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The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Macrovision Checkup The digital media piracy fighter reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow after market close. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street is looking for? Want to get a better feel for the big picture?   |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Macrovision's Good, Bad, and Good News The digital media piracy fighter will try to make it one straight year's worth of out-performance when it reports its third-quarter 2006 numbers. Will it succeed? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Monitoring Macrovision Tic-tac-toe, investors want to know: Will the digital media piracy-fighter make it three in a row for earnings beats when it reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow afternoon? |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: American Standard American Standard's gross margin, which wasn't impacted at all by restructuring charges, has remained strong -- even growing slightly. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Should You Believe in Credence? When the semiconductor tester reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings, will this make for three quarters in a row of missing analyst projections? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Scoping Out Synopsys The microchip manufacturing software developer is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters? |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Getting Some Digital Insight Want to know what's happening at online banking facilitator Digital Insight? The company reports first-quarter 2006 results after close of trading tomorrow. In the meantime, let's take a look at a few facts that will help put the numbers in context. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Progress Reboots After posting 15 straight earnings beats, application infrastructure software maker Progress Software stumbled badly last quarter and needs to reprove itself to the market tomorrow. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Measures Up Good news at last for the antipiracy firm. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Synopsys The chip manufacturing software company reports fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters? |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
Macrovision's Blurry View With analysts focusing all their attention on Macrovision's guidance and pro forma results, "disappointing" results tomorrow just might present Foolish investors an excellent opportunity to zig when Wall Street zags. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Summing Up Synopsys The software maker expects profits -- pro forma and otherwise. Investors will be faced with a common quandary among companies whose "analysts" insist more on confusing investors than educating them. |
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
March 16, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Deconstructing Adobe The software company is set to report it fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to find. |
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
November 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Takes a Hit Wall Street punishes the digital copy protector for the wrong reasons. |
| 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
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? |
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
November 5, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Tuning In to Macrovision In advance of third-quarter earnings, analysts expect the DVD copy protector's sales and profits to show double-digit gains. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Synopsys Oversimplified The maker of semiconductor design software is set to report its third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find. |
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
December 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Hoping for Progress The beleaguered software maker steps up to the plate to deliver its earnings report for fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Moves Sales rocketed 32% in the third quarter, and GAAP profits per share nearly doubled, with performance far exceeding analysts' predictions on both counts. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: SUPERVALU's Sale It seems that SUPERVALU will be ending this year as a slimmer operation after the sale of 20 Pittsburgh-area stores. For shareholders, that's a good thing. |
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
March 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Gets a Black Eye Shareholders of DVD copy protector Macrovision suffered a double whammy yesterday, as the market first bid the stock down by 3% during the day, then by a further 3% as the sun set. |
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
July 27, 2007
Rich Smith |
Symantec Hits a Flat Note Symantec doesn't provide a complete picture in a quarterly report that shows sales increasing while profits are falling, and a cash flow statement that is suspiciously absent. |
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
December 19, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Progress Report The small enterprise software maker Progress reveals its numbers tomorrow. 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
October 29, 2011
Eric Bleeker |
Can Overseas Sales Drive Autodesk Forward? Four years ago, 37% of sales went to the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region, but the United States wasn't far behind at 34%. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2005
Rich Smith |
Macrovision's Micro Profits The DVD copy protector gets hammered by Wall Street, but gives value investors an opportunity. The company looks roughly 30% undervalued at today's price. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2004
Jim Schoettler |
Uncovering the Billion-Dollar Secret Traditional stock option accounting practices lead companies to overstate their net income. Here is a look at how significant these overstatements are, who's responsible for fixing the problem, and what they're doing about it to place themselves and their investors in an advantageous position. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2006
Anders Bylund |
3 Stocks That Missed the Mark A peek at companies that over-promised and under-delivered. Applied Signal... Carmike Cinemas... Tech Data... |
InternetNews
May 19, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
HP Meets Expecations Thanks to Services Sales slip three percent, in line with projections, while net income is on the upper end of expectations. |
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
June 8, 2004
J. Graham |
Earnings Madness Quarterly corporate earnings dominate the financial media. Earnings releases send investors into a flurry of buying the winners and selling the losers. But you should be looking beyond what you see in the news. |
InternetNews
August 2, 2005
Paul Shread |
BMC, NetEase Bask in Wall Street's Glow Shares of BMC and NetEase surged... BMC's pro forma earnings of $0.20 a share came in $0.07 ahead of estimates... RealNetworks also rose on strong results... etc. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2005
Paul Shread |
CA, Tech Data Disappoint Wall Street Computer Associates and Tech Data reported results after the close on Thursday that weren't quite as strong as Wall Street analysts were looking for... Wind River soared... Novell fell... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2004
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Sees Big Profits This digital rights enforcer has strong earnings numbers. With its stock only slightly undervalued today, keep your eye on this one and a buying opportunity will present itself eventually. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Anders Bylund |
A Little Less Talk, a Little More Action at Tech Data Any small improvement from this IT product distributor stands to bring in huge benefits for shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Macrovision's Money Game Macrovision plays "Hide the Cash." Where's it all going? |
InternetNews
April 21, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
eBay Nation Powers its Q1 Financials If the online marketplace were a country, it would be the world's eleventh most populous nation, behind Japan and ahead of Mexico. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2005
Rich Smith |
Progress Regresses The software company beats estimates but makes a pricey purchase. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
eBay Reports Rising Profits, Settles With AT&T Year-over-year results rock; just don't ask about Q3. eBay Runs Into Wall Street's Expectations |
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
July 26, 2005
Rich Smith |
Sybase's Switcheroo The software maker offers nice earnings and great cash flow, but strange reporting. |
