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The End Of The Day With Ray! Sharp FY24 Few Issues But profitable & Smart Office Great Results!
Sharp Smart Office 17% Increase in Revenues and hits 6.3% Operating Profit in segment. Best over all in Sharp's Brand Business Unit. The clean up in the Device Business Unit is moving along.
The End Of The Day With Ray! Brother FY 24 - The 4th Qtr. Was NOT GOOD! Is The Alarm Sounding?
Brother had a huge drop in operating profit ratio in the 4th qtr of 2024 I looked back to 2016 at 36 Qtrs. Other than 3 qtrs. which were impacted by one offs or impairment charges FY 24 4th Qtr was the worst over that 9 year 36 qtr period of time. I don't believe Brother is aggressive enough in actually disrupting the A3 Marketplace and I believe they could if they had a true bold mindset!
The End Of The Day With Ray! 2025 Rumor Roast! The Rumors Are Unbelievable!!!!
Rumors can be the peephole in the door leading to reality! Today's episode is my satirical version of print industry rumors!
The End Of The Day With Ray! EPSON FY 2024 - Where Did Over $400 Million Go?
EPSON wiped out a lot of profit in FY 2024! I am also thinking EPSON is not gaining enough traction towards winning the inkjet revolution!
The End Of The Day With Ray! Xerox 1st Qtr. FY 2025 - I Also Share Thoughts On Their Reinvention!
Xerox their first qtr FY 2025 Begins sharing the revenue and profit details within their services business! This a welcomed event and hopefully Xerox has now inspired others to do the. same. Xerox thanks for listening to this request I have made to all the industry’s actors!
The End Of The Day With Ray! Visual Edge IT BDC Lender Ares Capital Publishes FY 25 1st Qtr. 10Q.
Ares Capital the BDC Lender to Visual Edge IT now showing a decrease of $2.7 million in Fair Value! The fair value as recognized on 1st qtr FY 2025 10Q is at $76 Million Down from $78.7 Million as recognized on FY2024 10K -