I also read that JD stock was down 59%. Just shows you that if you go into the Home Depot, bankruptcy is on the way. McCulloch, Ryobi, and now Homelite are bankrupt. Another good thing is that $59 chainsaws and trimmers are no longer. They have to fork over at least $100

. This is because of the cattalitic converters that are now going to be installed. Underneath, still the same old junk.
I shouldnt characterize Ryobi with mac and Homelite. Ryobi was never a good product. I have a friend that is really high up in Stihl which used to work for Ryobi. He said those trimmer engines used to cost $10 to produce and the boxes they put them in with the cool pics-----$9. I wish Chevy engines were like that.
I wouldnt put any thoughts into whoever buys Homelite. They too will continue to build junk.

Just my guess. Lots of competion on high end saws when there isnt as much sold. Much less competion with the junk with more being purchased.