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The Motley Fool
August 15, 2005
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Ark Springs a Leak The small cap restaurant posted essentially flat sales in the third quarter, but a 5% decline in profitability. Investors, take note.   |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2004
Rich Smith |
Ark Contains Treasure Ark Restaurants' shares shoot up on news of increased profitability. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Reading Brinker's Menu Brinker's bottom-line performance still looks pretty solid. Still, gross margins appear to be facing pressure, and the company hasn't been able to cut operating costs sufficiently to offset them. Investors, beware. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Soup's On at Darden Great as this restaurant operator is, with future growth projected to average closer to 12% per annum, the shares look rather pricey. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Brendan Mathews |
Weinstein's Ark Ark Restaurants reports a solid quarter, but it doesn't answer questions about growth. Investors may want to wait this one out to see if it remains afloat. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: The Real United Technologies? When the conglomerated defense contractor reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 results early tomorrow morning, will it revert to the past, or continue wowing the critics? |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2007
Brendan Mathews |
Ark's Covenant Is Dividends Small restaurant chain Ark serves up a delicious quarterly report, with a filling 4.8% dividend yield for dessert. Management has a smart strategy in the notoriously fickle restaurant business. It's extremely selective about the locations of its restaurants. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Darden Digests Another Quarter: Fool by Numbers The restaurant operator released fiscal 2007 second-quarter earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2006
Jim Mueller |
Ark Still Floats This small restaurant operator posts its first net loss in over three years, but is still doing all right. Investors, this company might be worth further investigation. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Soup's on at Smith & Wollensky Over the past 18 months, the steakhouse has managed to grow its rolling gross margins a bit, to double its minuscule operating margin and shrink its net loss as a percentage of revenues. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: New York, New Year Analysts are looking for clothier New York & Co. to hit the top of its latest guidance of $0.33 to $0.36 per share for the quarter. That 9% increase might be a bit optimistic, however, in light of the already confirmed "revenue miss." |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2006
Jim Mueller |
Ark Leaks a Bit: Fool by Numbers The restaurant operator released first-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Progress Boots Up Over the past four years, application infrastructure software maker Progress has beaten consensus estimates for its earnings 15 times in a row. Can the company make it a streak of "sweet 16" trouncings of the Wall Street Wise? |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Everybody Loves Cheesecake Cheesecake Factory continues its excellent same-store sales growth -- a result of strong customer loyalty. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Pricing Cost Plus How do rising sales turn into falling profits? Sadly, that's exactly what's going on at Cost Plus. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2006
Jim Mueller |
Brinker International: Good EATs Double-digit revenue and earnings growth make this restaurant operator tempting to investors. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Luby's Dishes Up a Pleasant Surprise The restaurant's first-quarter results beat analyst estimates. This is a company whose management is delivering results. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
News You Can Chew On Restaurant news: Darden posts respectable results, but... Brinker completes a majority stake sale of Romano's Macaroni Grill... Carl's Jr. has a record-setting opening... Ark Restaurants suspends it's dividend... Value menu at Sonic... Ruby Tuesday... Buffalo Wild Wings... |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2009
Rob Plaza |
Is Big Lots the Real Discount Star? With a little top-line growth, it will be. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ark the Herald Angels Sing The multifaceted restaurateur hands out a special $3-per-share dividend, despite a lackluster quarter. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Wrigley's Flavor Fades: Fool by Numbers The company released second-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights... |
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
August 11, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Marginal Performance at Advanced Micro Devices Here's the current margin snapshot for AMD and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors. |
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
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
August 17, 2005
David Meier |
The Power of Margins The way you think about margins can give you an investing edge. |
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
May 29, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
4 Stocks That Took a Hike Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious. Lowe's... FedEx... Ark Restaurants... Clorox... |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Beware Margin Borrowing High levels of margin may suggest an increase in reckless investing in the market, which might possibly lead to some kind of market meltdown. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Investing With Borrowed Dimes Only invest on margin if you know what you're doing -- and maybe not even then. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2003 |
Buying Stocks on Margin Learn how to amplify your stock gains -- and losses. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2006 |
Margin Buying, Explained Did you know you can invest with lots of borrowed money? Be careful, though. Only experienced investors should use margin. |
