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Derek Rose

Cochlear crashes in latest earnings season carnage

Cochlear is the latest company to be whipsawed during the February 2026 earnings season. (Dominic Lorrimer/AAP PHOTOS)

A Sydney-based global leader in hearing implants has become the latest blue-chip company to suffer whiplash after missing profit forecasts during the nation's increasingly volatile earnings season.

Cochlear shares plunged 18.9 per cent to a more than three-year low of $199.22 on Friday after the company trimmed its guidance because its next-generation implant took longer to roll out than anticipated.

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