{"id":206432,"date":"2019-10-22T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/overstock-plummets-19-on-slashed-profit-forecast-cfo-resignation-ostk"},"modified":"2019-10-22T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T17:00:17","slug":"overstock-plummets-19-on-slashed-profit-forecast-cfo-resignation-ostk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/overstock-plummets-19-on-slashed-profit-forecast-cfo-resignation-ostk","title":{"rendered":"Overstock plummets 19% on slashed revenue forecast, CFO resignation (OSTK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"after\" src=\"https:\/\/static3.businessinsider.com\/image\/5d8902932e22af210c0bf0b6-1868\/28424594101563214913355367915929153450722059o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"overstock\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/overstock\/photos\/a.79806885535.80473.8625520535\/10156321491335536\/?type=3&#038;theater\" \/>Facebook.com\/ overstock<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/stocks\/ostk-stock?utm_source=markets&#038;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Shares of Overstock.com<\/a> sold as much as 19% lower on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.overstock.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/overstock-appoints-jonathan-johnson-ceo-and-robert-hughes-acting\">after the company announced the resignation<\/a> of its chief financial officer and issued a warning that full-year retail earnings could miss previously targets set. Robert Hughes, who invest nine years working in senior management roles at Overstock, will step-in as acting CFO. Greg Iverson resigned from the role on September 17. Overstock said its retail business is currently bursting even, but its full-year profit guidance relied on generating substantial positive earnings in the third-quarter. The firm cited increased costs from excises as a primary move. The company&#8217;s former chief executive officer Patrick Byrne <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/overstock-ceo-patrick-byrne-resigns-statement-calls-himself-too-controversial-2019-8-1028467611?utm_source=markets&#038;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">resigned from Overstock last August after realizing statements<\/a> regarding the &#8220;Deep State, &#8221; which transmitted shares of Overstock tumbling. <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Visit the Grocery Insider homepage for more narratives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/stocks\/ostk-stock?utm_source=markets&#038;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Shares of Overstock.com<\/a> hurtled as much as 19% on Monday after the company said its chief financial officer was leaving the company. The retailer also published a warning that full-year retail earnings could miss estimations, primarily due to the impact of excises. <\/p>\n<p>Overstock projected its retail business would generate $ 17.5 million in adjusted EBITDA in 2019. The house said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.overstock.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/overstock-appoints-jonathan-johnson-ceo-and-robert-hughes-acting\">press release on Monday<\/a> that the retail business is currently divulging even, and its full-year forecasts relied on it engendering significant positive earnings by now. <a href=\"http:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/overstock-plummets-19-on-slashed-profit-forecast-cfo-resignation-ostk-1028545929?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the fib at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ultimate-cross-country-us-road-trip-every-state-2015-5?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">This is the shortest route for a artery journey across the US to see 50 national landmarks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<a 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href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=QaNv_Jkgzf0:hWX65-cFlg4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monday\" alt=\"Monday\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=QaNv_Jkgzf0:hWX65-cFlg4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"officer\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/QaNv_Jkgzf0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"officer\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/QaNv_Jkgzf0\/overstock-plummets-19-on-slashed-profit-forecast-cfo-resignation-ostk-1028545929\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook.com\/ overstock Shares of Overstock.com sold as much as 19% lower on Monday after the company announced the resignation of its chief financial officer and 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