| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
Entrepreneur
August 2005
C.J. Prince |
Just Say No? More big companies are refusing to give Wall Street quarterly earnings guidance. Should small firms jump on the bandwagon, too? Observers comment on longer term vs shorter term perspective.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 6, 2006
Jim Heskett |
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? There is added pressure on managers to produce short-term earnings regardless of the impact on the long-term health of the business. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty |
Mum's the Word Several companies have decided to forgo quarterly earnings guindance, but a code of silence may not be for everyone. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2007
Morgan Housel |
Short-Term Guided Missiles The endless assault on short-term performance can leave impatient investors searching for answers. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Ignore Earnings Guidance Instead of searching for companies that merely sound optimistic, seek out those willing to back up that positive outlook with something more substantive than words, like dividend increases. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
Financials -- Guiding Less The percentage of companies providing earnings guidance is declining. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Kate O'Sullivan |
Guidance Has Its Rewards Tempted to give public earnings predictions a rest? It could come at the cost of a stock-price drop. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2005
Timothy M. Otte |
Feeding the Gods of Guidance How much quarterly guidance tweaking is too much? CBRL Group, the operator of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Logan's Roadhouse restaurants, recommended "caution in considering its current trends" relative to earnings guidance. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 13, 2006 |
Readers Respond: Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? Business professional offer opinions on the question of whether CEOs of public companies offer earnings guidance. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 27, 2006
Jim Heskett |
Summing Up: Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? Readers weigh in: Anyone who has stock or investments in a public company should be privileged to certain short-term information... Employees feel pressure to have the business look good on a quarterly basis... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2007
Timothy M. Otte |
P&G Loses the Expectations Game Analysts aren't impressed with the conglomerate's third-quarter results. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
WebMD's Misleading Results WebMD reports good numbers, but the stock looks pricey. |
InternetNews
April 23, 2009
Paul Shread |
Amazon, Microsoft Rise on Mixed Results Microsoft and Amazon report quarterly results that are just good enough. |
CFO
December 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
Watch Your Mouth As Reg FD -- Full Disclosure -- enters its fourth year, enforcements so far offer hints on how to communicate. |
InternetNews
June 13, 2006
Paul Shread |
Jabil Plunges on Warning Jabil Circuit became the latest victim of investors' impatience Tuesday, plunging after warning that its quarterly earnings will come in below forecasts... The broader market fell once again... Qualcomm rose after raising guidance...etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
They Don't Like Surprises Inaccurate revenue and earnings forecasts plague the corporate community. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Should Management Guidance Be Eliminated? Inside info from company bigwigs can be a good or bad thing. Investors, know that it's routine for companies to be off the mark -- after all, it's impossible to really know exactly what the future holds. |
CFO
May 1, 2004
Lori Calabro |
Hill on Wall Street Ten financial market questions for Chuck Hill, former director of research at Thomson Financial First Call. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Blue Christmas at Best Buy Best Buy narrows its fiscal 2009 guidance after disappointing holiday sales numbers proved it was not immune to the retail trend of abysmal December sales. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
Lawrence A. Rothman |
Does G-III Have Fashion Sense? Clothing manufacturer G-III offered more questions than answers in its quarterly report. Investors may want more information. |
InternetNews
January 18, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Record eBay Earnings Not Good Enough Online marketplace eBay reported record quarterly revenues on Wednesday. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2001
Anna Chason |
Regulation Fair Disclosure: Walking the High Wire Investor relations have been described as a fencing match conducted on a tightrope. In providing information to investors and analysts, corporate officers must carefully negotiate the "high wire" and provide full information while avoiding "selective disclosures"... |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
What's the Story, Dell? Didn't Dell announce it was suspending guidance two months ago? There are a number of angles to consider when evaluating today's earnings warning from the computer maker. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2006
Paul Shread |
Microsoft, Google Beat the Street Microsoft and Google reported better than expected quarterly results late Thursday, while AMD issued the latest disappointing results from the chip sector... Apple and Motorola were standouts... Microsoft shares surged... etc. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Katrina Chan |
Fast Fool Facts: ValueClick Isn't Click-Happy The online marketing maven reported second-quarter 2007 earnings: Here are informative earnings highlights in a timely manner. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Setting the Stage for the Software Season Progress Software didn't give tech investors any reason to panic -- or to celebrate -- with their first quarter report. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2004
Brian Gorman |
NYT's News Not Fit to Print New York Times' unwillingness to provide yearly guidance is a troubling sign. That's news its investors would rather not hear. |
InternetNews
October 23, 2007
Paul Shread |
Amazon Takes Investors on a Wild Ride Amazon.com jumped 10% ahead of its quarterly earnings report Tuesday - then gave it all back in after-hours trading despite some pretty solid numbers... Millicom gained on quarterly results... TI shares fell after lowering current quarter guidance... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Travis Hoium |
SUPERVALU Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know SUPERVALU shares fell 11% in early trading today on weak earnings and a disappointing outlook. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Fear of the Future Outweighs HP's Great Quarter Did this tech titan's stock deserve to get slammed? |
InternetNews
December 20, 2005
Paul Shread |
Jabil, Palm Top Forecasts Jabil and Palm reported quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street expectations... Stocks ended slightly lower... Buy.com postponed its return to the public markets... etc. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Talk about Missed Earnings A new study finds that falling short of analysts' profits forecasts hits CFOs directly where it hurts: in their wallets and their chances of getting fired. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2005 |
Earnings Report Basics If you're going to be a savvy investor, you need to know about -- and read -- quarterly earnings reports that companies issue. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Camelot Information Systems Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Camelot Information Systems jumped as much as 16% briefly in a spike early in intraday trading Friday after quarterly revenue beat expectations. |
CFO
June 1, 2006 |
Guidance Lite The end of quarterly earnings guidance... Wage inflation in India... Nonprofit mergers... An LBO Twist... The Small Fry... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
Lawrence A. Rothman |
Scuff Marks From Brown Shoe Brown Shoe reports its Famous Footwear retail division posted growth, but the wholesale segment is showing signs of trouble. Management is optimistic, but this is a tough environment in which to gain a good foothold. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2005
Paul Shread |
AMD Beats, But Apple Misses AMD posted blow-out quarterly results after the close on Tuesday, but shares of Apple slid 10% after the company missed sales estimates. Stocks traded mixed during the day, as rising oil prices and inflation fears once again weighed on the market. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2004
Paul Shread |
AMAT, NetApp Beat The Street Applied Materials and Network Appliance give battered tech sector some good news... Awaiting word on Google IPO... |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Sportsman's Guide Shifting Wall Street has had more than a month to chew over January's guidance and has bid the company's shares up 14% in response. Can the stock go higher tomorrow? That will depend on two things. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2004
Paul Shread |
Juniper Investors Turn Picky Juniper Networks beat estimates and raised guidance after the close on Thursday... Stocks fell sharply during the day on a GM earnings miss... The Nasdaq lost 17 to 1903... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Alpharma's Soothing Guidance Alpharma lowers its financial guidance for 2008. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
January 15, 2008
Paul Shread |
Intel Makes Matters Worse Intel's quarterly results gave no hope to a stock market already reeling from subprime mortgage woes and falling retail sales... Applied Materials edged higher on layoff plans... Vignette was up after raising guidance... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Is Hovnanian Near the Ceiling? Does slightly lower guidance mean the new-housing boom is getting long in the tooth? The risk/reward ratio in these stocks is tilted too much toward "risk" for my comfort. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2005
Timothy M. Otte |
All Systems Appear to Be Go Quality Systems surprises on the upside, one week after sharp share price drop. So what's to worry investors? Nothing definite, but there are a couple of items to watch. |
InternetNews
March 7, 2005
Paul Shread |
TI Lowers Guidance Shares of Texas Instruments declined after hours Monday... Seagate edged higher... Cisco rose on a positive article ... |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Lawrence A. Rothman |
The Bull's-Eye Shrinks at Target Target slashes its forecasts for September same-store-sales estimates. Is this a sign of things to come, or is it just a one -month aberration? |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Siebel Out of Surprises The company's raised guidance follows a familiar conservative approach. |
InternetNews
April 22, 2009
Paul Shread |
eBay, Apple Beat the Street Solid results from eBay and Apple bode well for the tech sector. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Eric Bleeker |
Adobe and Oracle Deliver After Hours, Microsoft's Dividend Grows Running down the day's top tech news. |
InternetNews
January 18, 2006
Paul Shread |
Apple, eBay Latest Tech Casualties Apple and eBay offered disappointing outlooks late Wednesday... AMD had nothing but good news for investors... Stocks fell during the day on disappointing results from Intel and Yahoo... etc. |
