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The Motley Fool
August 15, 2005
Rich Smith |
Lights Dim at Central Parking Shareholders in Central Parking haven't seen a penny in capital gains on their investment since 1996. The outlook remains bleak for this pure-play parking company.   |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2005
Rich Smith |
Gridlock at Central Parking Last week, Central Parking reported its fiscal first quarter 2005 earnings results -- and they were the financial equivalent of a 12-car pileup. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Has Central Parking Stalled? Investing in the parking lot company may seems like a good idea, but not at its current price. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2005
Rich Smith |
Too Early for a Full Synopsys GAAP numbers remain screwy for the software maker. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2005
Rich Smith |
Synopsys Dodges Two Bullets Two shots of bad news leave the tech company's stock unharmed. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2004
Rich Smith |
Does Kimberly-Clark Have Inner Beauty? Surface numbers disappoint, but that's as far as Wall Street looks. At its current run rate, then, Kimberly-Clark looks on target to hit about $2.4 billion in free cash flow for fiscal 2004, giving it a forward enterprise value-to-free cash flow ratio of about 14. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Rich Smith |
Central Parking Seeks an Exit By simultaneously trying to boost its stock price with a costly buyback plan, this garage operator is trying to go a bridge too far. |
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 14, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Scrutinizing Staples The office-supply quartermaster reports earnings tomorrow. Analysts have the company pegged to produce $0.32 per diluted share in profits for the quarter on $4.2 billion in sales. Furthermore, analysts predict $1.11 in profits for this fiscal year, and $1.26 for fiscal 2006. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Could Salesforce.com Be Cheap? Most investors see that this stock is way too expensive. But, when measured against the 90% year-over-year growth in free cash flow, the 50 P/FCF ratio almost looks cheap?! That's the trouble with trying to value a young, fast-growing company with traditional valuation measures. |
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 8, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Cash Flow Cisco Absent the prospect of supercharged growth numbers, what should investors look for from Cisco tomorrow? Analysts aren't too sanguine on the company's chances to wow them this time. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2007
Rich Smith |
Palm Hears Crickets Management itself promised that the firm would flatline in the current quarter, growing nowhere near the analysts' projected 10%. Whether that will change, or whether Palm simply atrophies and dies is the question on which the stock's fate hinges. |
InternetNews
October 28, 2010 |
Microsoft Roars Past Analysts' Estimates Microsoft turned in a banner quarter for the first period of fiscal 2011, driven by sustained growth in Windows 7, Office 2010 and the Xbox 360 gaming system. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
Rich Smith |
Strayer's Stock Strays Guidance is everything. The company's stock is currently trading at roughly 18 times forward free cash flow and could prove to be quite a bargain for value-hunting investors. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Central Parking Pulls In Analysts for Central Parking have been totally, wildly off the mark in predicting the company's earnings in each of the past two quarters. What new surprises will Central Parking spring when it reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 numbers? |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Murphy's Law Lives! When it comes to technology's promises and the realities of delivering on those promises, Murphy's Law prevails with surprising frequency. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2005
Rich Smith |
Death Not So Bad The funeral services operator Service Corp. loses money, but not really. Between good cash flow results and shareholder-friendly actions on management's part, it remains a wonder why the company's share price doesn't show more signs of life. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2010 |
NetApp Profits Double Thanks to Cloud NetApp posts its highest full-year growth rate in a decade, with revenue of almost $4 billion, thanks to virtualization and cloud computing. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Central Parking Hires Financial Advisor The parking services provider is looking for strategic alternatives -- including the sale of its real estate. For investors, it might be worth a look. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2011
Paul Chi |
Dead Money? Not Microsoft. This company is far from dead. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2004
Nathan Parmelee |
Avoid Analysis Shortcuts Prominent investors have spoken out against the use of EBITDA. Yet, it lives on. We enjoy and suffer from an abundance of investment data. There is one figure we could easily do without: EBITDA. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2014
Phill Schragal |
Parking Problems Evaluating operations could lead to better service and greater profitability. |
Reason
February 2004
Julian Sanchez |
Big-Spender Bush George W. Bush is a fiscal conservative, right? Maybe not. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Soup's On for Campbell Investors don't seem to be throwing elbows for seats at the table on this one |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
Bargain Books-A-Million This bigger-than-it-looks bookseller is still a bargain. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2004
Tim Beyers |
One Quality Stock A great earnings report reveals more opportunity for investors in Quality Systems, a company that helps smaller medical practices update and manage record keeping with custom hardware and software. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
Green Mountain Coffee Gets Roasted Strong sales continue, but the company's first-quarter earnings were crushed. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Stan Luxenberg |
When Funds Put Up the Velvet Rope For months, advisors looking to invest in a solid small cap fund have been faced with a growing problem: Many of the best ones have been closed to new investors. If there are ways to access a closed fund manager, should you do it? Probably not. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
The Crash After the Sugar High While 2004 has been good to Imperial Sugar stockholders, it's easy to understand why investors greeted the company's dividend news with caution, ending a lengthy run of new highs. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Why American Public Education's Earnings Are Outstanding Over the past 12 months, American Public Education generated $29.8 million cash on net income of $28.6 million. That means it turned 16.1% of its revenue into free cash flow. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2011
Seth Jayson |
Why Wall Street Should Love Superior Energy's Earnings Over the past 12 months, Superior Energy Services generated $152.4 million cash on a net loss of $35.8 million. That means it turned 10.2% of its revenue into free cash flow. |
InternetNews
July 13, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: Growth Happens As Microsoft gets ready to report its fiscal 2007 earnings next week, the company's seemingly endless building boom shows no signs of slowing, and neither does its penchant for acquiring more property. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2004
Rich Smith |
When Crystal Balls Crack Here is a tool commonly used to predict a company's near-term future and assess its value: its earnings (or free cash flow) run rate. Like most tools, this one can be very helpful if used correctly, but it also has a significant flaw. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2005
Rich Smith |
Unacceptable Accounting The problem with GAAP, better known to its practitioners as "generally accepted accounting principles," is that it simply doesn't reflect reality as it relates to investors and the companies in which they invest. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Inflation Outpaces Federal Funding: By the Numbers Academics lose federal R&D dollars for science and engineering. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Are General Dynamics' Earnings Worse Than They Look? Over the past 12 months, General Dynamics generated $2,432.0 million cash on net income of $2,431.0 million. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Apollo Rising The for-profit educator just won't stay down. With the stock once again high off some recent lows, investors are looking with hope toward Thursday morning's earnings release and wondering whether the stock can fly higher still. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Are United Parcel Service's Earnings Better than they Look? With questionable cash flows amounting to only 7.3% of operating cash flow, UPS' cash flows look clean. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Has Forward Air Made You Any Real Money? With questionable cash flows amounting to only 9.2% of operating cash flow, Forward Air's cash flows look clean. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003
Barnett & Ossowski |
What Goes Up... Why oil-producing states must husband their resources |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2011
Seth Jayson |
Here's How General Electric Is Making You So Much Cash Over the past 12 months, General Electric generated $29,900 million cash on net income of $10,122 million. That means it turned 19.8% of its revenue into FCF. That sounds pretty impressive. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Why Gap's Earnings Aren't So Hot Over the past 12 months, Gap generated $1,186 million cash on net income of $1,191 million. That means it turned 8.2% of its revenue into FCF. That sounds OK. |
InternetNews
July 22, 2010 |
Microsoft Reports Record Earnings Windows 7 and Office 2010 sales lead Microsoft to record earnings. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Why Wall Street Should Love Medtronic's Earnings Over the past 12 months, Medtronic turned 24.7% of its revenue into free cash flow. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Digging Into the Cash Flow at Vonage Over the past 12 months Vonage turned 14.6% of its revenue into FCF. That sounds pretty impressive, but is it? |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Are the Earnings at Macy's Hiding Something? With 16.2% of operating cash flow coming from questionable sources, Macy's investors should take a closer look at the underlying numbers. |
