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David Phillips has more than 25 years' experience on Wall Street, first as a financial consultant and then as an equity analyst for several investment banking firms. He sifts through SEC filings for his blog The 10Q Detective, looking for financial statement soft spots, such as depreciation policies, warranty...- more about David Phillips »
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- David Phillips is an intrepid sifter of SEC secrets. On his own blog, The 10Q Detective, he searches through SEC filings with fine-toothed comb, looking for juicy tidbits from inside the world’s most interesting public companies. David has also been writing the Energy Industry blog for BNET since April. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Johnson Controls, Oxford promise simpler door assembly.
- Two auto suppliers are teaming up to design a new way to make vehicle doors. The move promises to change the way automakers assemble cars. The plan by plastics specialist Johnson Controls Inc. and metal components maker Oxford Automotive Inc. would c Two auto suppliers are...
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- Crocs Footwear Loses Novelty
- Sales at Crocs fell 32 percent in the third-quarter ended September 30 to $174.2 million, as the company experienced substantial declines in demand for its brightly colored clogs, largely attributable to reduced consumer spending, market share erosion to cheap knock-offs and counterfeits, and decreased foot traffic at shopping malls.Challenging global...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Chevron's Tax Rate is 47 Percent -- With No Windfall Tax
- The Company: Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2008. The Finding: Chevron earned pre-tax profits of $35.7 billion and paid $16.6 billion in income taxes for the nine-months ended September 30 -- an effective tax...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Will Taxpayers Bail Out Ford's Retiree Health Fund?
- Ford said it burned through $7.7 billion in its third-quarter ended September 30, reflecting operating losses and the carmaker's purchase of Ford Credit debt securities. To conserve cash, Ford has undertaken several cost reduction initiatives, including salaried job cuts and reduced capital spending (up to $1 billion in both 2009...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Capstone Turbine Still Charged About Future
- The Company: Capstone Turbine Corp., a producer of low-emission microturbine systems. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 10, 2008. The Finding: Nothing much as changed at Capstone Turbine since I posted about the microturbine manufacturer back on September 26. The Company continues...
- Blog posts 2008-11-15
- Surveying comScore’s Cash Flow
- comScore said third-quarter 2008 adjusted EDITDA was $7.2 million, above the top end of its prior guidance of $5.4 million to $5.7 million, driven by strong growth in subscription sales from both new and existing customers on a year-over-year and sequential basis. Growth initiatives at the provider of digital marketing...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Apache Positioned for Drill-Bit Driven Growth in Egypt
- The Company: Apache Corp., a U.S. oil and natural gas producer. The Finding: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 10, 2008. The Finding: Apache, the largest acreage holder in Egypt, continues to benefit from its active drilling program in the Western Desert, a...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Force Protection Faces End of the Iraq Gravy Train
- Force Protection, a manufacturer of ballistic- and blast-protected wheeled vehicles for U.S. military, reported a profit of $19.9 million for the third quarter of 2008 ended September 30, compared to a net loss of $(799,000) in the prior-year quarter. Chief Executive Officer Michael Moody credited the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Force Protection's Cougar Facing Extinction
- Force Protection, a manufacturer of ballistic- and blast-protected wheeled vehicles for U.S. military, reported a profit of $19.9 million for the third quarter of 2008 ended September 30, compared to a net loss of $(799,000) in the prior-year quarter. Chief Executive Officer Michael Moody credited the earnings' turnaround, in part,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Bidz.com Losing Diamond Luster
- Online jewelry retailer Bidz.com said Tuesday that new buyers to its website for the third-quarter of 2008 fell 2.4% to 54,072, as potential customers shied away from discretionary purchases of luxury goods in the current economic environment. Conversion rates visitors to buyers were down slightly, too, although the company would...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Kerkorian Rebuffs Delta Petroleum
- The Company: Delta Petroleum, a natural gas and crude oil producer. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2008. The Finding: Investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp., which owns 35 percent of Delta Petroleum Corp., withdrew its cash offer to buy an additional...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Avis Budget Group Buckling Under Debt
- Avis Budget Group warned on Nov. 7 that it might be unable to comply with financial covenants contained in its principal corporate credit facility, due to slowing demand for vehicle rental services and increases in borrowing costs associated with fleet financing. Avis' car and truck rental businesses require substantial capital,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Cash Problems in SunPower's Future
- The Company: SunPower Corp., a solar cell and panel maker. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 7, 2008. The Finding: SunPower filed its third-quarter 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday. In addition to new foreign exchange currency issues, a read of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- Provident Energy Trust Offers Attractive Dividend
- The Company: Provident Energy Trust, a Calgary-based energy income trust. The Filing: FORM 40-F filed with the SEC on March 28, 2008. The Finding: Based on the current annualized distribution rate of $1.20 a share, Provident Energy Trust offers an attractive dividend yield of approximately 20...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Acquisition Hangover at Manpower
- In its most recent quarterly filing, Manpower, Inc. detailed a write-down of $140.8 million in goodwill and $22.3 million in intangible assets, signaling another asset bubble bursting in this global slowdown -- that of employment service providers. The charge for impaired assets came after the company determined that...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- DELL Offers Easier Financing, Despite Rising Credit Losses
- In a move to boost sales and profits of higher-margin items like corporate server computers, DELL is offering zero-percent financing to commercial customers. Ironically, the decision to offer easier financing terms comes after word that the PC maker's financing arm, Dell Financial Services DFS, reported an increase in credit losses...
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Transocean Reporting Higher Drilling Rates
- The Company: Transocean, the world's largest offshore drilling contractor. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2008. The Finding: Transocean believes most of its deepwater drilling projects remain economically viable at $60 oil and the company reports seeing no change in interest...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Soured Growth Prospects at Jamba Juice
- For the third quarter of fiscal 2008 ended October 7, comparable store sales at Jamba Juice declined by 10.3 percent. While other quick service restaurant concepts have also experienced declining comparative store sales in the current economy, management of the smoothie maker said it believed sales declines had been exacerbated...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Fleetwood Introduces Hybrid Motor Home
- The Company: Fleetwood Enterprises, a producer of recreational vehicles RV and manufactured homes. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on December 4, 2008. The Finding: Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. unveiled its first-ever hybrid motor home at the annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville,...
- Blog posts 2008-12-06
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