Keystone Internet Security Systems, Inc.: Balance Sheet Management for Value Creation
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Authors
Weigand, Robert A.
Issue Date
2018-07-1
Type
Working Paper
Language
en_US
Keywords
Business enterprises - Finance - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States , Strategic planning - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States , Stocks - United States
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Abstract
It was September 2015, Conrad Kirkpatrick's ninth month as CEO of Keystone Internet Security
Systems (ticker symbol KISS). Kirkpatrick had overseen dramatic improvements in the operating and financial
performance of his previous company in his first stint as a CEO, and he was hired by KISS's board of director~
with the expectation that he could engineer a similar turnaround at Keystone. After growing rapidly following
its IPO in 2008, Keystone's revenue and profit growth had disappointed technology analysts in 2013 and 2014.
As a result, KISS's stock price was in a multiyear decline, falling from its all-time high of $60.50 in late 2012
to a recent low of $18.15.
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Publisher
Washburn University. School of Business