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The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Rich Smith |
Blackboard Floored The educational software firm's guidance underwhelms investors.   |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2009
Rich Smith |
Blackboard Blasts Off In the middle of one of the worst recessions in recent memory, Blackboard, the educational-software provider and Google partner, closed out its year with a report of accelerating sales growth |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2007
Rich Smith |
Blackboard Must Bounce A downgrade gives investors a chance to catch shares of this educational-software company on the rebound. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Reading Blackboard's Crib Sheet Will educational software maker Blackboard get another good grade when it reports next Tuesday? |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2009
Rich Smith |
Blackboard Asks: "Recession? What Recession?" The educational software provider defied the downturn in tax revenues, the soaring costs of public education, and the general anemic economics of this jobless recovery, turning in a real eraser-clapper of a quarter last night. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Reading the Nuances Voice-recognition specialist Nuance Communications is prepared to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 results. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Blackboard's Positive Equation The educational software maker is set to report its most recent quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
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
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
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
October 16, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Interpolating Teradyne The semiconductor tester gets ready to report its third-quarter 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
February 2, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Blackboard's Clean Record The educational software maker is set to report fourth-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
Grading ITT Allegations of massive fraud aside, ITT looks good according to third-quarter earnings report. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2007
Rich Smith |
Synopsys: Analysts Duped Under-promise, over-deliver. That's the key to keeping investors happy, to preserving management credibility, and yes, to 5% one-day stock price rises such as the one Synopsys is currently enjoying. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2005
Rich Smith |
ITT Courts Bigger Profits The end of the Department of Justice's investigation boosts the for-profit educator's bottom line. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2005
Rich Smith |
Sybase's Switcheroo The software maker offers nice earnings and great cash flow, but strange reporting. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
Rich Smith |
Digital Insight Sees Cash Fortunately, investors have no need to parse the logic behind DI's assertion that it was actually pro forma profitable last quarter -- the firm let us see for ourselves that it was cash profitable. |
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 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
October 31, 2006
Anders Bylund |
IAC by the Book: Fool by Numbers The interactive conglomerate released third quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Reveille for General Dynamics The defense contracting powerhouse gets ready to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Takes a Hit Wall Street punishes the digital copy protector for the wrong reasons. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Nails on a Chalkboard From Blackboard Guarded guidance trumps good results yet again. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Blackboard Breaks Through Now that Blackboard seems to be getting through WebCT without falling apart, it looks more and more like a growing mini-monopoly -- in the right place at the right time. The market tends to pay a premium for companies like that, and for good reason. |
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
October 20, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: DeVry's First Grade The for-profit educator gets ready to report is fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Tanya Carlson |
Are Google and Blackboard an Item? The online education enabler could be Big Goo's next ideal acquisition. |
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
August 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
DeVry's Final Grade: B+ With its balance sheet firmed up considerably, capital expenditures moderating, and free cash flowing strongly, an investor has to wonder whether DeVry is still the prize it was looking at back in late 2004. |
| 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... |
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
October 27, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Let the Digital River Run: Fool by Numbers The e-commerce outsourcing provider released third quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights...Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Irresistible Hewlett-Packard In advance of earnings analysts expect to see an 8% rise in sales and an even bigger rise in profits. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Blackboard Chalks Up a Deal The leader in educational software continues its growth trend through an integration agreement with Microsoft. Blackboard investors were rewarded with a 15% surge in the stock price. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2005
Rich Smith |
CheckFree's in the Mail Will tomorrow's earnings numbers clear or bounce? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2005
Rich Smith |
DeVry's Reprise Maybe the only good news is that things can't get much worse for the education company. What does the future hold for investors? |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
Rich Smith |
Lincoln's Show and Tell Last year was bad for the for-profit educator's investors, but next year will be better. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Richard Gibbons |
Blackboard's Screeching IPO Educational software provider Blackboard has some strong competitive advantages, but investors should be cautious. |
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
May 5, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Blackboard Ready to Squeak The educational software maker is due to report its much-anticipated, first-ever loss under generally accepted accounting principles early next week. Here's what the company has to say on the subject that has Wall Street all a-skitter. |
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
November 4, 2004
Rich Smith |
Valuation Soup Education software provider eCollege has too many metrics being sited as best measuring its performance. But both Wall Street and the company wound up wrong with their estimates, as the eCollege pulled in $0.12 of adjusted earnings. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011 |
Earnings Preview: ITT Educational Services ITT Educational Services will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, July 21, and will try to beat its earnings estimates for the fifth consecutive quarter. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006 |
Mittal Steel's Steady Quarter: Fool by Numbers The steel manufacturer released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
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
August 29, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Ciena Soothes The telecom equipment maker returns to Wall Street on Thursday to report its fiscal third-quarter 2006 results. Investors, will its winning streak continue? |
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
October 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
DeVry's Demise A bad revenue situation at the for-profit educator gets worse in the latest quarter. |
