But nothing of what you describe there, makes +6 years of collaborative spoofing, 37% of all trading days, and its consequences to the share price, go away.
And that's why I sense dishonesty, when a "retailer" forget to mention the spoofing and solely blame management for the SP decline.
As I depicted in my 1st ten posts DARK Forces began as early as 1977: AND NOBODY paid ANY ATTENTION throughout the YEARS and THEY were ALL WRONG: Can not teach an OLD Dog any new tricks! compounded by the Bully PulpritS Pied PiperS that decimated pocketbooks & added to the Albatross that CEO Linda Powers faced since 2015! Those are FACTS vs incessant obfuscations, subterfuge, DENIALS ala 4X indicted 91 count Trumpism
I was SEC TARGET in 1977 for possessing Inside Information when a $3 Bln Fortune 100 NYSE listed company I, as the new kid on the block, put out a Merrill Lynch (Largest) & a BUY @$5... went to $25 in 18 months. Hedge Funds lost easily $500+ Mln as that COMPLEX multi Natl company posted the earnings I expected!
BTW I have been EXONERATED from EVERY legal case even 3 yr ordeal with OUT a lawyer! against IRS Tax Court AND not a penny: received DC letter from one of 16 IRS Tax Judges appointed for lifetime!
Just look at one of my many posts on the 2nd Defendant SPOOFING trial that NO ONE except moi EVER posted Susquehanna Investments privately held BEHEMOTH & how they & others EXPLOITED Capitalism as a WW Mkts Mkt
WAKING UP decade plus INDOLENTS on way too many frontS: useless?
That is just a chapter! from NON Fiction vs La LA Land types.