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The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Rich Smith |
Career Education's Big Lesson The online educator Career Education rakes in stellar earnings, exceeding analyst estimates again.   |
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 23, 2004
Rich Smith |
ITT Just Does It ITT Educational soldiers on, fighting off attacks from regulators and lawyers. The company looks to be attractively priced at an enterprise value-to-free cash flow ratio of just 10.7, with long-term earnings growth to be in the low 20% range. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2004
Rich Smith |
Apollo Deserves Laurels Apollo Group's earnings wow the critics once again. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
Career Education's Class Rank Career Education is one of the cheaper companies in the education sphere. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Education Stocks Flunk Grade Separate probes into alleged accounting improprieties at Corinthian Colleges and Career Education have caused the entire for-profit sector to flunk. |
The Motley Fool
Rich Smith |
ITT's Back For-profit tech educator ITT Educational Services released its earnings report yesterday, and things appear to be going just dandy for it, despite an ongoing federal investigation. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apollo's Apple For-profit education centers have cooled off lately, but Apollo Group remains upbeat about the future. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Corinthian Gets Detention The for-profit educator's stock-option probe is only its latest operational mishap. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2005
Rich Smith |
What's eCollege Got Cooking? The education software provider routinely confounds and bemuses investors with the plethora of information it gives for use in evaluating its performance. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2005
Rich Smith |
eCollege Opens its Books Financials become more transparent, and the company looks like a better investment because of it. |
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
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 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 12, 2005
Tom Taulli |
eCollege's Mixed Report Card Revenues are up, but the e-learning company's growth spurt may be over. The stock has fallen more than 10%. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
A Less-Than-Sharper Image The specialty retail company lowers its earnings guidance as sales growth slips. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Discounted Education Private education stocks are hit hard today, with Corinthian Colleges declining the most. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Is Caterpillar Squirming? The company's stock took a hit yesterday, but it's a good buy if economic conditions continue to improve. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2004
Rich Smith |
Failing Grade for ITT? ITT Educational is down 40% in the wake of a Feb. 25 government raid. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Headhunter Bags Profits Heidrick & Struggles, a "premier executive search" firm, capitalizes on a job-full recovery. Their earnings release suggests that it was free cash flow positive for the quarter, but the balance sheet shows little change in the past six months. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
Symantec Buys Itself Symantec reports great profits and a debatable share buyback decision. |
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
May 15, 2007
Tom Taulli |
eCollege Drops Out By selling out at a premium, the company can leverage Pearson's power. At $22.45 per share, or $477 million total, the deal should benefit both sides. It may even signal more dealmaking to come in the educational sector. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Alloy Finally Files When a company makes a late filing, it always raises concerns. The youth-oriented e-commerce and marketing company delayed its 10-K by a few months. |
InternetNews
August 2, 2004
Paul Shread |
Priceline Beats But Warns And Adobe raises guidance... Macrovision beats estimates... Sonic misses... |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Apollo Looking a Bit Less Godlike Business at this leading for-profit educator is still OK, despite a modest cut in guidance. Had the stock's P/E been in the low teens and a bit less popular with momentum-investing types, maybe the revision wouldn't have generated such a downdraft. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
Cross-Examining Corinthian This education company just isn't making the grade. Over the past month, in fact, the company has already given back one-third of the gains garnered by its surprise 2004 results. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Boosting Business IQ Companies often rely on "gut feeling," not numbers, to make decisions. Business Objects is trying to change that with their software. The firm expects to generate earnings of $0.80 to $0.85 a share for 2004. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2004
Bill Mann |
Things Left Unsaid A company puts its best foot forward in a press release, but old releases can tell a different story. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2004
Paul Shread |
AMAT, NetApp Beat The Street Applied Materials and Network Appliance give battered tech sector some good news... Awaiting word on Google IPO... |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
Covering Portfolio Recovery Portfolio Recovery Associates' performance over the past six months have been good with earnings of $0.81 per diluted share translating to an earnings growth of nearly 31% over the first half of 2003. |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Applied Materials Builds Last year, things couldn't have looked worse. Now, they couldn't look better. |
InternetNews
June 16, 2004
Paul Shread |
Analyst Predicts Adobe Slowdown CS First Boston thinks Adobe's run may be about over. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Dell's Dandy Outlook The tech giant keeps churning forward with earnings up from $0.29 per share to $0.31. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2004
Rich Smith |
DoubleClick's Pinched Penny Rounding earnings per share can lay traps for unwary investors. Online advertiser DoubleClick becomes a good lesson in why it is best to think of those little ticker symbols scrolling by as pieces of companies rather than little ticker symbols. |
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
March 11, 2004
Ben McClure |
Quality Earnings Count Here are three telltale signs of strong earnings. This reporting period, it's worthwhile taking a peek behind the earnings. Here are three telltale signs of earnings "quality" to guide your stock picks. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Apollo Graduate With Honors? The for-profit educator has an attractive franchise, but there are a few chinks in the armor. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2005
Rich Smith |
Corinthian Exonerated Educator's stock rises as the SEC calls off its dogs. |
InternetNews
July 23, 2004
Paul Shread |
Microsoft, Amazon Add to Slowdown Fears Weak earnings add to fears of an economic slowdown... Nasdaq hits fresh lows for the year... Broadcom, Gateway beat estimates... DoubleClick plunges... |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2006
Tom Taulli |
eCollege Getting Good Marks eCollege is a leader in the booming online-education trend. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Applied Materials Was Right The leading semiconductor equipment maker builds off a solid first quarter. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Nasdaq Snoozing Nasdaq investors had a great year in 2003, as the index soared 50% from start to finish. From its post-bubble low of 1,114, the composite index has nearly doubled, topping out recently at 2,153.83 |
| 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... |
InternetNews
May 27, 2004
Paul Shread |
Tech Data Surprises The biggest earnings blowouts seem to be coming from the most unlikely places lately. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Intel May as Well Restate Earnings Employee stock options, which Intel feels aren't worth measuring on the income sheets, cost the chip maker almost 20% of last quarter's earnings. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2004
David Meier |
Security! We're Missing Earnings! Secure Computing's earnings shortfall, that precipitated a 36.3% decline of its shares, isn't just a lack of sales to the U.S. government. Something else is amiss. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: eCollege to Fail Final The reason that eCollege's quarterly profits will be down so very much, year over year, is that last year's fourth-quarter was exceptionally good for eCollege. This year's will be just average. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Another Stock Evaluation Tool The earnings yield can help determine the fair value of a stock's price. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2006
Rich Smith |
eCollege Flunked The fall semester looks like a tough one for this online educator. Investors, take note. |
