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The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Arctic Cat The snow mobile and ATV maker is ready to report second-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Arctic Cat Slinks In With its margins holding more or less steady as it steals market share from the competition, shareholders taking a long-term view of things might want to stick with the ATV maker awhile longer, near-term losses and declining sales notwithstanding.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley in the Showroom Harley's margins have been expanding on the gross, operating, and net levels for 18 months now. If the firm can keep that up, its promises of earnings growth in excess of sales growth appear realistic. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Simply CNS Analysts believe that CNS will grow at an annualized rate of 18% in the long term. That's tremendous, but perhaps not enough to justify its P/E ratio of 21, or its price-to-free cash flow ratio of 21.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Even in Summer, One Cool Cat The market has forgotten about snowmobile and ATV maker Arctic Cat. The recent stock meltdown seems to be a result of a flat earnings growth forecast, not because of any fundamental company troubles.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Arctic Cat The snowmobile and ATV maker is all geared up to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, here is a once-over of a few numbers relevant to the report, as well as a look at a related issue.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Unzipping Coach Coach's trailing P/E of 29 looks a little worse than its actual price-to-free cash flow ratio of 26. But even if the company continues to grow at analysts' projected rate of 20% per year, this is one pricey handbag.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hasbro Hits Play Over the past two quarters, the company's inventories have grown almost in lockstep with sales growth -- no danger signs there. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Family Dollar for Your Thoughts The deep-discounter's margins remain under pressure, having fallen across the board over the past 18 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2011 Rich Smith	Investors Go Hog-Wild for Harley But is it worth the price?
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Triangulating Garmin Garmin's rolling margins don't seem to be revealing much of a trend in its business. One quarter they're up, the next they're down. If analysts are correct in their estimates, the fourth-quarter will turn out to be a down quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Good bebe? Looking at trends in the retail clothier's margins, one sees a business on the rise. Investors, don't be surprised if the company swings to the upside when it reports fiscal second-quarter 2006 earnings.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers in Season In its fiscal first-quarter earnings release back in November, the company promised improved margins later in the year. Investors, don't expect to see the whole bump all at once.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Zale's Tiebreaker Zale's fiscal first-quarter appears to be a seasonally weak one for the company. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Very Same Furniture Brands The furniture maker reports its second-quarter 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 March 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen Diagnosed Walgreen investors need to keep a close eye on inventory growth to make sure it doesn't outpace sales. Otherwise, those inventories might need to be marked down, or even pitched in the dumpster one day.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Rich Smith	Arctic Cat: Good Kitty Yesterday's earnings report had investors pleased with snowmobile and all-terrain-vehicle maker Arctic Cat.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Sun Come Out Tomorrow? Anyone who thinks that penny stocks are by definition "cheap" needs to take a close look at Sun Microsystems.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oil-Dri Towels Off Over the past 12 months, the kitty litter manufacturer generated only $5 million in free cash flow. That's been quite a disappointment after the $14.4 million generated in the previous 12 months, and far below historical levels of cash generation. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Knowing Nucor The mini-mill operator reports second-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, take note.
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 January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ready for RedEnvelope? The company is unprofitable on a cash (free cash flow) or an accounting (GAAP net profits) basis. If it has any value at all, it's still in the eye of the beholder at this point. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Caterpillar Purrs The secret to Cat's net profit success: margins. Despite high energy and raw materials costs, Cat has managed to keep its gross margin deterioration to a minimum. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Columbia Calling Even if sales rise a bit, as expected, investors need to watch those inventory levels closely; make sure the company isn't swamping itself in unwanted goods that it will need to unload at cut-rate prices in the future.
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 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 May 18, 2007 Rich Smith	Arctic Cat's Soothing Purr Results aren't great, but the prospects are good. That pretty much sums up the quarterly and annual results that the ATV- and snowmobile-maker reported recently. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Silicon Labs Gels The semiconductor company is up 47% over the past 52 weeks. Can its winning streak continue?
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lighting Up Lucent With only 6% projected long-term growth ahead of it, a P/E of 10 and a price-to-free-cash-flow ratio more than twice as large, this stock doesn't look like a buy.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: International Page Turner Investors, look for signs that restructuring has produced a leaner and meaner International Paper, one that can execute more efficiently in the coming quarters.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Nike Ready to Run Investors, an established retailer like Nike will probably have well-managed inventory, but keep an eye on the inventories tomorrow, just to be sure.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cummins Roars Despite skyrocketing raw materials and energy costs the company has improved gross margins slightly in recent quarters. Investors, what's not to like here?
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Xerox Hits Stop With 11% growth projected over the next five years, Xerox's price isn't super-expensive, but it's not yet a bargain.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Polaris Launches a New Year The ATV, motorcycle, and snowmobile maker is set to report its first-quarter 2007 financials. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Real United Technologies? When the conglomerated defense contractor reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 results early tomorrow morning, will it revert to the past, or continue wowing the critics?
The Motley Fool January 20, 2005 Rich Smith	Arctic Cat Bares Claws Or does it claw bears? The snowmobile maker beats earnings estimates.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Novell News For three quarters running, business-software provider Novell has confounded the experts, reporting better-than-expected earnings. Can the company keep the good news coming when it reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow afternoon?
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Arctic Cat Scratch? The snowmobile- and ATV-maker is set to report third-quarter earnings. Investors, here's what to expect.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sifting Through the Oil-Dri The largest manufacturer of kitty litter in the country is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Time to Select Solectron? The electronics maker reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Acxiom Just Spinning? Buying Acxiom looks like a better idea than betting against it. The company's trailing-12-month P/E of 42 may not look cheap, but its mammoth cash flows give the firm an ultra-cheap price-to-free-cash-flow ratio of 8.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: JDSU JDS Uniphase's margins have been a train wreck for some time. Even if you ignore the ugly negatives found in the operating and net margin lines, the gross margin picture isn't particularly attractive, either.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2004 Jeremy MacNealy	Arctic Cat Purrs As Arctic Cat, a maker of ATVs and snowmobiles, prepares to sprint toward strong sales and profits in the coming months, investors may be wondering whether this is a good time to pick up some shares.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: As American Axle Turns With sales flat to declining, investors don't want to see either inventories or A/R rise in comparison with their year-ago numbers (as, sadly, they have been doing recently.)
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cracking Coke Open Whatever happens tomorrow with the net margin under GAAP, it's more important for investors to watch Coca-Cola's free cash flow, which usually exceeds accounting profits by a considerable amount.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Polo Mounts Up The company's net profits are riding a wave of strong gross margins, which have risen for the past 12 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oxford Commences With Oxford's goods selling like hotcakes (albeit not terribly profitable hotcakes), the miniscule rise in inventories shouldn't bother investors.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Woodmark Tomorrow, the cabinetmaker reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Connection The knock on Resources these days is that its success was due to companies being forced to pay up to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. Now that those revenues are drying up fast, so is Resources' stock price.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Leaping Logitech! The Swiss computer equipment producer reports its fiscal third-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?