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The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Snoozing on Natuzzi The Italian sofa maker reports third-quarter 2006 earnings shortly. While investors are waiting, here is some information to consider.
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 March 30, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Get to Know Natuzzi The Italian sofa maker will report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Natuzzi Disturbs Our Sleep In advance of sofa maker Natuzzi's quarterly earnings, analysts are hoping the company will find a way to slim down costs and improve margins.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Natuzzi Impresses, Warns The Italian furniture company's profitability is better than expected. The real question for investors to ponder is whether the firm can maintain this performance.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Very Same Furniture Brands The furniture maker reports its second-quarter earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool September 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Natuzzi Not Napping Investors need to ask how repeatable the Italian sofa maker's recent performance will be if sales next quarter start trending downwards again. If they do, what will that do to margins going forward?
The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Homing In on Honeywell The mega-conglomerate reports its third quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool November 17, 2004 Rich Smith	Natuzzi. Now, That's Italian! Year-to-date sales were almost absolutely flat for the Italian leather furniture maker. On a euro basis, quarterly sales were down nearly 5% year-on-year. Gross margins were essentially unchanged. Net profits fell 20%.
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 July 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Real United Technologies? When the conglomerated defense contractor reports its fiscal second-quarter 2006 results early tomorrow morning, will it revert to the past, or continue wowing the critics?
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 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 December 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Smith & Wesson Loads After putting together back-to-back quarters in which it "beat" consensus estimates for its earnings, can Smith & Wesson Holding make it three-in-a-row when it reports its fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings?
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 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 July 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard for Success The commode manufacturer reports second-quarter 2006 results tomorrow. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 October 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dassault? Das' Right. The product lifecycle management software maker is set to report third quarter 2006 earnings. 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 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 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 September 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Natuzzi Follows the Money The sofa company is going east and north, not west, opening new stores in Europe in the face of deteriorating sales in the U.S. Investors take note.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Foolish Forecast: Group 1 Automotive Tries to Avoid the Pileup The auto and parts seller it set to report its second-quarter results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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 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 December 13, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Value Line's Punchline In advance of earnings reports from Value Line, lets take a look at the company's last two quarters.
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 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 November 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Natuzzi Needs Reconditioning Italian sofa magnate Natuzzi reports a crushing 14% decline in the number of units sold during its fiscal 2007 third quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2004 Seth Jayson	Natuzzi: Italian Furniture on Sale? Its low P/E ratio and strong brand make Natuzzi look like a bargain; is it a value trap?
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 April 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Bed Bath & Beyond the Miss The home furnishings retailer is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2007 Seth Jayson	How YOU Doin', Natuzzi? A slowdown in the Italian furniture maker's biz may make for a good buy.
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 May 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Natuzzi's Not So Natty Now With housing woes weighing it down, the furniture maker swings to a loss for the quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	La-Z-Boy Lounging Around Not all great brands are great, or even good, businesses. Investors, that would seem to be the case for this furniture-maker.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Rich Smith	The Olympics and Investing: The Home Team Get to Know a Country: And where better to begin than with Olympic host nation Italy. This is a pretty easy country to get to know, investment-wise: Benetton... De Rigo... Luxottica... Natuzzi ...
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Way Too Much Furniture Brands Inventories grow far too fast at this furniture furnisher. Investors, take note.