Why Wall Street May Have Been Too Fast, Dumping 3D Printer Stocks

Disclosure: I own shares of SSYS and DDD Once the Wall Street darlings, 3D printer stocks have been out of favor recently, with industry leaders losing close to two-thirds of their market value in the last twelve months alone. There are good reasons for this change in Wall Street sentiment. Sales growth and operating margins failed to live up to the expectations of the momentum crowd which chased after the shares of 3-D printer stocks. Stratasys revenue growth, for instance, has slowed down from 115% eighteen months ago to 14.4% last quarter; operating margins dropped from 1.41% to -4.26. 6/19/2015