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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...   |
| 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... |
CFO
March 1, 2010
Sarah Johnson |
Nonplussed by Non-GAAP CFOs are dismayed and discouraged by the SEC's approach to non-GAAP reporting. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2005 |
Foolish Fundamentals: GAAP Understanding how companies make adjustments to GAAP earnings will help investors round out their tool kit. |
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
April 25, 2005
Chris Cather |
The World According to GAAP As earnings season heats up, investors may want to read up on the difference between GAAP and adjusted earnings. |
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. |
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
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
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. |
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 6, 2004
Rich Smith |
Reed Elsevier's Fine Print European publisher illustrates how pro forma accounting knows no borders. |
CFO
May 1, 2005 |
Who's Counting? An accountant shortage could be on the horizon... Stuffed Suits... Terrorism Coverage Lapse?... When the Price of Fuel Is Cruel... Don't Bet Your ARS... etc. |
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 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
July 26, 2005
Rich Smith |
Sybase's Switcheroo The software maker offers nice earnings and great cash flow, but strange reporting. |
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
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
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
May 7, 2009
Anders Bylund |
EA Prepares for Lean Times Electronic Arts tells it like it is, even if it hurts. That's a good sign. |
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
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
April 12, 2005
Charly Travers |
Where Did the Earnings Go? Expensing stock options will not be kind to some prominent biotechs. |
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. |
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. |
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
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
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
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
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
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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 24, 2005
Rich Smith |
CheckFree's in the Mail Will tomorrow's earnings numbers clear or bounce? Investors, take note. |
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. |
CFO
December 1, 2002
Ronald Fink |
Tuning In to Cash Flow Clarify cash flow from operations and you'll find reason for optimism about America's blue chips. |
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
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
November 22, 2006
Jean Graham |
Nuance: Live Long and Prosper? The speech-recognition specialist has a gap in its GAAP numbers. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Faith Arner |
Kodak's Fuzzy Numbers The company has taken "one-time" charges every year for the past 12. |
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. |
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. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Yungmann & Taube |
Operating Performance Reporting Over the past year, NAREIT members have re-evaluated the effectiveness of the real estate investment trust industry's supplemental performance measure---Funds From Operations (FFO)... |
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 16, 2009
Jim Mueller |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Energizer and Fair Disclosure According to a Reuters report, Energizer Holdings held a conference call with a select group of sell-side analysts after reporting earnings, giving them information not released to the general public. |
