Short Sellers Pour Back Into 3D Printing Sector

Short interest in 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) rose 5.3% to 34.05 million shares. Some 32.6% of the company’s stock is short. Days to cover remained at seven. In the two-week short interest period, the share price fell about 35%, but it is down nearly 44% for the year to date as of Thursday night’s close. The stock’s 52-week range is $43.35 to $97.28, and shares closed at $53.16 Thursday.

Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) saw short interest rise 3% in the first two weeks of July to 6.66 million shares, or about 15.7% of the company’s float. Days to cover dropped to four. Shares fell more than 7% in the two-week period, and they closed up about 0.7% Thursday night at $104.26. That is a drop of about 22% for the year to date. The stock’s 52-week range is $83.00 to $138.10.

Short interest in The ExOne Co. (NASDAQ: XONE) rose 7.5% to 3.81 million shares. About 46.2% of the company’s shares are now held short. Shares of ExOne fell nearly 5.5% in the two-week period and closed at $53.16 Thursday night, down about 47% year to date. The stock’s 52-week range is $24.34 to $78.80, and days to cover fell to five.

Voxeljet A.G. (NYSE: VJET) saw short interest rise a whopping 44.6% to 2.64 million shares, with a days-to-cover number of two. Since coming public at $19 in mid-October, the share price is down about 36%. Year to date, shares are down nearly 57%, but they rose about 1.5% in the two-week period to July 15. The stock closed at $18.45 Thursday, in a post-IPO range of $12.85 to $70.00.

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