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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 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 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 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 June 26, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	A Closer Look at PetSmart and Petco Investors, lowered expectations at PetSmart may not be so far off the mark.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Batter Up at Dick's Even if the sporting goods retailer meets expectations of 20% long-term earnings growth, the price looks pretty rich for investors.
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 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 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 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 May 26, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Bad Stock! With mounting challenges ahead, investors aren't handing out treats to Petco.
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 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: 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 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 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 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 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 November 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: PetSmart's Newest Tricks The pet store bounds onto Wall Street shortly to deliver its 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 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 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 March 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Fitting Day at Joe's Rolling gross, operating, and net margins have all climbed upwards over the last 18 months for the clothing retailer Jos. A. Bank. Investors, take note.
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 May 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: BJ's on Deck More big-box retailing, er, wholesaling news, is on the way, investors. Next up in the earnings parade: BJ's Wholesale Club, which reports its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow morning.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: BJ's FY ETA The warehouse retailer is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Digging Vulcan Materials More worrisome than margins for investors in one of the country's leading producers of sand, gravel, and asphalt is the situation with cash flow -- at least at first glance.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	Riding Wild With Petco Specialty retailer meets second-quarter expectations, but shares sag on cautious guidance.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Resources Still Global Will the professional services firm make it three in a row for earnings misses when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers Wednesday afternoon?
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 August 31, 2006	Foolish Fundamentals: Margins Margins are important, but how you use margin information is more important to your investing success. Don't stay on the surface when analyzing margins. Your portfolio will thank you for it later.
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 May 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Children's Place Kids' clothing retailer Children's Place reports first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Investors, will it be buy, sell or waffle? Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2004 Phil Wohl	Value Meets Growth in Petco The pet retailer combines the best of valuation worlds.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Petco Leaves a Present Earnings are problematic, but cash flow suggests a bargain may be wagging its tail here. Petco is worth a look, but investors who do so should keep a bit of skepticism in their back pockets.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	A Stock With Bark and Bite Petco posts strong results. At the current valuation, potential investors will want to look for a discounted price on this stock.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Petco Checkup As far as Petco's share price has already fallen, its valuation is still far above its projected profits growth rate, it's possible that both may have further to fall.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Making Heads or Tails of PetSmart PetSmart's quarter wasn't great, but the company remains strong for the long term. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Sluggish BJ's The wholesale club is set to report its second-quarter 2007 earnings results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is It Your Best Buy? Stock shoppers, start your engines. The electronics retailer reports its fiscal first-quarter 2007 numbers tomorrow before market open. Should investors be nervous?
The Motley Fool March 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Petco and the Battle for Fido Is there room for two strong pet-supply emporiums? Investors, take note.
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 August 30, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Costco Takes It on the Chin Management makes a rare interim comment on consensus estimates. The malaise and uncertainty around Costco and retail in general just might create the first attractive buying opportunity for these shares in almost a year.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2005 David Meier	The Power of Margins The way you think about margins can give you an investing edge.
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 August 20, 2004 David Meier	Petco: Best in Show? The pet supply store has exceeded expectations. Will it last? Analysts think alike and, once again, we see strong price movements as the Street tries to make a trend out of one quarter.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 W.D. Crotty	PetSmart: Good Form and Results The company reports a change to its name and another positive quarter. At the high end of guidance, the stock sells for 20.5 times forward earnings. That's a very reasonable price for a company that analysts expect to grow earnings by 18% annually for the next five years.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Petco's Getting Adopted Petco is being acquired for $29 a share in cash by Texas Pacific Group and Leonard Green & Partners. The offer is a 49% premium to yesterday's closing price and the shares are up 43% on the news.
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.