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What's eCollege Got Cooking? The education software provider routinely confounds and bemuses investors with the plethora of information it gives for use in evaluating its performance.   |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2004
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Valuation Soup Education software provider eCollege has too many metrics being sited as best measuring its performance. But both Wall Street and the company wound up wrong with their estimates, as the eCollege pulled in $0.12 of adjusted earnings. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2004
Rich Smith |
eCollege Takes an Incomplete The provider of outsourced education solutions will delay filing its 10-Q. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2004
Rich Smith |
Reed Elsevier's Fine Print European publisher illustrates how pro forma accounting knows no borders. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2007
Rich Smith |
Furniture Brands Stands Up Against all odds, Furniture Brands turns in a quarter better than all analysts, and themselves, predicted. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2004 |
When "Pro Forma" Is Bad Forma Don't let a company you own fool you with "pro forma" numbers. They're gussied-up numbers that companies would prefer you focus on instead of less attractive numbers that are often more accurate representations of their health or performance. |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Alix Nyberg |
A Matter of Emphasis Regulation G was supposed to end the abuses of pro forma reporting. Has it succeeded? |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Clap for Palm? Palm shows its hand. Depending on a variety of factors, the company expects to report a profits number tomorrow that could range anywhere from $0.38 per diluted share, to $5.20 per share, or from $0.55 up to $0.65. Confusing? You bet. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Red Hat's Tricky Quarter: Fool by Numbers The longtime Linux leader released second-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Dassault? Das' Right. The product lifecycle management software maker is set to report third quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note. |
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
July 20, 2005
Rich Smith |
American Standard vs. the Street's Standard Sometimes, even "great" isn't good enough. Investors in this home fixture maker, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Will Credence Clear Water? Can semiconductor-tester Credence Systems keep up its recent profitable trend, and make it three in a row for positive (pro forma only) earnings when it reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 numbers on Thursday? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004
Rich Smith |
Has Macrovision No Shame? On Monday after the bell, California-based intellectual property rights defender Macrovision reported yet another fabulous quarter, whether judged by revenues, earnings, or pro forma (Latin for "ad lib") earnings. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Resuming Progress? After posting back-to-back earnings misses, Progress Software pulled out of its slump last quarter and beat the estimators. Will it begin a new streak, and start off next week with a bang, when it reports second-quarter 2007 earnings? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Hewlett Packs Earnings The computer maker is set to report its second-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: eCollege's Lesson in Semantics Three quarters out of the last four, the educational software maker succeeded in trumping Wall Street estimates. Today, the stock is off 19% from its post-first-quarter high. What can investors expect when second-quarter 2006 numbers are posted? |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2004
Rex Moore |
Constellation Brands Shines On The pieces are falling in place for the world's largest wine producer. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2005
Tom Taulli |
eCollege's Mixed Report Card Revenues are up, but the e-learning company's growth spurt may be over. The stock has fallen more than 10%. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Tom Taulli |
eCollege Drops Out By selling out at a premium, the company can leverage Pearson's power. At $22.45 per share, or $477 million total, the deal should benefit both sides. It may even signal more dealmaking to come in the educational sector. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Rich Smith |
WebSideStory Opens New Chapter While Wall Street went ga-ga over the newly re-named marketing data analyzer's first-quarter pro forma profits, investors should be aware that from a free cash flow perspective, things don't read as nicely. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Pro Forma Earnings Reports: A Deceptive View of Performance The Securities and Exchange Commission is concerned with a widespread corporate habit -- the growing practice of issuing "pro forma" earnings reports that tend to paint a rosy picture of company results... |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: eCollege to Fail Final The reason that eCollege's quarterly profits will be down so very much, year over year, is that last year's fourth-quarter was exceptionally good for eCollege. This year's will be just average. Investors, take note. |
CFO
Edward Teach & Tim Reason |
Lies, Damn Lies, and Pro Forma Pro forma earnings reports may be a cause du jour of reformers, but CFOs aren't about to back down from issuing them... |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Phillips-Van Heusen Analysts have high hopes for this clothier as it prepares to report its first-quarter 2006 earnings. Here's a quick rundown of what Wall Street expects, what the company's already done, and what you might want to look for in Tuesday's report. |
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
August 20, 2010
Jim Mueller |
Don't Let This Happen, Western Refining Keep an eye on two balance sheet items to avoid surprises. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
Pro Forma's Bottom Line Be careful what you say and how you say it. The Financial Executives International, Morristown, N.J., and the National Investor Relations Institute, Vienna, Va., have come up with guidelines for clear and consistent public statements of corporate earnings. Five key suggestions... |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2010
Jim Mueller |
Don't Let This Happen, LSI Keep an eye on two balance sheet items to avoid surprises with LSI, a semiconductor manufacturer. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2010
Jim Mueller |
Don't Let This Happen, JDS Uniphase Here's what the company has reported for the last four-quarter period, and for the last two year-over-year periods. |
