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The Motley Fool April 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Quietly Growing Forest? Universal Forest Products is an ignored player in the lumber and building materials game. But given how well this stock has performed over the past couple of years, it's not unreasonable to wonder how much gas is left in the tank.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Universal Forest on Fire A growing share of a growing market is an explosive combination. Let this be a lesson, fellow investors: Underestimate well-run companies at your own peril.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Tree Grows in Grand Rapids A strong construction market keeps Universal Forest Products looking green. Investors can enjoy this stock.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is KB's Foundation Solid? KB Home has stellar growth at the top and bottom line, but where's the cash flow growth? Investors, carefully consider this one.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 David Meier	Home Depot's Supply Saga Will all of the home-improvement company's spending make a difference? Investors may be better of watching from the sidelines.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: New York, New Year Analysts are looking for clothier New York & Co. to hit the top of its latest guidance of $0.33 to $0.36 per share for the quarter. That 9% increase might be a bit optimistic, however, in light of the already confirmed "revenue miss."
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Champion Fighting Smarter The manufactured housing purveyor is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pricing Cost Plus How do rising sales turn into falling profits? Sadly, that's exactly what's going on at Cost Plus. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Serving Williams-Sonoma The high-class home furnisher reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sportsman's Guide Shifting Wall Street has had more than a month to chew over January's guidance and has bid the company's shares up 14% in response. Can the stock go higher tomorrow? That will depend on two things.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Anders Bylund	Universal Forest Products' Shares Dropped: What You Need to Know Shares of wood-products producer Universal Forest Products look stunted today after falling as much as 10.5% on light volume.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cavalier Stable Manufactured home builder Cavalier Homes has turned in three straight quarters of improved earnings numbers (in comparison to the previous year's numbers). Can the little company from Alabama make it four for four? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Can Champion Prevail? As demand for its manufactured home products builds in the wake of last year's hurricanes, Champion is on the comeback trail. But the company still has a few issues investors need to keep an eye on.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Integra LifeSciences Strikes a Nerve The med-tech company's missed quarter coupled with some slightly disappointing guidance caused investors to lose a bit of faith, sending the shares down more than 15% at one point.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Quiksilver Zooms Ahead The surf-and-skate clothing company continues to perform.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	OmniVision's Margins of Error Can this semiconductor firm's projected strong revenue growth combat sagging margins? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Glance at Google Google's margins are a thing of beauty, and the upward trend they're on is even more stunning. Unfortunately, the valuation looks pretty darn amazing, too. The stock sells for 96 times trailing earnings and an only slightly more reasonable 84 times trailing free cash flow.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lennar's Open House Recent housing news didn't exactly encourage optimism in home-building investors. On that note, here is a preview of the fiscal first-quarter 2006 earnings news due out from Lennar.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Champion Enters the Ring Last quarter, the manufactured housing company didn't just reverse its year-ago loss -- it crushed the Street's estimates. Will Champion retain its title when it reports earnings tomorrow morning?
The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Will This Champion Knock Out the Competition? A prolonged recovery for Champion Enterprises will depend on the modular business. This story is getting better, but the stock market is already at least somewhat on to that fact.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Plug Injected Never profitable, fuel cell pioneer Plug Power has disappointed investors in each of its last three quarters. Will its third-quarter 2006 report break the chain of bad news?
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ingersoll-Rand on Hand The diversified industrial manufacturer 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 October 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Homing In on Honeywell The mega-conglomerate reports its third quarter 2006 earnings results 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 February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Braving the Amazon.com Tomorrow, investors will see whether the company can pick up the pace again and reverse its slide with some real, honest-to-goodness cash profits.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dean Foods Dean's gross margins ebbed and flowed over the course of the past 18 months. At last report, they wound up right back where they started, averaging about 24.3%. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Talk America Talks Talk America's flat to declining sales, plus fewer profits earned on those sales, is not a recipe for earnings growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sina Debarks Although Sina officially sports a pricey P/E of 28, the company currently trades for just a bit over 20 times its trailing free cash flow. That's not at all an unreasonable price to pay if the firm can meet analyst estimates of 19% long-term profits growth.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2005 Rich Smith	Champion's Comeback Story Profits and free cash flow are back for the modular home builder. Is it time to invest?
The Motley Fool March 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Williams-Sonoma Sounds Off The home furnisher's margin improvements won't set any speed records, but they're definitely moving in the right direction. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Travis Hoium	Universal Forest Products Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Universal Forest Products fell 10% today after the company released disappointing earnings.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TransAct Investors, if you thought TransAct looked expensive at a trailing P/E of 47, look again. At a price-to-free cash flow ratio of 80, it's doubly so.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Nile's Tide Comes In The Internet jeweler's gross margins have been on a steady, if shallow, decline for the past 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Stanley Works Acquires Its Way to Growth The nation's leading toolmaker continues to build solid growth. The company projects full-year earnings of $3.20 to $3.30 per diluted share, which would represent an increase of 12% to 16% over last year's earnings.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: KB Home's Open House Is the housing boom about to turn into a housing bummer? Analysts and pundits across the country seem to think so, but don't try telling that to the group tracking homebuilder KB Home. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Good Eaton Expect good things from this strong performer. With the diversified manufacturer's share price sitting fairly still for the past 52 weeks, it looks like a perfect buy opportunity.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Snap-On The company's cash from operations has been on a general downward trend for quite a while. Investors need to look for signs that this trend has truly reversed before jumping in.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Corinthian's Q2 Report Card The past couple of quarters have not been kind to Corinthian's margins (or its stock, either). Primarily as a result of the firm's weak margins, its stock looks a bit pricey.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Nam Tai's Error of Margin Margin risk takes a bite out of this quarter's earnings. Though it is presently heavily weighted toward cell phone products, Nam Tai does have a respectable consumer electronics business that could provide future growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Richard Gibbons	Buying on Margins Profit margins are one useful tool for finding great stock values.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Fetching REX The last few quarters have been good to specialty electronics retailer REX Stores, which has taken maximum advantage of federal tax breaks for investments in synthetic fuels. But is that the full story? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Seth Jayson	Sandbagger of the Day: American Eagle Should investors be surprised that the clothing retailer landed a penny richer than expected?
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hail, Champion! Manufactured home builder Champion Enterprises gets ready to report its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see?
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Rich Smith	American Woodmark Is Shellacked Virginia's premier cabinetmaker faces pressure on all fronts.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: EMC Equals What? The electronic archivist gets ready to report third-quarter 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 October 5, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	New York & Co.: Not as Bad as Advertised Comps may have lagged estimates, but reasons for optimism remain. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The Slowdown Begins at Building Materials If the selling gets too carried away, Building Materials Holding's stock may emerge as a value.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Tooling Around Illinois Tool Works The valuation outlook on this diversified manufacturing company is mixed.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 Rich Smith	Drew Builds Momentum Manufactured housing parts? Boring -- unless you're Warren Buffett. Investors, take a look at Drew Industries.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Universal Forest Taken to the Woodshed Universal Forest may well find itself pushed down below fair value, but stepping up to buy when everyone is still running for the exits is a recipe for near-term pain.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Racing to the Bottom in Housing KB Homes reports the same tough conditions as everyone else, but are estimates finally low enough? Investors, take note.