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The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
This Metric Can Lead You to Winners Of all the measures you can use to search for quality companies, the metric known as return on invested capital can be one of the trickiest. But it's one way to find great businesses.   |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Should You Sell Las Vegas Sands Right Now? We're seeking danger signs among Fools' most beloved stocks. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
4 Portfolio-Shrinking Stocks These four companies can bring you more pain than profit: Oracle... Nokia... J.C. Penney... Johnson & Johnson... |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
An Early Buffett Metric One of the keys to Warren Buffett's early success was investing in high return on capital consumer businesses that were relatively immature when he bought them. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Why You Can't Ignore Debt Be sure to consider a company's debt when doing research, and then keep an eye on it, lest it end up weighing the company down inordinately. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Board Member Today; CEO Tomorrow The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: How It Works Warren Buffett's "moat" metaphor is well known and widely accepted: If your company's business is a castle, its ability to keep competitors at bay is that castle's moat. Here's a primer on the Motley Fool moat series. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Does Your CEO Have a Huge Mortgage? Given how important corporate executives are to a company's success, it makes sense to spend some time looking at them. While a good CEO can make a good business great, a bad CEO can turn a great business into a terrible one. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jim Royal |
Does Wal-Mart Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Will the Next Female Director Be You? As more women take their place among the corporate elite as directors and executives, it's interesting to take a look at how they're getting there. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Bridgepoint Education Earn Its Keep? The numbers here show the attraction of being a for-profit educator. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 22, 2003
Martha Lagace |
How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Jeremy Phillips |
Time to Sell Hershey? Hershey has failed only one of the quick tests that would make it a sell, but does it mean you should hold your Hershey shares? Not necessarily. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is Microsoft Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. He calculates return on invested capital to help determine whether a company has an economic moat |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Should You Sell Best Buy Right Now? Best Buy has failed four of these quick tests that would make it a sell. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 11, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Building a Better Board While corporate board members take their jobs more seriously than ever, they are not necessarily as helpful or effective as they could be, says Harvard Business School senior lecturer Stephen Kaufman. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Flowserve Earn Its Keep? Flowserve showed the kind of steady growth in its returns on invested capital that we like to see until it suffered a sharp decline on its returns in the last four quarters. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does EarthLink Earn Its Keep? Here's one of Buffett's favorite metrics for evaluating companies: Return on invested capital. How does Earthlink do? |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Packaging Corp. Earn Its Keep? Here's one of Buffett's favorite metrics for evaluating companies. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009 |
A Trio of Options Shareholders could soon have an easier route to proposing their own directors on company boards, thanks to three changes |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Home Depot A look at the home improvement retailer's competitive positioning. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 17, 2007
Malcolm Salter |
Learning from Private-Equity Boards Boards of professionally sponsored buyouts are more informed, hands-on, and interventionist than public company boards. The author argues that this board model could have helped Enron and perhaps your company as well. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
12 Companies With Ironclad Balance Sheets While you're looking for those companies that are or will soon begin rechurning profits, you should also look for the ones that have preserved capital and have better positioned themselves financially for stronger economic growth ahead. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Qlik Technologies Earn Its Keep? Let's take a look at Qlik Technologies and three of its industry peers, to see how efficiently they use cash. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2012
Jay Lorsch |
Book Excerpt: 'The Future of Boards' In an excerpt from "The Future of Boards," the author discusses why directors are newly questioning their roles. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Crox Earn Its Keep? Crocs' returns on invested capital have fluctuated over the past five years, and are currently lower than they were five years ago. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
Frank Aquila & Peter Naismith |
Directing Within the "Zone" Poor economic conditions and lack of credit combine to create new challenges for bank directors. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is Schlumberger Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock, using Schlumberger as an example. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
All Aboard: Let's Rock Some Boats on Boards We need more diverse, independent thinking on corporate boards. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jim Royal |
Does ExxonMobil Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock, with ExxonMobil as the example. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
More Women Than You Think It's better to focus on the strides women have made into the corporate boardroom rather than on more depressing data. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Western Refining Earn Its Keep? Western Refining has improved its returns on invested capital dramatically from three years ago, but they are down from five years ago. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Let's Fix Director Independence The Shareholder Bill of Rights would separate the chairman and CEO roles. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Orbitz Worldwide Judging the health of the online travel site. |
CIO
November 14, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
Boards Want to Learn About Emerging IT Issues Directors admit they aren't adequately engaged in topics such as social media and IT-enabled business innovation |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is McDonald's Doing Right by Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: IBM It's time to see if IBM's strength is in its moat. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does CR Bard Earn Its Keep? CR Bard has not seen significant changes in its returns on invested capital over the past five years, which suggests that it is effectively maintaining its competitive position. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2006
Henry Newman |
Vendor Warning Signs A look at a number of warning signs that bear watching when dealing with IT vendors. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2010 |
The Motley Fool's Testimony on Corporate Governance and Shareholder Empowerment Shareholders should have a bigger say in how companies are run. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2006
Rich Duprey |
infoUSA's Undependable Independence The embattled database firm appoints a top independent director who's anything but. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Separation Anxiety and Your Stocks Do your companies use this shareholder-unfriendly practice? Currently, only 40% of all S&P 500 companies have separated the roles of CEO and chairman of the board of directors. |
CIO
December 14, 2010 |
Why Boards Need CIOs Suzanne Woosley, a veteran corporate board director, makes the case for CIOs as corporate advisors. |
Entrepreneur
October 2003
Kurlantzick & Pellet |
Money Buzz Simple tactics for avoiding bad credit... wooing top-notch talent to your board |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
9 Companies With Ironclad Balance Sheets It is critical that companies you invest in right now -- particularly small companies -- have strong cash positions, low or no debt, and/or ensured access to credit. Here are nine that match these criteria. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Caroline McDonald |
Reputational Risk Tops Board Worries Directors are taking their companies' good names very seriously. |
