Netopia misses Q4 forecasts by wide margin

Financing problems among customers hammered another DSL-related company in the September quarter.

After market close Wednesday, Netopia (ntpa) reported a fiscal fourth quarter net income of $801,000, or 4 cents per share, excluding special charges. That was far below the 17-cents-per-share profit predicted by First Call's survey of eight analysts for the quarter ended Sept. 30. Full story. -- Sergio G. Non, ZDNet Inter@ctive Investor