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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 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 March 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Healthways Healthways' stock price may be up from last year, but it's been sagging over the last few months. One reason: margin weakness.
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 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 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 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 May 25, 2005	Behold the Income Statement The income statement is easy -- and important -- to understand.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2010 Seth Jayson	How's 3M's Performance at the Margin? Here's the current margin snapshot for 3M and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Pursuing Profits? Meet Margins! Baffled by talk of gross, operating, or net margins? We're here to help.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2010 Seth Jayson	Does Costco Miss the Grade? Here's the current margin snapshot for Costco and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Netflix in the Mail Reviewing the company's recent performance, we see a pronounced trend toward lower gross margins, both sequentially and year over year. By any traditional valuation method, Netflix looks grossly overpriced.
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 August 11, 2010 Seth Jayson	Marginal Performance at Amazon.com Here's the current margin snapshot for Amazon.com and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Braving the Amazon.com Tomorrow, investors will see whether the company can pick up the pace again and reverse its slide with some real, honest-to-goodness cash profits.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2010 Seth Jayson	Checking the Margins at Check Point Software Here's the current margin snapshot for Check Point Software and some of its sector, and industry peers and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Motorola's Marginal Success By taking the low road to profits, the company is finally getting some respect from Wall Street for turning around its business and producing big, heaping piles of cash, quarter after quarter.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hello, Halliburton The energy, industry, and government contracting behemoth reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Here's what Wall Street expects to see.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Does 3M Spell Bingo? With 3M's projected earnings growth of 12% per annum over the next five years, you'd probably want its P/E of 19 and price-to-free cash flow ratio 17 to drop a bit before buying this one.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2011 John Maxfield	3 Ways to Spot a High-Quality Stock The only metrics you'll ever need to size up the strength of your retail stocks.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Foolish Forecast: Sealy Seeks a Nice Bounce In advance of Sealy's earnings reports, analysts are hoping the mattress specialist can improve its margins.
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 February 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Coventry Calling Coventry Health Care is now the envy of the HMO world, besting the last reported margins of its competitors. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2011 Seth Jayson	Does Amazon.com Measure Up? With recent TTM operating margins exceeding historical averages, Amazon.com looks like it is doing fine.
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 March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Here, Petco, Petco! The good news: Most of Petco's bad news is limited to the top few lines of its earnings statement, where sales and cost of sales are laid out. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Lowe's Fly High? While the wise on Wall Street will probably focus on the margins reflected in Lowe's income statement, investors might want to pay more attention to the company's cash flow statement.
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 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 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 March 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Adecco Stays Up Late Investors, the Swiss HR powerhouse has had the same gross margin, on a rolling basis, in every quarter for the last 18 months. With its net as low as it is, even the slightest margin improvement on the bottom line can turn modest revenue gains into spectacular growth in profits.
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 August 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Embraer to Land The Brazilian plane-builder prepares to report second-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow afternoon. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 David Meier	Costco Plugs Along: Fool by Numbers The warehouse retailer released its first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Seth Jayson	Marginal Performance at Apple I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Apple's competitive position could be.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Radyne Sending Radyne has suffered some significant gross margin compression over the past 18 months. Its operating margins also seem headed downward, and its net, which looked so strong a year ago, took a big hit last quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Under Armour Undresses Under Armour's short history doesn't tell investors much more than that gross margins are strengthening -- a strength that hasn't yet dropped to the bottom line.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Nudging Netflix With its stock price now up more than 150% over the last year, can Netflix possibly go higher?
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 March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: GameStop Starts With the exception of last quarter, GameStop's rolling gross margin has been trending downwards for the past 18 months, as have its operating and net margins. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2010 Seth Jayson	Do Dynegy's Margins Measure Up? Here's the margin picture for Dynegy over the past few years.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Woodmark Investors, if sales numbers come in weaker than expected for the cabinet maker, that might actually be good news. Just make sure that the sales the company keeps are the high margin ones.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cracking Coke Open Whatever happens tomorrow with the net margin under GAAP, it's more important for investors to watch Coca-Cola's free cash flow, which usually exceeds accounting profits by a considerable amount.
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The Motley Fool June 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen The retail pharmacy reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings on Monday. Investors -- buy, sell or waffle?
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Seth Jayson	Marginal Performance at Baidu With recent 12-month-period operating margins exceeding historical averages, Baidu looks like it is doing fine.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Flexing Family Dollar The deep discount retailer reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, take note.