Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) met Wall Street’s forecast for its full-year and 4th-quarter earnings, giving its shares a 2% bump yesterday and sending them another 3% higher today.
The Irvine, Calif.-based patient monitoring systems maker reported profits of $$13.8 million, or 23 cents per share, on sales of $112.3 million for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, 2011, for a top-line increase of 6.4% but a bottom-line decline of 14.2%, compared with Q4 2010.