Shares of iRobot Corp. dropped in the extended session Wednesday after the Roomba maker’s earnings results and outlook fell short of Wall Street estimates. Shares of iRobot fell 21% to $69.36 after hours. The company reported fourth-quarter net income of $4.6 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with $13.7 million, or 49 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $326.9 million from $212.5 million in the year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had estimated 25 cents a share on revenue of $318.8 million. For the year, iRobot estimates earnings of $2.10 to $2.35 a share on revenue of $1.05 billion to $1.08 billion. Analysts expect earnings of $2.70 a share on revenue of $1.02 billion.
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