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The Motley Fool
April 19, 2005
Rich Smith |
Sybase's So-So, Solid Q1 Earnings don't improve all that much, but the free cash is flowing. And RFID tags might bring in even more. Investors, keep an eye on this one as the company positions itself to become the database maker of choice.   |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2005
Rich Smith |
The Street's Off Base on Sybase The software company generates heaps of cash yet its stock is priced to sell. |
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 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. |
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
January 23, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Shy Sybase The software company is set to release its fiscal fourth-quarter and year-end earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
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. |
| 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... |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2005
Rich Smith |
Online Resources Strikes Gold You can take this stock to the bank. |
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
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
January 25, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Sybase at Bat Sybase faces plenty of competition in the database market and as it head into tomorrow's earnings report for fourth-quarter and full-year 2005, the company looks set to end the year not with a bang, but with a whimper. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
Online Banking Boom With DI and Open Solutions out of the picture, investors still have a good four companies to choose from if they want to own a piece of the global trend towards digitization of our savings and payments systems. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Soothsaying Sybase The database software-master and online banking software dabbler reports second-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters? |
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
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
July 24, 2006
Rich Smith |
Sybase Sings The enterprise and mobile software provider's meager 5% growth in sales wasn't calculated to impress anyone. But against the background of low expectations, it sparked what has, so far, turned into nearly a 4% rise in the stock's price over the past two days. |
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
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
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 |
Online Banking Bust With earnings season in full swing, here's a look back at these online banking software makers: Corillian... Digital Insight... Online Resources... S1... Sybase... |
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
May 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Measures Up Good news at last for the antipiracy firm. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Ciena No Longer Burnt The telecom equipment maker has trumped Wall Street's earnings estimates for four quarters running. Twice, it even earned profits in the process. What will the company show when it reports its full-year results and fourth-quarter 2006 numbers? |
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
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
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
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
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
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
August 7, 2008
Rich Smith |
Blackboard: Top of the Class Shares of educational-software specialist Blackboard tumble after second quarter earnings reports, but it doesn't seem warranted. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2005
Rich Smith |
Marine Products Runs Aground Marine Products reported Q1 sales that were up 17% over the year-ago quarter. Profits rose even faster, to $0.17 per diluted share -- a 21% year-on-year increase. But none of that impressed investors. So let's examine what red flags they might have fixated on. |
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
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
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
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
November 10, 2005
Rich Smith |
Cisco Gets a C Cisco gets at best a passing grade for its first-quarter earnings. The discrepancy between reported profits and actual cash generation appears to be getting worse. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2007
Rich Smith |
3Com Grants 1Wish Now fully in control of H3C, the company should outperform growth estimates moving forward. It's possible that in the near future, this stock could look like a real bargain. |
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
March 8, 2005
Rich Smith |
Bank on S1? The software maker posts profits, negative cash flow, and a strange line item. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Sybase Needs More Mobility The database company's mobile business is growing nicely, but the rest of the business weighs it down. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Sybase Says ... The database software master and online banking software dabbler releases third-quarter 2006 earnings shortly. Will the company pliantly follow Wall Street's lead? |
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. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2008
Judy Mottl |
Messaging Spells Moolah for Sybase Wireless messaging is a big - and growing - business despite the economic downturn. |
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
February 3, 2005
Rich Smith |
American Pressured Investors fall in love with home fixtures maker American Standard, but for all the wrong reasons. American Standard's stock price is at an all-time high. |
CRM
May 9, 2012
Judith Aquino |
Sybase 365 Launches Updated Business Intelligence Service for Mobile Operators This offering includes enhanced reporting features, analytics, and new segmenting capabilities |
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
April 6, 2005
Rich Smith |
Rob Banks the Easy Way There's no need to rob or even invest in banks to get rich. You can accomplish that just as easily by investing in companies to which banks willingly hand over their money. Take a look at online banking. |
