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Does Stratasys Guidance Signal the End of 3D Printing Fever?
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The big news is the company’s 2015 guidance. For the 2015 fiscal year the company expects revenues in the range of $940 million to $960 million and adjusted EPS of $2.07 to $2.24. Consensus estimates call for EPS of $2.91 on revenues of $1.01 billion. The company said it believes that manufacturers are poised to increase adoption of additive manufacturing in a broad range of industries and the company has decided to invest more in order to offer a broader range of products.
Here is what Stratasys had to say:
As a result of its new investment plan, Stratasys expects incremental annual operating expenditures of 2% of anticipated revenues for [the] coming two to three years, with total operating expenses in 2015 to be in the range of 46% to 47% of anticipated revenues. Additionally, the Company expects to incur capital expenditures in the range of $160 to $200 million in 2015. The Company also expects an effective tax rate of 5% to 10%.
The company said the investment plan is designed to support annual revenues of $3 billion in 2020.
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Stratasys also reiterated its long-term operating model:
The company’s three-quarter total EPS is $1.53, and analysts were looking for $0.73 in the fourth quarter to reach the consensus of $2.25 for the year. Stratasys is on track to miss the quarterly consensus by $0.18 to $0.22. And while it did not say anything about revenues, one could conclude that the quarterly consensus of $230.54 million is out of reach and so is the annual consensus of $763.63 million.
Once hot and now not — that’s the story of the 3D printing sector. Peer/rival 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) traded at a new 52-week low in the after-hours session Monday. Other 3D printer makers The ExOne Co. (NASDAQ: XONE) and Voxeljet A.G. (NYSE: VJET) were inactive after hours.
Shares of Stratasys were down more than 26% at $59.00, way below the 52-week bottom of $70.00. The stock’s 52-week high is $131.09. The consensus estimate for the stock is around $122.00. Stratasys will hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday to discuss these preliminary results.
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