Research In Motion Stock (RIMM) Getting Crushed Today

by Robb Dunewood on February 11, 2009 · 7 comments

Stock Price DownResearch in Motion stock price is spiraling downward at the time of this posting, down 16.41% or -$9.36 per share off yesterdays close at $57.04.  It’s still early, but, it is looking like it could be a pretty rough day for RIM.

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Jenk February 11, 2009 at 10:28 am

That price isn’t spiraling downward. It is in a flat out free fall.

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Amit February 11, 2009 at 10:41 am

I knew that I should have shorted RIM when I had the chance last week. Not guts, no glory…

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The Rock February 11, 2009 at 12:35 pm

WOW!

What caused this? This is more than a dip.

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Robb Dunewood February 11, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Even though BlackBerry subscriptions were up over 20%, RIM didn’t not exceed expectations by as much as the Street thought they would.

It seems like things flattened out about 10:30 a.m. EST. We will have to see what the second half of the trading day brings.

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The Rock February 11, 2009 at 1:02 pm

“as the Street thought they would.” Or as RIM forecasted they would?

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Thought February 11, 2009 at 7:57 pm

Such day to day volatility usually means nothing; what matters is the longer term trend. RIM announced they would come in at the low end of expectations for Q4, and the market overreacted, which they tend to do in this environment.

RIM is still adding subscribers…it appears that existing subscribers are not upgrading as much as they used to, but that’s normal in this environment. But given time, customers will upgrade. What matters now is that subscribers are still growing.

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bluehorseshoe February 11, 2009 at 11:29 pm

In a time of economic difficulty, any negative statement will have an effect on its stock price. In this case, Rim basically said it would come in on the low end of a 300 million gap. 200 million short of the streets high end revenue expectations. The market is just very sensitive and will react harder than it has in the past. People are paranoid right now with their money.

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