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The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley Wheels In The motorcycle maker is ready to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Harley Backfire? In advance of earnings, analysts expect Harley Davidson to show an 11% drop in sales.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley Revs The motorcycle maker is set to report first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2008 Rich Smith	Harley-Davidson's Rough Ride Change is hard, but Harley-Davidson is making the right decisions.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley Riding High Can Harley-Davidson repeat its estimate-beating ways when it reports its third-quarter earnings?
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Arctic Cat Purr? Investors, buried in last quarter's 15% sales rise were twin 25% spikes in inventories and accounts receivable. Let's hope tomorrow's second-quarter report doesn't reveal similar news.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley-Davidson Tunes Its Inventory In advance of earnings, analysts are wondering whether Harley-Davidson will miss earnings again.
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 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Serving Williams-Sonoma The high-class home furnisher reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 July 21, 2011 Rich Smith	Investors Go Hog-Wild for Harley But is it worth the price?
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 October 15, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Harley-Davidson in the Rear View Mirror? Harley-Davidson put together back-to-back "earnings beats" so far in 2008. In advance of earnings analysts are expecting a drop in profits of 26%. Can Harley beat them again?
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: K-Swiss at the Gate The shoemaker reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
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 April 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Clear-Cut Apogee Investors, even if the economy falters, the glass company's plans to continue seizing market share and controlling costs, if successful, should keep Apogee growing profits in excess of sales gains.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sizing Up DSW Investors, by tomorrow afternoon, the footwear retailer will have its first-quarter 2006 earnings report out, and you'll know if it's a buy.
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 December 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena No Longer Burnt The telecom equipment maker has trumped Wall Street's earnings estimates for four quarters running. Twice, it even earned profits in the process. What will the company show when it reports its full-year results and fourth-quarter 2006 numbers?
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 April 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Fun Time for Hasbro Hasbro breaks out its latest batch of profits news bright and early Monday morning. Seeing them, some investors will cry, and others will squeal with glee. Here are a few facts and figures to help you decide how to react.
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 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ingersoll-Rand Powers Up The diversified industrial manufacturer reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see -- and do you want to know what really matters?
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 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 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 April 19, 2006 Andy Cross	Coke's Bubbly Bottom Line: Fool by Numbers Coca-Cola released fiscal first-quarter earnings 2006: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights...
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Briggs & Stratton Suffers Things haven't been going too well at Briggs for quite some time. At last report, analysts agreed that the company would report strong sales growth but post a 10% decline in quarterly earnings, to $0.47 per diluted share.
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 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 April 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boeing Approaches Humongous companies like Boeing are tricky beasts to analyze -- simply because there are so many moving parts that it's hard to keep a firm grasp on where the enterprise as a whole is headed. But investors, there's a trend afoot here -- and it looks like a good one.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard Flush? While the nation's most famous toilet maker isn't doing so hot in the toilet-selling department, its air conditioning, residential, and vehicle control systems units all turned in strong performances. Investors, take note.
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 April 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hello, Halliburton The energy, industry, and government contracting behemoth reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Here's what Wall Street expects to see.
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 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 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 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 October 19, 2009 Rich Smith	Harley-Davidson's Wildest Quarter Ever Over the long road, the firm only has so much debt to sell. Sooner or later, it needs to remember how to sell bikes.
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 October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Xerox, Do You Copy? The world's most recognizable copier brand name has promised to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you need to know.
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 January 21, 2009 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Rubbernecking at Harley-Davidson In advance of earnings analysts expects Harley-Davidson to show a slide in sales and a much bigger slide in profits.
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 April 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Polaris Launches While Polaris hasn't declared itself "more profitable" yet, its presentation lays out clear goals for better profitability in the future. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pier 1 Docks Over the past 18 months, the retailer's gross, operating and net margins have all collapsed -- and the culmination of this collapse is contained in analysts' prediction of just a penny's worth of profits when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Macrovision Checkup The digital media piracy fighter reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow after market close. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street is looking for? Want to get a better feel for the big picture?
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 April 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Delta & Pine Land When considering this farming company's margin trends, it's best for investors to focus on rolling gross and operating margins and be leery of drawing conclusions from the net results.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2009 Rich Smith	Hear Harley Purr There's a lot not to like about Harley's first-quarter earnings report, but with the shares soaring, you gotta figure there's a little bit to like in there as well.