Tumultuous times have offered some of the best opportunities to buy stocks, and the market's recent mess surely qualifies. And though robot designer iRobot
In our Motley Fool CAPS community, about 89% of the 1,119 investors rating the company are bullish, so there's no shortage of reasons why iRobot will thrive, three of which I've highlighted below.
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1. Strong performance
iRobot's most recent quarterly earnings, which showed strong financial results in both its major operating segments, only solidified some CAPS members' belief that iRobot has a big future ahead of it. It reported a 59% jump in revenue overall, helped by solid sales of both its home robots and government and industrial sales. The performance was more than good enough to add more cash to its debt-free balance sheet, another star quality that investors like.
2. Unmanned war
Just as companies like Northrop Grumman
3. Expanding its reach
While BP
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