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The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: eCollege's Lesson in Semantics Three quarters out of the last four, the educational software maker succeeded in trumping Wall Street estimates. Today, the stock is off 19% from its post-first-quarter high. What can investors expect when second-quarter 2006 numbers are posted? |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Is It HOTT in Here? Investors, focus on inventories and free cash flow. That's where you'll find the first evidence of a turnaround, if one exists. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 March 29, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Best Buy Opens Early Best Buy is expecting to report same-store sales gains of 6% to 7% in the fourth quarter, and "strong" revenue growth overall. In contrast to its customers, Best Buy says it's been keeping tight reins on its own spending. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Trying on Perry Ellis The clothier reports first-quarter 2007 earnings results tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Final Exams at eCollege The educational software-maker is set to release its 2006 fourth quarter's earnings results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
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 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 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 November 4, 2004 Rich Smith |
Valuation Soup Education software provider eCollege has too many metrics being sited as best measuring its performance. But both Wall Street and the company wound up wrong with their estimates, as the eCollege pulled in $0.12 of adjusted earnings. |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 |
eCollege.com Drops a Class: Fool by Numbers The online educator released fourth-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Rich Smith |
eCollege Flunked The fall semester looks like a tough one for this online educator. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2004 Rich Smith |
eCollege Takes an Incomplete The provider of outsourced education solutions will delay filing its 10-Q. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2006 Tom Taulli |
eCollege Getting Good Marks eCollege is a leader in the booming online-education trend. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Tom Taulli |
eCollege's Mixed Report Card Revenues are up, but the e-learning company's growth spurt may be over. The stock has fallen more than 10%. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2005 Rich Smith |
What's eCollege Got Cooking? The education software provider routinely confounds and bemuses investors with the plethora of information it gives for use in evaluating its performance. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Gene G. Marcial |
ECollege: High Marks For Ivy-Covered Software ECollege develops and hosts online learning platforms and virtual campuses -- with libraries and registrars -- that customers offer their students. Is the stock a good buy? |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Tom Taulli |
eCollege Drops Out By selling out at a premium, the company can leverage Pearson's power. At $22.45 per share, or $477 million total, the deal should benefit both sides. It may even signal more dealmaking to come in the educational sector. |
InternetNews May 14, 2007 Paul Shread |
Stocks Mixed Ahead of Inflation Data Stocks were mixed Monday as investors turned cautious ahead of consumer inflation data and earnings reports... Nokia rose on news of market share gains... eCollege and Inforte climbed on takeover offers... etc. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2005 Rich Smith |
eCollege Opens its Books Financials become more transparent, and the company looks like a better investment because of it. |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Fool's Look Ahead Daydreams, satellite streams, and retail extremes will color in the week that lies ahead: Monday -- eCollege posts its 2005 results... Tuesday -- Citi Trends has amassed some huge same-store sales gains... etc. |