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The Motley Fool March 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen Diagnosed Walgreen investors need to keep a close eye on inventory growth to make sure it doesn't outpace sales. Otherwise, those inventories might need to be marked down, or even pitched in the dumpster one day.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers in Season In its fiscal first-quarter earnings release back in November, the company promised improved margins later in the year. Investors, don't expect to see the whole bump all at once.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Just What Investors Prescribed With another quarter of stellar growth at Walgreen, the stock approaches its highest price ever.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Xerox, Do You Copy? The world's most recognizable copier brand name has promised to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you need to know.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Homing In on Honeywell The mega-conglomerate reports its third quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 5, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Prescriptions Boost Walgreen Earnings and sales bumped by early flu season and improved non-pharmacy sales.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2005 Bobby Shethia	Walgreen's Prescription for Success The drugstore chain's smart and steady growth makes it a good choice for investors.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: K-Swiss at the Gate The shoemaker reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool September 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Adobe Adobe is actually much more than just Acrobat; the company operates in five different business segments. On Thursday, after close of market, we'll hear about all of them when the company reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings numbers.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Delta & Pine Land When considering this farming company's margin trends, it's best for investors to focus on rolling gross and operating margins and be leery of drawing conclusions from the net results.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cummins Roars Despite skyrocketing raw materials and energy costs the company has improved gross margins slightly in recent quarters. Investors, what's not to like here?
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 February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Polo Mounts Up The company's net profits are riding a wave of strong gross margins, which have risen for the past 12 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Harry's Happy With Walgreen Walgreen acquires the Happy Harry's pharmacy chain. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Chipotle's Order Up The McDonald's spin-off reports its first-quarter 2006 numbers Monday after market close. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Plug Injected Never profitable, fuel cell pioneer Plug Power has disappointed investors in each of its last three quarters. Will its third-quarter 2006 report break the chain of bad news?
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Leaping Logitech! The Swiss computer equipment producer reports its fiscal third-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
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 May 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Trying on Perry Ellis The clothier reports first-quarter 2007 earnings results tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Snap-On The company's cash from operations has been on a general downward trend for quite a while. Investors need to look for signs that this trend has truly reversed before jumping in.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dissecting Silicon Labs For market beating results, investors may want to turn their attention from the big semiconductor names to little Silicon Labs.
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 May 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Destination Target Investors, you've got one last chance to make an eyewitness checkup on the company's health before earnings come out on Monday. Make the most of it. Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Still Global Will the professional services firm make it three in a row for earnings misses when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers Wednesday afternoon?
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Connection The knock on Resources these days is that its success was due to companies being forced to pay up to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. Now that those revenues are drying up fast, so is Resources' stock price.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Williams-Sonoma Sounds Off The home furnisher's margin improvements won't set any speed records, but they're definitely moving in the right direction. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Family Dollar for Your Thoughts The deep-discounter's margins remain under pressure, having fallen across the board over the past 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Columbus McKinnon Investors, find out what's expected from the material handling products manufacturer before the company reports earnings on Tuesday.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Campbell Soup's On Campbell's is indeed turning its ship around. Rolling gross, operating and net margins have been on the rise sequentially for the last four quarters. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Sun Come Out Tomorrow? Anyone who thinks that penny stocks are by definition "cheap" needs to take a close look at Sun Microsystems.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Heidrick & Earnings The recruitment specialist reports its third-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow morning. This is not a company that treats analyst estimates gently -- investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Serving Williams-Sonoma The high-class home furnisher reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool December 21, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Walgreen Shapes Up for 2008 The drugstore chain reports lower expenses in the first quarter while pumping up sales.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Chris Jones	A Tough Pill to Swallow Health-care reform's shadow of uncertainty looms over Walgreen's productive fiscal year.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Adobe Downloads Investors, this company is practically printing money. Or at least it was, until this quarter. There are several things to keep in mind if you're to make sense of tomorrow's first-quarter earnings release -- and the market's reaction thereto.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Walgreen Seeing Green Rivals CVS and Rite Aid have a bitter pill to swallow as Walgreen stays strong. While Walgreen's revenues were in line with forecasts, the stronger-than-expected bottom line has the stock gaining ground.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Superior Guesstimates With General Motors projecting a 12% cut in output next quarter, Ford 21%, and DaimlerChrysler on its way to cutting 16% this fiscal half, things are looking bleak for wheelmaker Superior Industries. The upcoming third-quarter results should tell us exactly how bleak.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Blackboard in Session Blackboard's margins are nothing short of astounding, and the rate at which it is growing those margins leaves "astounding" in the dust. The downside to a record like that: Investors likely expect an earnings beat on Monday.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Fun Time for Hasbro Hasbro breaks out its latest batch of profits news bright and early Monday morning. Seeing them, some investors will cry, and others will squeal with glee. Here are a few facts and figures to help you decide how to react.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cisco Sending Cisco's gross margins have been on a long, slow slide over the past 18 months. But until last quarter, the company's operating and net margins had been moving in the opposite direction. What does it mean for investors?
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Charmed, I'm Sure Should investors like this chain of plus-sized women's clothing stores?
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Rent-A-Center Returns Here's what you need to know to make sense of the market's reaction to the company's impending fourth-quarter and full-year earnings release.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Analog Needs a Bump In advance of earnings reports, Analog Devices hopes to make it three quarters in a row of beating estimates; analysts think it is a long-shot at best.
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 May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TOM on the Line TOM Online, one of China's leading Internet portals and wireless service providers, reports its first-quarter 2006 earnings numbers tomorrow.
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 August 19, 2004 Rich Smith	Daktronics Out of Focus? Earnings and revenues rise, but a few questions arise as well.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2005 Alyce Lomax	A Cool Quarter for Walgreen Are second-quarter earnings putting a damper on Walgreen?
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Scholastic's Exam The educational publisher is set to report its fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool June 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Marking the Finish Line The footwear retailer is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings numbers tomorrow after close of trading. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?