What Happened?
Shares of 3D printing company Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) fell 5.2% in the afternoon session after investors sold off technology stocks amid a wider market retreat.
The broader market pulled back from recent all-time highs, with the S&P 500 declining 0.8% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite falling 1.3%. Stratasys, being part of the technology sector, appeared to be caught in the downdraft. No company-specific news was available to explain the decline, indicating that the stock's movement was likely influenced by the negative market sentiment rather than a fundamental change in the company's outlook.
The shares closed the day at $10.66, down 5% from previous close.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
Stratasys’s shares are very volatile and have had 26 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 16 days ago when the stock dropped 12.5% on the news that the company lowered its full-year financial outlook, citing prolonged macroeconomic challenges.
While its second-quarter earnings of $0.03 per share met analyst estimates and revenue of $138.1 million was slightly ahead of forecasts, investors focused on the bleak forecast. Stratasys cut its full-year 2025 revenue guidance to a range of $550 million to $560 million, significantly below the consensus estimate of $572.5 million. The earnings outlook was also slashed, with the company now expecting adjusted earnings per share of $0.13 to $0.16, less than half the $0.32 analysts had projected. CEO Dr. Yoav Zeif attributed the revision to "prolonged macroeconomic uncertainty and restrained customer capital spending," noting that an expected recovery is taking longer than anticipated.
Stratasys is up 22.8% since the beginning of the year, but at $10.68 per share, it is still trading 16.9% below its 52-week high of $12.85 from February 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Stratasys’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $718.71.
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