Video Display (VIDE) CEO Leaving His Post; Profit Outlook Dropped

Video Display Corp. (NASDAQ:VIDE) Chief Executive Ronald D. Ordway reported that he prefers to ask the board for go-ahead to find out a possible sale of the high-end display manufacturer and signaled that he would soon depart from his position.

Mr. Ordway’s comments track a catastrophic 1Q in which profit declined 87% as sales plunged heavily and operating expenses moved up. On Friday, the firm stated that it now anticipated per-share earnings for the year around 40 cents to 44 cents, lower from earlier forecasts of 55 cents to 60 cents.

Video Display also mentioned results for the quarter concluding on Aug. 31 possibly would be less than its earlier outlook.

Its competitors include Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ:RELL) that slipped -1.24% to $11.93 with the total traded volume of 10,319.00.

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Video Display Corporation (NASDAQ:VIDE) stock in last session held volume of 13,900.00 shares as compare to its average volume of 4,899.00 shares. The stock after opening at $3.82 hit high price of $4.07 and then closed at $4.00 by scoring +0.50%.

As the revenue measures VIDE generated revenue of 59.77 million in the following twelve months income of $2.50 million. The Company showed a positive 4.18% in the net profit margin and in addition to in its operating margin which remained 6.94%. Company’s annual sales growth for the past five year was -4.75%.

The stock showed weekly upbeat performance of 1.78% which was maintained for the month at -0.74%. Likewise the negative performance for the quarter was recorded as -1.48% and for the year was 9.59% while the YTD performance remained at -33.33%.

The VIDE past twelve months price to sales ratio was 0.51. As far as the returns are concern, the VIDE return on equity was recorded as 8.94% and increased 5.39% return on investment while its return on asset stayed at 4.58%.

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