iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) announced better-than-expected first-quarter 2018 results on Tuesday after the market closed, highlighting broad geographic growth, its efforts to diversify revenue streams, and the fruits of its recent international distributor acquisitions. The Roomba maker also boosted its earnings guidance for the year.
With shares up modestly in response as of this writing, let's take a closer look at how iRobot started 2018 and what investors should expect from the company in the quarters ahead.
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iRobot results: The raw numbers MetricQ1 2018
Q1 2017
Year-Over-Year Growth
Revenue
$217.1 million
$168.5 million
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