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Masimo Terminates Kiani’s Employment; Files Lawsuit Alleging He Violated Securities Law

October 30, 2024 by Ted 2 Comments

Header of Masimo lawsuit against Joe Kiani & RTW

In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the new Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) Board of Directors reaffirmed its non-GAAP 3Q and full-year financial guidance as previously provided by the company to investors. It also notified the commission that the Board has officially terminated the employment of former CEO Joe Kiani.

Perhaps most surprisingly, it has additionally filed a major lawsuit against Joe Kiani and RTW Investments alleging, among other things, that they colluded to create a group that violated federal securities laws.

See more on this latest filing with the SEC by the new Masimo Board of Directors

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Law, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Joe Kiani, Masimo

Masimo Expands Board with Two New Appointments

October 21, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Masimo logo

Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI) announced that it has expanded the company’s Board of Directors with two new appointees. The medical products manufacturer, which also owns the Sound United audio brands, will now have a total of eight directors on its board.

See more on the expansion of the Masimo Board

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, People Tagged With: Bill Jellison, Darlene Solomon, governance, Joe Kiani, Masimo Corporation, Quentin Koffey, Timothy J. Scannell, Wendy E. Lane

Yet Again, Guitar Center, Owner of AVDG, Sees Moody’s Downgrade Its Credit Rating

October 17, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Guitar Center store in Florida

Moody’s on GC: ‘Outlook Remains Negative’

This week, Moody’s Ratings, part of Moody’s Investors Services, announced that it was cutting Guitar Center’s credit rating to Caa3, down from Caa2. Guitar Center came on Strata-gee’s radar screen back in 2017 when it acquired AudioVisual Design Group (AVDG), a multi-regional integration group that to me seemed an odd fit with the mission of a struggling mass market musical instrument dealer. In 2020, Guitar Center filed for bankruptcy but has since exited on court approval of a new operating plan.

See more on the struggles of Guitar Center causing this downgrade

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Filed Under: Financial, Integrators Tagged With: AudioVisual Design Group, AVDG, Guitar Center, Moody's Investors Services

Voxx Drops Another 18.6% in Sales; Smaller Company Seeks More Profits & Less Debt

October 11, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Voxx reports Fiscal 2025 Q2 results

Onkyo, Integra, and Klipsch Owner Stops Bleeding in Profits But Not Sales

Voxx International Corporation (Nasdaq: VOXX) announced the financial results for its second quarter and first half of Fiscal 2025 on Thursday after the close of markets. The company, which is in the middle of a major transformation of its business, hailed the results in which it has dramatically cut the level of its total and net debt, and finished with a small net income after several quarters of net losses.

But these positive results were generated at the expense of net sales which continue to decline.

See more on the results of the second quarter for Voxx

[Read more…] about Voxx Drops Another 18.6% in Sales; Smaller Company Seeks More Profits & Less Debt

Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Strategy Tagged With: Integra, Klipsch, Onkyo, Pat Lavelle, Voxx

Stock Value Jumps 8.7% on News Politan Nominees are Elected to Masimo Board

September 20, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

The Days of Sound United as Part of Masimo are Likely Numbered

Masimo Corporation’s [Nasdaq: MASI] 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting concluded yesterday, September 19, 2024, to the surprising news that the battle for control of the company’s Board of Directors was over…and there’s a new sheriff in town. According to a public statement released from Politan, activist investor Quentin Koffey, and his Politan Capital Management group’s nominated candidates, both won election to the two open Board seats – guaranteeing that the new independent directors are a majority of…and control…the Board.

Investors reacted to the news…and it was a strong reaction.

See more on the investor reaction to the Politan directors gaining control

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, News Tagged With: Joe Kiani, Masimo, Politan Capital Management, Quentin Koffey, Sound United

A Huge Merger of Major Specialty Distributors; WAVE Elects. Acquires KOA Elects.

September 10, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

WAVE CEO Mark Fukuda & KOA CEO Anton Tomassian
Mark Fukuda (L) CEO of WAVE Electronics and Anton Tomassian CEO of KOA Electronics Distribution

BREAKING NEWS

Houston, TX-based WAVE Electronics, one of the nation’s largest independent distributors for the custom integration industry, announced today that it has acquired KOA Electronics Distribution, itself a leading CI distributor based in Panorama City, CA. This merger creates a mega-distribution business spanning multiple locations in multiple states.

Learn more about this WAVE & KOA acquisition

[Read more…] about A Huge Merger of Major Specialty Distributors; WAVE Elects. Acquires KOA Elects.

Filed Under: Distributors, Financial, Management, News, Strategy Tagged With: acquisition, Anton Tomassian, KOA Electronics, Mark Fukuda, WAVE Electronics

Voxx Jettisons Jamo & Energy Brands as It Tries to Stop the Bleeding

August 30, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Jamo founders in 1968; Jamo is part of Klipsch which is part of Voxx International
Jamo founders Preben Jacobsen and Julius Mortensen in 1968

Will Voxx International Itself Be Sold? It Says It’s Exploring *All* Options

Premium Audio Company (PAC), a division of Voxx International Corporation (Nasdaq: VOXX), announced today that Voxx has sold off both the Jamo and Energy brands as part of its plan to divest multiple brands in an effort to stave off its financial decline and revitalize its profits. The brands were sold to a Chinese manufacturing company and a Chinese distributor. Oddly, this announcement was retroactive, as the transaction was said to have taken place on August 15, 2024. No reason was given for why this announcement of the transaction was withheld until now.

See more on Voxx selling off underperforming brands

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Filed Under: Financial, News, Strategy Tagged With: energy, Jamo, PAC, Premium Audio Company, Voxx International

Even With Snap One Included, Resideo Sees Revenues & Net Income Decline

August 16, 2024 by Ted Leave a Comment

Resideo image from presentation

Last week, Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI), the new owner of Snap One, announced its financial results for the second quarter of Fiscal 2024. This is the first earnings report that follows the closing on its acquisition of Snap One, the largely residential AV integration business, and therefore the first earnings in which Snap One’s business contributed to the results. Even with Snap One included in its numbers, the surprise was that the company reported a 1% revenue decline…and a 40% drop in Net Income.

I’d call that an inauspicious start for this new partnership.

See more on the report from Resideo on Q2 fiscal 2024

[Read more…] about Even With Snap One Included, Resideo Sees Revenues & Net Income Decline

Filed Under: Feature, Financial Tagged With: ADI, Jay Geldmacher, Products and Solutions, Resideo, Snap One

Sonos App Disaster Spoils Launch of Ace & Better Results for Q3 of Fiscal 2024

August 15, 2024 by Ted 2 Comments

Last week, Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) announced the results for its third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024. CEO Patrick Spence must feel like the tech company can’t catch a break. The company successfully launched its first headphone product, Sonos Ace, to much fanfare in June – the load-in of which helped to drive better-than-expected results for the 3rd quarter of Fiscal 2024. And yet the company’s launch of its newest totally “re-architected” app turned into an unmitigated disaster – infuriating dealers and consumers alike and spoiling all of the positive momentum from Ace and the improved quarter.

What’s worse, the company warns financial analysts that the app disaster will likely continue, causing the company to push back the launch of two new products planned for the 4th quarter and to downwardly revise sales and profit forecasts for the next quarter and the full fiscal year. The ugliness, according to the company, will likely continue into the 1st quarter of Fiscal 2025. Ouch!

See more on the Sonos Q3 results, and the ongoing app disaster impact

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Filed Under: Feature, Financial, Strategy Tagged With: app, Patrick Spence, quarterly earnings, Sonos

Masimo Q2 Fiscal 2024 Results Show Healthcare Rebound, But Audio Declines Double-Digits

August 8, 2024 by Ted 2 Comments

Cover slide to Masimo earnings presentation

CEO Has a New Option for Offing Sound United

On Wednesday, Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI) reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 and the company’s Healthcare division showed solid signs of regaining traction as it continues to power out of the post-COVID doldrums of the last eighteen months to two years. Investors cheered the results by driving up shares of the company’s stock by more than 11%. However, the Non-Healthcare division (Sound United) continues to be troubled with revenues declining 13% in the quarter.

See more on the results for Masimo

[Read more…] about Masimo Q2 Fiscal 2024 Results Show Healthcare Rebound, But Audio Declines Double-Digits

Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: earnings, Joe Kiani, Masimo, Politan Capital Management, Quentin Koffey, Sound United

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