Sales Drop as Garmin Navigates Poor Economy

Even as Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN) remains the company of choice for US consumers buying GPS devices, the recession and its impact on discretionary spending have hit the manufacturer hard, as was evident in the company’s Q1 results. Revenues and earnings not only fell significantly, but also missed analysts’ estimates by quite a margin.

Garmin Looks Great, But …

Last month-end when Navteq (NYSE:NVT) reported a blistering Q2 results and subsequently started moving northward, the other notable GPS stock that too began rising was Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN). At first this rise seemed to be a bullish sentiment working in favor of GPS stocks across the board, but it soon became clear that GRMN too

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