Investors React to iRobot Stock Surge Following Recent News
Bullish News if you're into meme stocks
iRobot got a meme-stock bump, but don't robotically follow the crowd and end up making a hasty choice. iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) stock has been a somewhat volatile investment option in the consumer goods space.
If iRobot sells a lot of Roombas, its investors clean up, so to speak. If they don't, iRobot's stock performance tends to suck, and not in a good vacuum-y way. Since mid-2021, it's been more of a sucking sound.
While serious investors generally don't base their decisions on meme-stock trends, it would be imprudent to simply ignore the recent GameStop stock news as it could impact iRobot in the short term. That being said, there's a more important development that actually bodes well for iRobot as a company.
Now, some news that actually matters
Specifically, iRobot found its new chief executive. He's Gary Cohen, an executive who has management experience at Gillette, Timex, and Energizer. Cohen got the job earlier this month and it's a valid reason to wonder if iRobot is starting a new chapter after the Amazon letdown.
Another development (buried in the earnings report mentioned above) is that iRobot reported some actual profitability in 2024's first quarter, depending on how you measure it.
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