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The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: DeVry's Q2 Report Card The for-profit educator's recent success is mainly priced into the stock -- even though it's still uncertain.
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 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 August 6, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Career Education's Subpar Summer The for-profit educator is set to release its second-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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 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 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 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ITT's Time The for-profit educator reports its second-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TLC for TLC Vision? Will investors receive fourth-quarter and full-year numbers with tender loving care, or will they give the stock the boot? Whichever way it goes, here are the facts you'll need to evaluate whether Mr. Market's reaction is correct.
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 October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: DeVry's First Grade The for-profit educator gets ready to report is fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. 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 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 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 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 January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Manpower Powers Up Priced at a 19 times multiple to earnings and 20 times free cash flow, Manpower isn't the cheapest company on the planet. Still, it might be worth a look to investors.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Black & Decker Investors, keep an eye on the Power Tools and Accessories division. So long as it does well, Black & Decker as a whole will do just fine.
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 February 1, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ITT's Time The diversified industrial manufacturer ITT Industries is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Monitoring the Citi Trends Citi Trends has been public for less than a year. Still, five quarters should be enough to give investors an idea as to where the company is trending.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ryder Dismounts This company has consistently beaten expectations in each of the past 20 quarters. Will it do so again in tomorrow's fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2005 release? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Colgate-Palmolive in the Wash Will the stock's winning streak continue? Wednesday's fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 results could factor heavily in answering that question.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Knocking Over drugstore.com Like to invest in companies that lose money? Then online drug retailer drugstore.com is one for you. Over its history, it has racked up losses totaling $732.8 million.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Opening the Tupperware If good news is reported, it could result in raised guidance for next quarter and a consequent boost to the stock price. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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 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 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Blackboard in Session Blackboard's margins are nothing short of astounding, and the rate at which it is growing those margins leaves "astounding" in the dust. The downside to a record like that: Investors likely expect an earnings beat on Monday.
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 February 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Wal-Mart Is No Wallflower In each of the past two quarters, Wal-Mart grew its total sales by 10%. Not too shabby for a growth company, and pretty darn impressive for a mature one. Investors, take note.
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 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 October 31, 2005 Rich Smith	ITT Courts Bigger Profits The end of the Department of Justice's investigation boosts the for-profit educator's bottom line. Investors, take note.
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 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 February 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: BJ's Delivers Thanks to a 20% run-up in share price over the past three months, BJ's shares are starting to look pricey. The company has some work to do if it's to grow into its valuation.
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 October 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will ITT Stumble? The for-profit educator is ready to report third-quarter 2006 earnings. Analysts have set the bar high once again. Will ITT be able to clear it with its usual ease, or stumble once again?
The Motley Fool February 8, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: K-Swiss Ready to Run The athletic shoe manufacturer's performance may be super, but its valuation remains unexceptional.
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 January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boning Up on Zimmer With its margins as high as they are, and rising as steadily as they are, you won't be surprised to hear that the medical technology company's shares command premium prices.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Year in (Princeton) Review The test-prep company's investors has better hope the analyst got it right this time, after overestimating the company's profits in three of the past four quarters.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Donning the Red Hat Here is further evidence of why investors love software companies. Red Hat today is 66% more profitable than it was a year and a half ago on an operating basis, and 24% more profitable on a net basis.
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 March 28, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciao, Natuzzi Sales are slumping, gross margins are down 320 basis points over the past 18 months, and the company has lost money in each of the past four quarters. 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 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 January 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Riding the Digital River Valuation looks good enough here -- especially when you consider just how truly cheap the stock is looking today. Investors, take note.