Head-To-Head Contrast: Stratasys (SSYS) versus Its Competitors

Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) is one of 436 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Stratasys to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Stratasys has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stratasys’ rivals have a beta of 5.11, meaning that their average share price is 411% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Stratasys and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stratasys	-21.05%	-1.77%	-1.38%
Stratasys Competitors	-1,044.47%	-15.02%	0.57%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.8% of Stratasys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Stratasys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Stratasys and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stratasys	$551.10 million	-$104.29 million	-4.99
Stratasys Competitors	$4.63 billion	$364.05 million	3.77

Stratasys’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Stratasys. Stratasys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Stratasys and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stratasys	1	1	4	0	2.50
Stratasys Competitors	4194	14692	18188	804	2.41

Stratasys presently has a consensus target price of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 84.27%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 32.55%. Given Stratasys’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Stratasys is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Stratasys rivals beat Stratasys on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Stratasys

Stratasys Ltd. provides connected polymer-based 3D printing solutions. It offers range of 3D printing systems, which includes polyjet printer, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printers, stereolithography printing systems, origin P3 printers, and selective absorption fusion printer for additive manufacturing, and tooling and rapid prototyping for various vertical markets, such as automotive, aerospace, consumer products and healthcare. The company provides consumable materials, including 3D printing materials comprising FDM, polyjet, and stereolithography materials for manufacturing applications, such as jigs and fixtures, investment casting, and injection mold or composite tooling applications; and other material. In addition, it offers software and services, which includes cloud, desktop and mobile technologies comprising GrabCAD, an additive manufacturing platform to manage production-scale operations; and GrabCAD Print, job programming software enables the unique features of 3D printing technologies, such as creating lightweight, structurally sound infills for FDM, and multi-material and color and material management for polyjet. The company also provides GrabCAD Shop including scheduling, remote monitoring, and analytics; GrabCAD Connect provides two-way SDK integration for third-party software applications; and GrabCAD Community, an online community of professional engineers, designers, manufacturers and students who share their practices through tutorials, discussion forums, design/print challenges, and 3D content. Further, it offers GrabCAD Shop, which simplifies 3D printing shop workflow; GrabCAD Streamline Software Development Kit (SDK) to support enterprise goals such as system connectivity, compliance, and workflow automation; and Grab CAD Software Partner program for independent software vendors. The company sells its products through a network of resellers and independent sales agents worldwide. Stratasys Ltd. is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.