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The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoints to Better Times Last year was one of lousy press and mediocre numbers for the data collator. Will the new fiscal year be better for the company and shareholders alike?
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard American Standard's gross margin, which wasn't impacted at all by restructuring charges, has remained strong -- even growing slightly. Investors, take note.
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 October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoint Will the data collator make it three in a row for earnings misses when it reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 numbers? Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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 January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: UPS Rolling In The transporter has stemmed the tide of declining margins and is moving back northward on both the operating and net margin fronts. Investors, take note.
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 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Few ChoicePoints The the data collector, collator, and disseminator is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 results. Investors, here's what to expect.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cisco Sending Cisco's gross margins have been on a long, slow slide over the past 18 months. But until last quarter, the company's operating and net margins had been moving in the opposite direction. What does it mean for investors?
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Rent-A-Center Returns Here's what you need to know to make sense of the market's reaction to the company's impending fourth-quarter and full-year earnings release.
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 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 February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Under Armour Undresses Under Armour's short history doesn't tell investors much more than that gross margins are strengthening -- a strength that hasn't yet dropped to the bottom line.
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 July 24, 2006 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Runs in Circles Shares of the data collator dive, then rise. Should savvy investors buy now?
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 January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Eastman Kodak Yesterday was a very good day for the company's shareholders. While the Dow rose a little under 1%, shares of film pharaoh Kodak leapt nearly 4%.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress Boots Up Over the past four years, application infrastructure software maker Progress has beaten consensus estimates for its earnings 15 times in a row. Can the company make it a streak of "sweet 16" trouncings of the Wall Street Wise?
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 March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ITT's Q4 Report Card Barring some unforeseen disaster, it's practically guaranteed that trailing twelve months operating and net margins will continue their upward trend over at least the next few quarters. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Finding First Data Wall Street loves Western Union's parent company, but its margins are a bit of a mixed bag. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Adobe Downloads Investors, this company is practically printing money. Or at least it was, until this quarter. There are several things to keep in mind if you're to make sense of tomorrow's first-quarter earnings release -- and the market's reaction thereto.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Redrawing Borders The bookstore's fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 financial performance will enter the history books, and we can look forward to a new fiscal year -- hopefully, one in which the company's stock price doesn't fall in inverse proportion to the S&P's rise.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Musters Last year was good to defense contractor General Dynamics, the shares of which bucked the market's overall stagnant trend to rise as much as 20% toward year's end. Will 2006 be similarly kind?
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Charmed, I'm Sure Should investors like this chain of plus-sized women's clothing stores?
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoints Elsewhere The data collator's newsflash is one investors won't want to miss. Big changes are afoot, making the news of how many pennies the company earned in second-quarter 2006 fade to insignificance.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cemex in the Mix If you're wondering how the Mexican cement giant managed to achieve better net margins than operating margins in the past two trailing-12-month (TTM) periods, you're not alone. 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 October 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American's Wobbly Standard With two earnings misses, a beat, and a match to its credit over the last four quarters, the kitchen and bath fixture-maker hasn't exactly set the standard for consistent outperformance lately. What is in store for the third quarter? Investors, take note.
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 January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Searching for Stanley Stanley's management said all the right things in its earnings release three months ago. Now shareholders need to make sure that management's deeds continue to match its words.
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 August 26, 2010 Seth Jayson	Checking the Margins at Check Point Software Here's the current margin snapshot for Check Point Software and some of its sector, and industry peers and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Seth Jayson	Marginal Performance at Apple I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Apple's competitive position could be.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pushing the Limited Judging from the rolling margins, the company appears to be slipping, becoming less profitable over time, and thus unlikely to turn in a profits improvement three times better than its sales improvement. 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 December 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Should You Believe in Credence? When the semiconductor tester reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings, will this make for three quarters in a row of missing analyst projections? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Seth Jayson	Where Is American Public Education's Bottom Line Headed? Here's the current margin snapshot for American Public Education and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Wrigley's Flavor Fades: Fool by Numbers The company released second-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Seth Jayson	Marginal Performance at American Tower Keep your eye on margins.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Seth Jayson	Marginal Performance at Advanced Micro Devices Here's the current margin snapshot for AMD and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TOM on the Line TOM Online, one of China's leading Internet portals and wireless service providers, reports its first-quarter 2006 earnings numbers tomorrow.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2010 Seth Jayson	How's Force Protection's Performance at the Margin? Here's the current margin snapshot for Force Protection and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Forms Ranks The defense contracting powerhouse reports its second-quarter earnings results early tomorrow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Seth Jayson	Where Is United Technologies' Bottom Line Headed? Here's the current margin snapshot for United Technologies and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.