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Moat Report Card: How It Works Warren Buffett's "moat" metaphor is well known and widely accepted: If your company's business is a castle, its ability to keep competitors at bay is that castle's moat. Here's a primer on the Motley Fool moat series. |
The Motley Fool
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Is Microsoft Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. He calculates return on invested capital to help determine whether a company has an economic moat |
The Motley Fool
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This Metric Can Lead You to Winners Of all the measures you can use to search for quality companies, the metric known as return on invested capital can be one of the trickiest. But it's one way to find great businesses. |
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Does Wal-Mart Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
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Does ExxonMobil Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock, with ExxonMobil as the example. |
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Is Schlumberger Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock, using Schlumberger as an example. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
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Does Crox Earn Its Keep? Crocs' returns on invested capital have fluctuated over the past five years, and are currently lower than they were five years ago. |
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August 31, 2010
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Is McDonald's Doing Right by Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
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Does Western Refining Earn Its Keep? Western Refining has improved its returns on invested capital dramatically from three years ago, but they are down from five years ago. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
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Does CR Bard Earn Its Keep? CR Bard has not seen significant changes in its returns on invested capital over the past five years, which suggests that it is effectively maintaining its competitive position. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2011
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Does EarthLink Earn Its Keep? Here's one of Buffett's favorite metrics for evaluating companies: Return on invested capital. How does Earthlink do? |
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August 24, 2011
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Does Flowserve Earn Its Keep? Flowserve showed the kind of steady growth in its returns on invested capital that we like to see until it suffered a sharp decline on its returns in the last four quarters. |
The Motley Fool
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Is Medtronic's Heartbeat Slowing? Will gradually decelerating growth lead to a multiple contraction on the medical device maker's stock? |
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Does Packaging Corp. Earn Its Keep? Here's one of Buffett's favorite metrics for evaluating companies. |
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August 10, 2010
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Is Apple Growing Foolishly? There's a right way and a wrong way for businesses to grow. |
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Is Frontier Worth Its Salt? How does this company look on this critical metric? |
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Meet the Margin Hogs These stocks offer fat margins and fatter returns: FactSet... Paychex... Medtronic... Genentech... |
The Motley Fool
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Has St. Jude Medical Become the Perfect Stock? St. Jude took a big step toward perfection when it initiated a big dividend in early 2011. |
The Motley Fool
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Is STEC Worth Its Salt? How does this company look on this critical metric? |
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August 25, 2011
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Does Qlik Technologies Earn Its Keep? Let's take a look at Qlik Technologies and three of its industry peers, to see how efficiently they use cash. |
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August 25, 2011
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Does Bridgepoint Education Earn Its Keep? The numbers here show the attraction of being a for-profit educator. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2005
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A Second Opinion on Medtronic Medtronic is a growth stalwart, but does valuation properly account for the challenges? |
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August 31, 2011
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Medtronic Looks Set for Takeoff Medtronic shares jump after flat quarterly growth as it looks toward global expansion. |
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What Does Medtronic Do With Its Free Cash? Is it a good steward of shareholder capital? |
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The Motley Fool
August 18, 2005
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Medtronic Keeps the Beat Strong growth in the ICD and spinal businesses keep Medtronic running. The stock is trading more or less at par to the market with respect to its P/E-to-growth ratio. Investors must decide for themselves whether that's a fair price to pay. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
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The Motley Fool
August 12, 2010
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Is Research In Motion Growing Foolishly? Research in Motion's track record of creating value as it grows makes it well worth considering. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2010
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Is Google Growing Foolishly? Internet search provider Google has produced Foolish growth for some time now. |
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ROIC What You Mean Return on invested capital helps investors evaluate highly leveraged companies. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2008
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Medtronic Looks Ahead After a rough second half of last year, Medtronic is leaving its problems behind, and optimistically focusing on the future. |
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November 18, 2004
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Medtronic Down, Not Out Internal defibrillator maker's earnings growth rate is slowing down, but its future looks healthy. |
The Motley Fool
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An Arrow From Tom's Quiver Here's a powerful analysis tool that will work for your own portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
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Why Medtronic Is On Course for a Happy New Year Right moves make Medtronic a good investment now. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2005
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Can Medtronic Still Quicken the Pulse? While increased competition looms for the medical device maker, a shareholder update looks to the past. |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
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Will Medtronic's Pulse Quicken? Some investors say Medtronic may beat analysts' consensus forecast. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2010
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Could Medtronic Be a Multibagger? With higher margins than ZOLL Medical and Boston Scientific, Medtronic clearly outshines the competition. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2005
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St. Jude's Healthy Heartbeat Medical device maker St. Jude continues to be boosted by ICD market share gains, and new businesses are coming on line, as well. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2005
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A Busy Day for St. Jude In addition to announcing a major acquisition, St. Jude also reported very solid financial results for the third quarter. Analysts keep raising the bar, and the medical equipment company continues to surpass it. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2006
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Medtronic's Minor Miss Sluggish sales in several market categories might spook investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2010
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Is Cognizant Technology Solutions Growing Foolishly? Fortunately, Cognizant Technology Solutions' track record of creating value as it grows makes it well worth considering. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Investors Heart Medtronic The leaner company is more lovable. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2011
Harsh Chauhan |
This Stock May Be a Surprisingly Good Buy Medtronic's moves could reap dividends in the future. |
