its fiscal third-quarter 2007 numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: This Price Ain't Right A buyback plan seems a bit too eager for the semiconductor-manufacturing software maker. But even if one values the stock based on its free cash flow, the price just doesn't look compelling.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Some Growth Costs Too Much Programmable chip maker Synopsys acquires hardware products maker Synplicity for $227 million. Is it a smart move?
The Motley Fool August 11, 2005 Rich Smith	Happy Birthday to Standard The garage operator closed out its first year as a public company on June 30. Considering that analysts expect to see 10% long-term growth from Standard, its stock may not be an outright bargain, but it's not severely overpriced, either.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Intuit-ion Proves Correct Tax-prep software maker fulfills its future. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics on Deck The the defense contractor is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings results. Investors, here's what to expect.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2007 Rich Smith	JDS Uniphase Sees the Light Shares of the telecom equipment maker are leading Wall Street lower today in the wake of an earnings report featuring better-than-promised sales growth.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2005 Rich Smith	Deltic Timber Axes Cash Flow While investors rightfully shrugged off the year-over-year decline in profits, the tree harvester's earnings release contains further bad news that investors ignore at their peril: Free cash flow declined markedly.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2010 Seth Jayson	Why the Street Should Love Synopsys' Earnings How does the cash flow at Synopsys look? Take a peek at the following chart, which flags questionable cash-flow sources with a red bar.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Rich Smith	Sybase's Switcheroo The software maker offers nice earnings and great cash flow, but strange reporting.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Rich Smith	PLATO's Q1 Report Card The educational software provider is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Time Traveler The semiconductor design software maker underpromised and overdelivered in Q4.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: AS&E Fills Its Dance Card The X-ray-detection specialist American Science & Engineering is set to release its first-quarter 2008 financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Simply Superb Synopsys, which supplies semiconductor design software to a range of chipmakers -- AMD and Intel, NVIDIA, Cypress, and Infineon -- posted its ninth consecutive quarter of estimates-busting earnings yesterday.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Salesforce.com Gets Forceful The on-demand software pioneer is set to release its first-quarter 2008 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Could Salesforce.com Be Cheap? Most investors see that this stock is way too expensive. But, when measured against the 90% year-over-year growth in free cash flow, the 50 P/FCF ratio almost looks cheap?! That's the trouble with trying to value a young, fast-growing company with traditional valuation measures.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Rich Smith	Macrovision's Blurry View With analysts focusing all their attention on Macrovision's guidance and pro forma results, "disappointing" results tomorrow just might present Foolish investors an excellent opportunity to zig when Wall Street zags.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials Leads the Way Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials is ready to report Q3 earnings next week. Here is what analysts will be looking for.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Macrovision Takes a Hit Wall Street punishes the digital copy protector for the wrong reasons.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Macrovision Moves Sales rocketed 32% in the third quarter, and GAAP profits per share nearly doubled, with performance far exceeding analysts' predictions on both counts.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2005 Rich Smith	CheckFree's in the Mail Will tomorrow's earnings numbers clear or bounce? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2005 Rich Smith	Four Cheers for Fargo Strange things have been happening to the stock of small-cap security card printer Fargo Electronics. But over the past six months, Fargo's cash balance has risen, its accounts receivable have fallen, and it has sold down its inventory levels and reduced its outstanding liabilities.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cutter Plays Through Nearly everyone else has reported already, but apparel maker Cutter & Buck's still playing. The company has been making some moves that demonstrate both a commitment to responsible corporate governance and a willingness to entertain buyout offers.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2005 Rich Smith	JDSU's Ugly Pair o' Twos Telecom equipment maker can't say anything that will make its losing hand look good: two cents in operating losses for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, and an expectation of another two-cent loss in Q3.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Reveille for General Dynamics The defense contracting powerhouse gets ready to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Titanium's Two-Sided Tidings Profits abound, but free cash flow goes missing for the titanium metalworker.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Honeywell, at Last The company did exactly what we had hoped for. Earnings here make for a pretty compelling "buy" thesis. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2005 Rich Smith	Death Not So Bad The funeral services operator Service Corp. loses money, but not really. Between good cash flow results and shareholder-friendly actions on management's part, it remains a wonder why the company's share price doesn't show more signs of life.