iRobot Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results

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Needham & Company Defends iRobot (IRBT)

February 12, 2016 7:56 AM EST

Needham & Company analyst, James Ricchiuti, sees the selloff in shares of iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) as overdone as consensus seems to not have been modeling in the divestiture properly. His Buy rating and $38 price target are unchanged.

IRBT shares were punished after the company posted better Q4 results and guided for an acceleration in growth in the home robot business from 10% in 2015 to 12-13% in 2016. Mgmt guided to a modest decline in adj. EBITDA for 2016 as IRBT steps up investments in its wet-floor care products.

Revs were up 30% to $206.4M, above guidance of... More

iRobot Corporation (IRBT) Tops Q4 EPS by 9c

February 10, 2016 4:04 PM EST

iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) reported Q4 EPS of $0.65, $0.09 better than the analyst estimate of $0.56. Revenue for the quarter came in at $206.4 million versus the consensus estimate of $202.25 million.

GUIDANCE:

iRobot Corporation sees FY2016 EPS of $1.20-$1.40, versus the consensus of $1.64. iRobot Corporation sees FY2016 revenue of $630-642 million, versus the consensus of $692.9 million.

"2015 was another great year for iRobot. Throughout the year, we made strategic investments in... More