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3D printing stocks have been on a roller coaster since the general public discovered 3D printing in 2013. Most stocks have experienced exponential growth and peaked at the end of 2013, dropping to then peak again in the middle of 2014. After this relatively small bubble burst, causing some 3D printing stocks to lose as much as 80% of their value, many things have happened.
The reason why Protolabs and Materialise are doing very well now (and 3D software companies like Dassault and Autodesk have been doing very very well for over 5 years) is that they are perceived as service providers – which is (correctly) seen by analysts as a more immediately profitable operation for AM, since it does not require high capex. On the other hand, hardware companies such as Stratasys, 3DS, voxeljet and ExOne, while they do provide AM services, are seen primarily as hardware manufacturers. This means that they are expected to become profitable when large companies start bringing AM production in-house, which is going to happen more gradually.
So the stock growth progression goes: 3D Software -> AM Service -> AM Hardware. Today, while AM could be seen as a way for aerospace and automotive companies to streamline operations in the medium and long term, the huge shock to the aerospace and automotive sectors that is coming in the short term will impact these investments as well. We’ll see. And as always we’ll keep tracking all of this on 3D Printing Media Network’s free 3D Printing Stock Watch Service.
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After several companies, including its most direct competitor Markforged, Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM) has become the latest AM company to receive notice from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)…
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After acquiring HAGE3D at the beginning of November 2023, German large-format 3D printer company BigRep signed a LOI with SMG Technology Acceleration SE, a Luxembourg special purpose acquisition company, as…
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Voxeljet AG (NASDAQ: VJET), a leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers, may be looking to merge or sell (or possibly…
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Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd, an integrated solution provider for metal additive manufacturing, also known as BLT, registered revenues of $60.22 million in H1 2023, with a significant increase…
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Israel’s XJet, which develops advanced nanoparticle material jetting technology for 3D printing of metal and ceramic parts, is seeking to raise about between $8 and $12 million from an initial…
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Another chapter in the Stratasys-Nano Dimension saga is unfolding as the electronics 3D printing company presented a formal offer to acquire Stratasys for $18 per share. Today Stratasys is trading…
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I’ve been reviewing our weekly 3D print company valuation data, and have some interesting results to report. We began reporting the valuations (the “cost to buy the whole company”) back…
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In this article, Fabbaloo‘s founder Kerry Stevenson takes a look at the biggest in 3D printing in terms of market cap. It has been a tumultuous period for both the…
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It’s not eactly a great moment for some leading US-based digital manufacturing service providers. Their real businesses are doing rather well, even considering the complex geopolitical and macroeconomic situation, however…
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A little over a year after defining a SPAC merger to become listed on the NASDAQ, manufacturing services provider Fast Radius, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSRD) filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions on…
