Designs and develops wireless speakers for home audio systems. Manufactures and sells multi-room audio products. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
The cash pile is strong; debt and other items pull the grade toward the middle.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
The price is looking for direction — no strong breakout, no collapse.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 57% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
There is $227.5M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $167.9M would remain.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 52 buys and 41 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $61.1M against $1.4B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 21/100.
Since the drop from its peak, buyer appetite hasn’t come back.
On our five-subject report card, SONO sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: SONO’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.