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The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Time Traveler The semiconductor design software maker underpromised and overdelivered in Q4.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 August 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: Analysts Duped Under-promise, over-deliver. That's the key to keeping investors happy, to preserving management credibility, and yes, to 5% one-day stock price rises such as the one Synopsys is currently enjoying.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 September 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress May Be Delayed In advance of earnings reports, management has raised revenue guidance, but unfortunately, not profits guidance.
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 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 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 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?
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 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 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.
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 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 May 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Synopsys Dodges Two Bullets Two shots of bad news leave the tech company's stock unharmed.
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 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 March 5, 2007 Rich Smith	PLATO's Q1 Report Card The educational software provider is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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 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 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 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 December 23, 2010 Seth Jayson	Why the Street Should Love Synopsys' Earnings How does the cash flow at Synopsys look? Take a peek at the following chart, which flags questionable cash-flow sources with a red bar.
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