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The Motley Fool April 28, 2006 |
Foolish Fundamentals: Stock Dilution When a company issues additional stock, it can be good or bad for shareholders. Find out how to tell the difference.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2004 Rich Smith |
Fulfilling Float for Lakeland At the protective gear manufacturer, net profits are up, per share profits are down, share count is up.  |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 Paul Elliott |
An Investor's Worst Enemy As an investor, few things assure you'll go hungry like a board of directors cutting the pie into more and more pieces and handing them out. Excessive share dilution is precisely that.  |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2004 Rich Smith |
Symantec's Trojan Buyback The software company is raking in the cash and distributing it to insiders.  |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2004 Rich Smith |
Lucent Back in Black Company turns full-year-profitable, but dilution runs rampant.  |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2006 Jim Mueller |
Sportsman's Guide Shapes Up Management for the Internet outdoor gear and golf-equipment provider has been doing everything right recently for the company and its shareholders. The stock has risen 60% in the last year, much to shareholders' delight.  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: The Knot Bear With a secondary offering, expensive acquisitions, heavy dilution, and no dividend to speak of, The Knot has simply not shown itself worthy of a long-term commitment of capital.  |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2004 Rich Smith |
Symantec's Bizarre Swap After peeling back layers of buybacks, its shareholder dilution is more historic than prospective.  |
Inc. August 1, 2000 Bo Burlingham |
The Boom in Employee Ownership More than 15% of the private-sector workforce is now covered by one ownership plan or another, and that figure is growing. It may get an additional boost from a new study on the effects of stock options...  |
The Motley Fool May 2, 2005 Jim Mueller |
Sportsman's Guide's Red Flag How many stock options is the outdoor gear seller giving out? And it wants more? Here's an investor's red flag.  |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2005 Charly Travers |
A Myriad of Shares Management's predilection for excessive share dilution at Myriad Genetics is troubling for investors.  |
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 Jim Schoettler |
The Billion-Dollar Secret As the debate rages over whether or not companies should expense stock options, we take a look at some basic questions: Why should stock options be expensed?... What does it mean for the investor?... etc.  |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Employee Stock Options Can Undermine the Value of Ordinary Shares What effect do options have on the number of stock shares a company has in circulation? The answer can make a big difference when a company computes its earnings per share, and when investors calculate the critical price-to-earnings ratio.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Red Hat Turns Green A big increase in profits is overshadowed by poorer-than-expected guidance.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Rich Smith |
Online Resources Still Abundant Before getting into the news of revenue growth, profits growth, free cash flow, and all the other goodies that integrated Internet banking software Online Resources provided investors with last week, let's first address the elephant in the living room.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The New Threat to Your Stock Portfolio Don't let dilution drag down its value.  |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Rich Smith |
Xybernaut's Dilution Solution Expanding shares outstanding can make a shrinking loss look even better.  |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2004 |
Where Stock Options Come From Learn the pros and cons of these controversial beasts.  |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2006 |
On Employee Stock Options Companies often offer stock options to employees. Where does the stock in these options come from? Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Freddie and Fannie Shareholders: What This Means for You Freddie and Fannie -- created by the government to provide liquidity to the mortgage market -- have been essentially taken over by the government to, well, provide liquidity to the mortgage market. How does this affect shareholders?  |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Rich Smith |
Symantec's Simply Terrific The Internet security company continues to post impressive numbers. Investors will want to continue to monitor Symantec's performance, and to pay special attention when (or if) the dilution rate appears to slow later this year.  |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Jeff Hwang |
A Costly Tech Buyback Selling options low and buying back shares high destroy Texas Instruments' value.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2005 Rich Smith |
Symantec Better Than Its Word Internet security specialist restrains dilution, beats earnings.  |
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
How Stocks Are Like Ice Cream There's no way to fudge-coat it. You have to pay attention when a company issues more shares.  |