Analysts questioned whether the company's explanation told the whole story. They pointed out that a company expecting a short-term problem likely wouldn't take the drastic step of cutting jobs[especially jobs in manufacturing]—often the move of a company adjusting to the new realities of its business model.
"Management's reason is addressable reimbursement issues whereas there are many reasons to believe this is at least in part also a permanent demand issue," Goldman Sachs analyst Sapna Srivastava said, in a note to clients.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”