Riverbed’s stock price fell sharply despite an increase in Q3 profit as the higher sales compensated for approximately $10 million in stock based expenses. Analysts stated that the results and guidance were not satisfactory, and competition is expected to create trouble for the company as Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks produce same products. The company received a mixed response from analysts with CIBC downgrading from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’, while Deutsche maintaining its ‘buy’ rating.