Misleading Numbers
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Never blindly accept what you read. Think critically about not just words, but numbers. They're not always what they seem. For example, many companies will report "record earnings." This isn't necessarily impressive. Porcine Aviation (ticker: PGFLY), for example, might earn a record $5 per share in 2008. But if it earns $5.01 in 2009, $5.02 in 2010 and $5. Full Story
Name That Company
Based in Massachusetts, I'm the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of $10 billion, more than 30,000 employees, and more than 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies. Full Story
Costco in Perspective
The Motley Fool Take
Costco (Nasdaq: COST) reinforced what we already knew when it gave a negative second-quarter forecast recently. Things are pretty bad out there, and no retailer's immune. The warehouse discounter disclosed that second-quarter earnings will be "substantially below" analyst estimates. Full Story
Eye Off the Ball
My Dumbest Investment
My dumbest investment was loading up on Freddie Mac back in September, when it was going up for a brief period. My next dumbest moves were not following the news on the company after having purchased the stock and holding on to it for too long. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
My founder started me in 1984 when he sold pizzas out of a back room in his father's tavern. A year later, he opened his first restaurant. Today, based in Kentucky, I'm America's No. 3 pizza provider, trailing Pizza Hut and Domino's. I sport more than 3,000 restaurants worldwide, including more than 100 in the United Kingdom and China. I've been rated No. Full Story
Payout Ratios
Q What's a "payout ratio"? — R.B., Hartford, Conn. A It's the percentage of a company's earnings (net income) paid out to shareholders as a dividend. For example, McDonald's is expected to earn approximately $3.82 per share in fiscal 2009, and its annual dividend amount is currently $2. Divide $2 by $3.82 and you'll get 0. Full Story
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool?
Remember Shakespeare? Remember "As You Like It"? In Elizabethan days, Fools were the only people who could get away with telling the truth to the King or Queen. The Motley Fool tells the truth about investing, and hopes y ou'll laugh all the way to the bank. Full Story
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