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The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Synopsys Oversimplified The maker of semiconductor design software is set to report its third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.   |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Summing Up Synopsys The software maker expects profits -- pro forma and otherwise. Investors will be faced with a common quandary among companies whose "analysts" insist more on confusing investors than educating them. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Synopsys The chip manufacturing software company reports fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters? |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2005
Rich Smith |
Too Early for a Full Synopsys GAAP numbers remain screwy for the software maker. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Scoping Out Synopsys The microchip manufacturing software developer is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 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
May 24, 2007
Rich Smith |
Synopsys of a Stock Slide Wall Street is right to sell Synopsys, but it's doing so for the wrong reason. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Prologue to Synopsys Had it up to here with pro forma accounting, and the analysts who won't tell you when they're using it? Then give Synopsys management another round of applause. The software company reports fiscal second-quarter earnings after close tomorrow. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Superior Synopsys The company, which makes the software that controls the equipment that makes semiconductors, is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: 8 in a Row for Synopsys In advance of earnings, analysts wonder whether Synopsys will beat their estimates for the eighth quarter in a row. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
Synopsys: You Can't Win 'Em All Synopsys' success is in the eye of the beholder. Shares are up nearly 2% in after-hours trading; whether or not that's justified. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2008
Rich Smith |
Synopsys Misplaces Its Wallet Synopsys, which provides chip design software to the likes of Intel and IBM, grew fiscal Q3 sales 13% to $344.1 million. Profits more than doubled. So why did the price drop after reporting earnings? |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2005
Rich Smith |
Synopsys Dodges Two Bullets Two shots of bad news leave the tech company's stock unharmed. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Synopsys of Risks and Rewards In advance of earnings, analysts expect Synopsys to grow sales 12%, and profits even more. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Scorning Synopsys The semi-conductor design software maker is set to report its first-quarter numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Synopsys Slides Four trading days after releasing its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings report, the semiconductor design software maker continues its slow slide down the slope. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2008
Rich Smith |
Synopsys Sees Ghosts: Past, Present, and Future Although Synopsis turned in a great year, looking forward, cash from operations may be drying up. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Clap for Palm? Palm shows its hand. Depending on a variety of factors, the company expects to report a profits number tomorrow that could range anywhere from $0.38 per diluted share, to $5.20 per share, or from $0.55 up to $0.65. Confusing? You bet. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Let the Digital River Run: Fool by Numbers The e-commerce outsourcing provider released third quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights...Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Progress Report The small enterprise software maker Progress reveals its numbers tomorrow. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Deconstructing Adobe The software company is set to report it fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to find. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
Macrovision's Blurry View With analysts focusing all their attention on Macrovision's guidance and pro forma results, "disappointing" results tomorrow just might present Foolish investors an excellent opportunity to zig when Wall Street zags. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Tech Stock on Sale Synopsys had a bad year -- or did it? While the chip design-software maker's stock would still look pricey at half its current market cap, any significant drop in price should perhaps be viewed as a buying opportunity. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
Pro Forma's Bottom Line Be careful what you say and how you say it. The Financial Executives International, Morristown, N.J., and the National Investor Relations Institute, Vienna, Va., have come up with guidelines for clear and consistent public statements of corporate earnings. Five key suggestions... |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Reading the Nuances Voice-recognition specialist Nuance Communications is prepared to report its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 results. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Interpolating Teradyne The semiconductor tester gets ready to report 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
November 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Takes a Hit Wall Street punishes the digital copy protector for the wrong reasons. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2008
Rich Smith |
Blackboard: Top of the Class Shares of educational-software specialist Blackboard tumble after second quarter earnings reports, but it doesn't seem warranted. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2007
Rich Smith |
Synopsys: This Price Ain't Right A buyback plan seems a bit too eager for the semiconductor-manufacturing software maker. But even if one values the stock based on its free cash flow, the price just doesn't look compelling. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Phillips-Van Heusen Analysts have high hopes for this clothier as it prepares to report its first-quarter 2006 earnings. Here's a quick rundown of what Wall Street expects, what the company's already done, and what you might want to look for in Tuesday's report. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2008
Rich Smith |
Synopsys: Some Growth Costs Too Much Programmable chip maker Synopsys acquires hardware products maker Synplicity for $227 million. Is it a smart move? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Pro Forma Earnings Reports: A Deceptive View of Performance The Securities and Exchange Commission is concerned with a widespread corporate habit -- the growing practice of issuing "pro forma" earnings reports that tend to paint a rosy picture of company results... |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Anders Bylund |
IAC by the Book: Fool by Numbers The interactive conglomerate released third quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Rich Smith |
WebSideStory Opens New Chapter While Wall Street went ga-ga over the newly re-named marketing data analyzer's first-quarter pro forma profits, investors should be aware that from a free cash flow perspective, things don't read as nicely. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Will Credence Clear Water? Can semiconductor-tester Credence Systems keep up its recent profitable trend, and make it three in a row for positive (pro forma only) earnings when it reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 numbers on Thursday? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
Rich Smith |
Digital Insight Sees Cash Fortunately, investors have no need to parse the logic behind DI's assertion that it was actually pro forma profitable last quarter -- the firm let us see for ourselves that it was cash profitable. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Reveille for General Dynamics The defense contracting powerhouse gets ready to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Rich Smith |
Synopsys: Simply Superb Synopsys, which supplies semiconductor design software to a range of chipmakers -- AMD and Intel, NVIDIA, Cypress, and Infineon -- posted its ninth consecutive quarter of estimates-busting earnings yesterday. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
Macrovision Moves Sales rocketed 32% in the third quarter, and GAAP profits per share nearly doubled, with performance far exceeding analysts' predictions on both counts. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Resuming Progress? After posting back-to-back earnings misses, Progress Software pulled out of its slump last quarter and beat the estimators. Will it begin a new streak, and start off next week with a bang, when it reports second-quarter 2007 earnings? |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2007
Rich Smith |
Synopsys: Time Traveler The semiconductor design software maker underpromised and overdelivered in Q4. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Rich Smith |
Symantec Hits a Flat Note Symantec doesn't provide a complete picture in a quarterly report that shows sales increasing while profits are falling, and a cash flow statement that is suspiciously absent. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials Leads the Way Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials is ready to report Q3 earnings next week. Here is what analysts will be looking for. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2004 |
When "Pro Forma" Is Bad Forma Don't let a company you own fool you with "pro forma" numbers. They're gussied-up numbers that companies would prefer you focus on instead of less attractive numbers that are often more accurate representations of their health or performance. |
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. |
CFO
Edward Teach & Tim Reason |
Lies, Damn Lies, and Pro Forma Pro forma earnings reports may be a cause du jour of reformers, but CFOs aren't about to back down from issuing them... |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
The MoSys Synopsys: A Rip-Off Chip-design software company Synopsys announced Monday that it will acquire Monolithic System Technology for $13.50 a share in a half-stock, half-cash deal expected to close in May. I think Synopsys got ripped off, though. Here's why, in a nutshell. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Opsware Ready to Rumble: Fool by Numbers The automation software maven released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004
Rich Smith |
Has Macrovision No Shame? On Monday after the bell, California-based intellectual property rights defender Macrovision reported yet another fabulous quarter, whether judged by revenues, earnings, or pro forma (Latin for "ad lib") earnings. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Hewlett Packs Earnings The computer maker is set to report its second-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2006
Anders Bylund |
VeriFone Collects More Cash: Fool by Numbers The electronic payments equipment maker released third-quarter earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
