AppFolio earnings decline again

AppFolio, a Goleta-based property management software developer, saw earnings per share drop sharply for the second consecutive quarter, in financial results for second quarter of 2021, released after the markets closed Aug. 9. Net income for AppFolio was at $2 million for the quarter ended June 30, down from $19.2 million in the same quarter Read More →

Amgen shrugs off tough quarter, announces plans for new plant in North Carolina

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Opinion: How to avoid becoming a hacker’s victim

By Dale Stein Some of the nation’s largest corporations, like McDonalds, Adobe, eBay, Equifax, LinkedIn, Marriott, Target and Yahoo, have been affected by cybersecurity breaches. While many of these breaches have been widely publicized, they only represent a small fraction of the attempted cyberattacks that the modern business owner now faces. As a result of Read More →
Procore posts loss in first post-IPO quarter

In its first earnings report since going public, Procore Technologies, a Carpinteria-based software company for the construction industry, delivered record revenue growth, but rising operating costs hurt overall earnings. Revenue rose 27.7% for the quarter ended June 30, the company reported on Aug. 5. Procore generated $122.8 million, up from $96.5 million in the same Read More →
Inogen sees revenue growth, but stock declines after report

Inogen, a Goleta-based medical device company specializing in portable oxygen concentrators, is starting to see its core business come back from the pandemic, and the company highlighted double-digit year-over-year growth in both earnings and revenue in its second quarter financial results, released Aug. 4. The company more than doubled its net income for the quarter Read More →
Transphorm closes deal in Japan

Goleta-based Transphorm announced the close of its acquisition of a Japanese-based water fabrication company on Aug. 2, alongside its new joint venture capital partner, JCP Capital. The facility, located in Aizu Wakamatsu, Japan, is considered to be the premier wafer manufacturing fab in the world for high-voltage gallium nitride power semiconductors, according to a press Read More →