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bar1080

12/15/17 11:21 PM

#1386 RE: SunScents #1384

"Fitbit shares plummet after Stifel downgrades to sell"

"Fitbit won't be profitable and will continue to burn through cash next year, Stifel said as it downgraded the company's stock to a sell rating. The company that once ignited a boom in fitness trackers hasn't innovated enough to keep consumers interested, Stifel wrote. Plus, it said Fitbit hasn't unlocked any meaningful business in the health-care space. "The franchise and customer database does have strategic value and the balance sheet can sustain cash burn through 2018, but absent a change in direction and sudden acceleration in health care system revenue contribution, we see shares lacking a catalyst (without profits, not even corporate tax reform)," Stifel analyst Jim Duffy wrote in a note published Friday."