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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
September 13, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Why Margins Matter What are margins? Investors, there are three that matter when studying an income statement. Let's run though each, one at a time. |
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
December 27, 2005 |
Foolish Fundamentals: The Income Statement A look at how companies report their sales and profits and what it means to investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2004
Rich Smith |
Daktronics Out of Focus? Earnings and revenues rise, but a few questions arise as well. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2005 |
Behold the Income Statement The income statement is easy -- and important -- to understand. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Pursuing Profits? Meet Margins! Baffled by talk of gross, operating, or net margins? We're here to help. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Family Dollar Still No Bargain Another quarter, another minor earnings surprise for low-budget retailer Family Dollar. The business is fine, but investors, why pay full price? |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: 1-800-Flowers in Season In its fiscal first-quarter earnings release back in November, the company promised improved margins later in the year. Investors, don't expect to see the whole bump all at once. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2010
Seth Jayson |
How's 3M's Performance at the Margin? Here's the current margin snapshot for 3M and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Healthways Healthways' stock price may be up from last year, but it's been sagging over the last few months. One reason: margin weakness. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2005
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Will Lowe's Fly High? While the wise on Wall Street will probably focus on the margins reflected in Lowe's income statement, investors might want to pay more attention to the company's cash flow statement. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Does Costco Miss the Grade? Here's the current margin snapshot for Costco and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Fresh Del Monte's Spotty Results Strong sales, good margins, and higher promotion expenses at the prepared food company highlight this stock's complexity. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Marginal Performance at Amazon.com Here's the current margin snapshot for Amazon.com and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Snap-On The company's cash from operations has been on a general downward trend for quite a while. Investors need to look for signs that this trend has truly reversed before jumping in. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2006
David Meier |
Costco Plugs Along: Fool by Numbers The warehouse retailer released its first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Dollar Tree's a Dud This boring business is fine, but investors, should wait for a better price. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Checking the Margins at Check Point Software Here's the current margin snapshot for Check Point Software and some of its sector, and industry peers and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Does 3M Spell Bingo? With 3M's projected earnings growth of 12% per annum over the next five years, you'd probably want its P/E of 19 and price-to-free cash flow ratio 17 to drop a bit before buying this one. |
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
November 15, 2006
Matthew Crews |
At Ross, a Discount in the Margins Sales numbers look good, but those margins aren't what they used to be. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Investors Diss SanDisk Investors dump SanDisk shares after it lowers forecasts for gross margins and prices. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
Emil Lee |
Steelcase's Iron-Willed Ambitions Can the office-furniture powerhouse double its operating margins by 2010? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2011
Becca Lipman |
Investing 101: Highly Profitable Stocks Undervalued by the Graham Number We used the Graham Number to screen for potentially undervalued stocks. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Marginal Performance at Apple I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Apple's competitive position could be. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2011
Seth Jayson |
Does Amazon.com Measure Up? With recent TTM operating margins exceeding historical averages, Amazon.com looks like it is doing fine. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2008
Steven Renaldi |
Kroger Checks Out Sales were strong and earnings were in line with expectations at Kroger supermarkets last quarter, but those numbers were not easily achieved, as evidenced by a slipping gross margin. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Wrigley's Flavor Fades: Fool by Numbers The company released second-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Might SYSCO Be Worth a Nibble? Even though SYSCO may have again lost a little share, this is a company with some pretty solid fundamentals behind it. Is there actual value in this stock? |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2006 |
Comparing Companies Evaluate your investment candidates carefully -- here's how to start. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Mixed Bag for Family Dollar: Fool by Numbers The discount retailer released full year 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2006 |
Valero Heats Up: Fool by Numbers The oil company released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Do Dynegy's Margins Measure Up? Here's the margin picture for Dynegy over the past few years. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Motorola's Marginal Success By taking the low road to profits, the company is finally getting some respect from Wall Street for turning around its business and producing big, heaping piles of cash, quarter after quarter. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2006
Jim Mueller |
O'Charley's Mixed on Margins Improvement in restaurant gross margins is offset by worse operating margins and give mixed results to investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Marginal Performance at Baidu With recent 12-month-period operating margins exceeding historical averages, Baidu looks like it is doing fine. |
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
August 12, 2011
John Maxfield |
3 Ways to Spot a High-Quality Stock The only metrics you'll ever need to size up the strength of your retail stocks. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Coloring in the Margins at Coventry Health Care Here's the margin picture for Coventry Health Care over the past few years. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Ryan Freund |
Winn-Dixie Continues Its Winning Streak Winn-Dixie continues to crush Wall Street expectations. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2010
Seth Jayson |
What's Up With This Margin Trend? Here's the current margin snapshot for EnerNOC and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Hello, Halliburton The energy, industry, and government contracting behemoth reports first-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Here's what Wall Street expects to see. |
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
August 10, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Marginal Performance at Adobe Systems With recent 12-month-period operating margins below historical averages, Adobe Systems has some work to do. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Hurricane Winds Whip RPM High material costs in the wake of last year's storms suck the wind out of this specialty chemicals company's sails. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Marginal Performance at Advanced Micro Devices Here's the current margin snapshot for AMD and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Where Is American Public Education's Bottom Line Headed? Here's the current margin snapshot for American Public Education and some of its sector and industry peers, and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Walgreen The retail pharmacy reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings on Monday. Investors -- buy, sell or waffle? |
