Hostile takeovers aren't usually that fast, but yes apple can probably afford to buy the company, one way or another
Apple could borrow a large amount of shares of Masimo and short the company.
They have enough cash for that, and the borrow fee might be less than the settlement costs, plus they could profit from the operation.
https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-ba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_Research would be out of business if that business model was illegal. You can short all you like; you can't be deceptive/fraudulent about it.
Hindenburg compiles and releases information they believe to be truthful about a company, which they shorted beforehand in order to profit from the information.
What I am talking about is sending orders only to cause a certain reaction (e.g. by convincing momentum traders that there is momentum in a certain direction).