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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...   |
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
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
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. |
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
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 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. |
Entrepreneur
April 2002
Jennifer Pellet |
Tough Enough Despite speculations of a kinder SEC, Harvey Pitt is cracking down on business... |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2005
Charly Travers |
Where Did the Earnings Go? Expensing stock options will not be kind to some prominent biotechs. |
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. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Designer-Made Earning Reports It has become popular for companies to dream up their own methods of accounting. The greatest danger is fooling oneself... |
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
May 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Measures Up Good news at last for the antipiracy firm. 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
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. |
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
May 16, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Prologue to Synopsys Had it up to here with pro forma accounting, and the analysts who won't tell you when they're using it? Then give Synopsys management another round of applause. The software company reports fiscal second-quarter earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, take note. |
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
January 21, 2004
Rich Smith |
CheckFree Pretties Up Results CheckFree's growing up, but still relying on pro forma numbers. |
CFO
August 1, 2002
Ronald Fink |
The Fear of All Sums To restore investor trust, many companies are disclosing more information, according to a CFO survey. But it may not be enough. |
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
August 6, 2004
Rich Smith |
Reed Elsevier's Fine Print European publisher illustrates how pro forma accounting knows no borders. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2005
Rich Smith |
Progress Regresses The software company beats estimates but makes a pricey purchase. |
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? |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Faith Arner |
Kodak's Fuzzy Numbers The company has taken "one-time" charges every year for the past 12. |
Salon.com
January 28, 2002
Michael Drummond |
Class-action warrior When corporations run amok and accountants are shredding documents, who ya gonna call? Try lawyer Bill Lerach... |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Coach's Questionable Call The company's performing very well, so why resort to pro forma reporting? Investors may not want to run out and add Coach to their portfolios just yet. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Macrovision's Moving Picture The digital-media piracy fighter is set to report its quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
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
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
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
May 20, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Intuit's Taxing Quarter Net earnings declined and Q4 could see a loss. What should an investor's intuition be saying? |
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
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
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
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
February 13, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
ResMed Might Need Oxygen Like its cousin Respironics, this company suffers from an all-too-common fate in med-tech land: It's a great company trading at a not-so-great price. |
FDIC FYI
May 30, 2002 |
Financial Transparency and Regulatory Policy The importance of financial transparency and investor confidence in financial markets can hardly be overstated in the current environment... |
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 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Taxing Times at Cypress Semiconductor A tax break saves the chip-maker from a big quarterly loss. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Foreign Firms Can Attract U.S. Investors: Overcoming 'Home Bias' There are clearly substantial benefits to foreign firms that are able to attract U.S. investors in terms of lowering the cost of capital. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Rich Smith |
WebSideStory Opens New Chapter While Wall Street went ga-ga over the newly re-named marketing data analyzer's first-quarter pro forma profits, investors should be aware that from a free cash flow perspective, things don't read as nicely. |
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 23, 2005
Rich Smith |
Possis Poses Problems The price is still too high as growth continues to slow at the medical device maker. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Jean Graham |
Nuance: Live Long and Prosper? The speech-recognition specialist has a gap in its GAAP numbers. Investors, take note. |
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
September 2, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Ciena May Give an Unpleasant Jolt With the networking equipment maker scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2008 results on Thursday, what should investors expect? |
U.S. Banker
April 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
We've Learned Nothing Despite the Enron-Andersen scandal, little has changed, at least so far... |
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 29, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Symantec Shoots for Two In advance of earnings, analysts expect sales to grow at computer security expert Symantec, and profits to grow even more. |
