Thursday, January 26, 2012

RVBD beats in Sales & EPS, but guiding down in Q1...Stock drops sharply..

RVBD Q4 came in ahead of analysts consensus as listed :

Sales consensus $201 million, Actual $203 million a beat by $2 million or +9.95%

EPS consensus 24 cents, Actual 25 cents a beat by 1 cent or +4.17%

Guiding Sales & EPS below consensus for Q1..citing lag sue to new product introduction..EPS guidance is 19 cents to 20 cents vs expectations of 25 cents.....

Sales guidance $183 to $187 million vs expectation of $197.1 million

Analysts grilled management on larger than seasonal drop which has been 5% to 6% vs current guidance of  down 10% to 11%....

Stock trading @ $26 drop of $3.92 or 13.1%

I have no choice but to sell RVBD.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

2 comments:

  1. S

    I am so sorry about RVBD


    we all get stinkers :)

    AMZN really surged late in the day--wow
    C

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  2. Hi C,

    Smaller companies are full of surprises......

    Earnings game is tough for everyone, unless one gets lucky.

    Saleem

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