Earnings call transcript: Stratasys Q2 2025 sees revenue rise, stock dips

Stratasys Ltd (SSYS) reported its Q2 2025 earnings, revealing stable earnings per share (EPS) of $0.03, aligning with forecasts, and a slight revenue beat at $138.1 million compared to the expected $137.15 million. According to InvestingPro data, the stock appears undervalued based on its Fair Value analysis, with analysts maintaining a bullish consensus recommendation of 1.75 (Strong Buy). Despite meeting expectations, Stratasys’s stock fell sharply by 14.25% in pre-market trading, reflecting investor concerns over future growth prospects and broader market trends.

Key Takeaways

• Stratasys’s Q2 revenue slightly exceeded expectations with a $0.69 million surprise.
• The stock price dropped significantly by 14.25% in pre-market trading.
• The company emphasized its leadership in additive manufacturing and strategic collaborations.
• Revenue guidance for 2025 is set between $550 million and $560 million.
• The market remains cautious amid macroeconomic uncertainties and longer sales cycles.

Company Performance

Stratasys’s performance in Q2 2025 showed slight growth in revenue, driven by product sales, which rose to $94.8 million from $93.6 million in the previous year. However, service revenue decreased to $43.3 million from $44.4 million. The company’s gross margin declined slightly to 43.1% from 43.8%, reflecting ongoing cost pressures. Despite these challenges, Stratasys continues to lead in additive manufacturing, supported by strategic partnerships with major players like GM and Toyota.

Financial Highlights

• Revenue: $138.1 million, a slight increase from 2024.
• Earnings per share: $0.03, consistent with forecasts.
• GAAP gross margin: 43.1%, down from 43.8%.
• Non-GAAP net income: $2.2 million.

Earnings vs. Forecast

Stratasys met EPS expectations with a reported $0.03, matching the forecast. Revenue slightly exceeded projections, with a $0.69 million surprise. This performance aligns with previous quarters, indicating stable, albeit modest, growth.

Market Reaction

Despite meeting earnings expectations, Stratasys’s stock fell by 14.25% in pre-market trading, closing at $9.39. This decline contrasts with the company’s 52-week high of $12.88, indicating investor concerns over future growth and macroeconomic uncertainties. InvestingPro analysis reveals the stock’s beta of 1.58, suggesting higher volatility than the broader market. For comprehensive valuation insights and detailed technical analysis, access the exclusive Pro Research Report, available for over 1,400 US stocks.

Outlook & Guidance

Stratasys projects 2025 revenue between $550 million and $560 million, with non-GAAP gross margins of 46.7% to 47% and adjusted EPS ranging from $0.13 to $0.16. The company remains optimistic about its strategic initiatives and product launches, including the Fortus 450 MC integrated tooling solution. InvestingPro data shows analysts expect net income growth this year, with an EPS forecast of $0.32 for FY2025, though 4 analysts have recently revised their earnings expectations downward.

Executive Commentary

CEO Yoav Zaif emphasized the company’s role as a critical component of operations for large enterprises, stating, "We are becoming the backbone of some operations of the largest companies on earth." CFO Eitan Zamir highlighted the company’s design for future growth, aiming for "8% or better" next year. Zaif also reiterated the importance of innovation and execution in Stratasys’s long-term strategy.

Risks and Challenges

• Macroeconomic uncertainties impacting capital spending.
• Longer sales cycles for large production deals.
• Declining service revenue amid cost pressures.
• Potential supply chain disruptions affecting production timelines.
• Competitive pressures in the additive manufacturing sector.

Q&A

During the earnings call, analysts inquired about the delays in large production deals, which the company clarified as postponed but not canceled. Questions also focused on the performance of the F3300 printer and the favorable terms of recent acquisitions, including Nexa and Forward AM assets.

Full transcript - Stratasys Ltd (SSYS) Q2 2025:

Operator: Good day, and welcome to today’s conference call to discuss Stratasys’ Second Quarter twenty twenty five Financial Results. My name is Kevin, and I’m your operator for today’s call. Now I’d like to hand the call over to Jornal Lloyd, Chief Communications Officer and Vice President of Investor Relations for Stratasys. Mr. Lloyd, please go ahead.

Jornal Lloyd, Chief Communications Officer and VP of Investor Relations, Stratasys: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss our twenty twenty five second quarter financial results. On the call with us today are our CEO, Doctor. Yoav Zaif and our CFO, Eitan Zamir. I would like to remind you that access to today’s call, including the slide presentation, is available online at the web address provided in our press release. In addition, a replay of today’s call, including access to the slide presentation, will also be available and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of our website.

Please note that some of the information provided during our discussion today will consist of forward looking statements, including without limitation, those regarding our expectations as to our future revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, taxes and other future financial performance and our expectations for our business outlook. Specific to future performance, events, expectations or results are forward looking statements. Actual results or trends could differ materially from our forecast. For risks that could cause actual results to be materially different from those set forth in forward looking statements, please refer to the risk factors discussed or referenced in Stratus’ annual report on Form 20 F for the 2024 year. Please also refer to that annual report along with our reports filed with or furnished to the SEC throughout 2025 for additional operational and financial details.

Reports on Form six ks that are furnished to the SEC on a quarterly basis and throughout the year provide updated current information regarding the company’s operating results and material developments concerning our company. Stratasys assumes no obligation to update any forward looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates. As in previous quarters, today’s call will include GAAP and non GAAP financial measures. The non GAAP financial measures should be read in combination with our GAAP metrics to evaluate our performance. Non GAAP to GAAP reconciliations are provided in tables in our slide presentation and today’s press release.

I will now turn the

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: call over to our Chief Executive Officer, Doctor. Yoav Zaif. Yoav? Thank you, Yonah. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us.

Our second quarter results aligned with expectations as revenue grew slightly over the second quarter last year, reflecting the resilience of our recurring revenue streams and the continued reliance customers place on our additive manufacturing technologies. Customer engagement for our solution remains strong despite a global operating environment marked by ongoing uncertainty around challenged macroeconomic conditions and tariff policies. The result is customers maintaining disciplined capital spending approaches as they await signs of normalcy to emerge. Importantly, we are making meaningful progress in crafting and delivering key use cases with major customers that we believe will eventually begin flowing through to our financial results at some point in the future. Furthermore, our ongoing investment and commitment to R and D excellence bolstered by our strong balance sheet positions us well to continue delivering innovative products, materials and software capabilities that further solidify our leadership in digital manufacturing, particularly when customer spending eventually and inevitably returns.

Innovation and execution remain the foundation of our long term growth strategy, which centers on capturing opportunities within high growth sectors that are being transformed by key megatrends. These include the drive towards supply chain localization and onshoring, the evolution of next generation mobility platforms, advancing sustainability requirements and a relentless focus on operational efficiency and cost optimization by companies around the globe. By maintaining our disciplined approach to end use development, prioritizing the most compelling applications while working to preserve margin integrity, we have built a platform that will enable Stratasys to emerge stronger as market dynamics stabilize. While the tariff environment continues to evolve, it is worth reemphasizing that additive manufacturing can be an ideal solution in tariff sensitive environments by enabling local, rapid and cost effective production capabilities. Paris policies can actually accelerate adoption of our technologies and we anticipate increased customer engagement as we continue to highlight these strategic advantages.

Turning to new technology offerings and customer success. During the quarter, we launched the North American Stratasys Tooling Center in collaboration with Automation Intelligence at their Flint, Michigan location. This facility is a dedicated hub to help manufacturers validate and scale additive manufacturing applications in production environments. The center operates Stratasys F3300 and F900 three d printers to demonstrate practical tooling solutions, including jigs, fixtures, end of arms tooling and automotive components, enabling customers to explore how additive manufacturing can streamline operations, reduce costs and accelerate response to manufacturing challenges. By combining additive manufacturing technologies with traditional capabilities, this new center addresses the growing demand for localized on demand production solutions while providing manufacturers with validated proof that additive polymer tooling is both viable and cost effective for production environment.

Our strategic collaboration with General Motors exemplifies the transformative power additive manufacturer brings to automotive production. For over two decades, we have helped GM revolutionize its manufacturing processes through our industrial three d printing solution, culminating in GM’s launch of its additive Innovation and Additive Industrialization Centers in Michigan, one of North America’s largest and most advanced additive manufacturing facilities. This collaboration has expanded with many F900 systems deployed across over 15 high value GM plants throughout North America, achieving excellent utilization rates and demonstrating the mature production ready nature of our technology. The results demonstrate substantial value delivery to enterprise customers. GM has achieved significant cost reduction on additive tooling compared to traditional methods, while streamlining manufacturing workflow and accelerating tooling lead time from weeks to days or even hours.

This provides critical competitive advantage, enabling a faster ramp of new vehicles in both internal combustion engine and electric vehicle programs. We are supporting GM’s aggressive EV launch schedules with rapid production of specialized tools for battery and high voltage component handling, while improving operator safety through lightweight custom polymer tooling solutions. Importantly, our solution helped GM achieve localized supply chain resilience and security, reducing dependencies and transportation requirements while enabling faster response to urgent production needs. Also within automotive, we recently shared a video highlighting our strong multi year partnership with Toyota, featuring testimonials from their production engineering group around the critical value our technology plays in their production plan. Through this collaboration, Toyota has achieved significant cost reduction by producing tools additively compared to traditional methods.

We have helped compress lead times from weeks to days or even hours, allowing programs to reach production readiness far faster and supporting rapid replacement of damaged tools to minimize production line downtime. Our additive solutions enable Toyota to create highly precise custom fit tools that reduce manufacturing variation and support consistent assembly, while lightweight ergonomic designs reduce operator strain and improve workplace safety. As Toyota seeks to compress vehicle development time by nearly 33%, our additive manufacturing technology is integral to meeting these accelerated targets. Our systems provide parts Toyota cannot produce using conventional methods with comparable speed or accuracy, often creating polymer components stronger than metal alternatives. Toyota utilizes all five of our additive technologies plus our GrabCAD software to manage their printer fleet, exemplifying how we partner with customers to expand their understanding and adoption of three d printing in an opportunity that could be far greater than today’s market penetration.

Also during the quarter, our aerospace customer Blue Origin purchased multiple NEO-eight 100 SL systems for the production of investment casting patterns. Blue Origin is a leading aerospace manufacturer and space technology trailblazer in reusable rocket technology. And a major participant in NASA contract including the current Artemis program plan to bring astronauts to the moon in 2027. Stratasys is also participating in this program. This partnership represents more than just today’s application.

Blue Origin is validating the strength and durability of our polymer product for spaceflight applications, which could translate to approval for use in the tens of thousands of aerospace parts still made by hand today. The rigorous quality and data security standards that spaceflight demand position our technology for potentially significant future aerospace production applications. These sales align with our manufacturing strategy around aerospace production parts, demonstrating how our technology contributes to space travel today or potentially enabling next generation travel solution that could extend far beyond space exploration tomorrow. In the medical sector, utilizing Stratasys and three d printing capabilities proved critical in preparing for complex life saving procedures, showcasing how three d printing technology is revolutionizing life saving medical applications and unprecedented pre operative planning capabilities. As a reminder, last year we launched the J5 DAP system, an affordable anatomical model solution targeting thousands of hospitals worldwide.

And we are seeing positive traction and life saving examples. One such recent case was how Brisbane’s Hairstone Biofabrication Institute created a life size three d printed model based on a patient scan that revealed he was walking around with a ticking time bomb inside his chest. The aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body had ballooned to about four times the usual size, leaving it in danger of rupturing a medical emergency likely to have cost him his life. The printed model enables the surgeons at Prince Charles Hospital to better understand the complex anatomy and to plan and practice on the life like model prior to the operation. This allowed them to optimize execution of the surgery and minimize potential risks and complications, in the end saving the patient’s life.

The anatomical model opportunity for Stratasys such as training and pre surgical planning is $1,800,000,000 annually. On the material side, we commercially launched P3 Silicon 25A, a high performance material developed through strategic collaboration with global silicon leader Shinetsu, the largest chemical company in Japan. It is designed exclusively for the Stratasys Origin DLP platform to produce flexible parts that match traditionally molded silicon performance. This breakthrough material addresses a critical gap in industrial three d printing by delivering genuine silicon parts with precision, durability and repeatability while eliminating tooling costs, reducing lead times and enabling localized low volume production for applications including seals, gaskets, vibration dumpers and soft touch components. The material has passed Shinetsu’s biocompatibility and flame retardancy certification, representing the first in a planned portfolio of silicon materials that combines Stratasys production grade P3DLP technology, which enhances silicon chemistry expertise to deliver trusted performance backed by repeatable results and real world data.

On the software side, our progress reflects our commitment to delivering complete use case solutions that align with customer needs. In the second quarter, we signed an exclusive agreement with Rinkl3D GmbH, a German based software company to integrate its fixture made software into Stratasys GraphCat Print Pro, enabling users to design and generate production ready fixtures quickly without CAD experience needed. This capability launched in GraphCAD Print Pro 2025 uses intelligent automation in designing custom fixtures, manufacturers to create secure precise workholding solutions in minutes. This combined solution eliminates the manual effort and complexity traditionally associated with fixture design, enabling accelerated adoption of three d printing by removing the constraint of needing an expert CAD designer, shifting fixture design to additive operators and reducing fixtures creation time from days to hours. This result in a higher utilization of the printers and higher rate of three d printing adoption.

The new Fortus four fifty MC we mentioned last quarter exemplifies our complete solution approach, providing an integrated tooling solution combining software, printer and materials in a factory ready package. We are also receiving great feedback from customers regarding our software ecosystem, which continues to drive customer value. NASCAR’s Tim Murphy recently said that what sets our partnership with Stratasys apart is the complete ecosystem. From our in house machine to streamline pro software to on demand production. NASCAR now manage hundreds of parts through a single platform and has transformed three d printing from a support function into a strategic business unit with full P and L tracking.

Furthermore, to continue to scale this success across our customer base, we are launching a dedicated software customer success management team in the third quarter to enhance onboarding, drive engagement and support renewals for both Rubcat Print Pro and Streamline Pro users. These are all real world examples. Of how we are pushing forward, our leadership position despite longer than expected market headwinds. We are excited by the innovation across our portfolio, making meaningful inroads into a multitude of high growth industries and customer opportunities. Our customer spending has remained challenged for longer than expected, impacting our near term view of the business, but our long term outlook for our company and industry remains intact.

We have the financial strength to invest and innovate so that our leadership position expands over time. With that, I would like to turn the call to Eitan to review our financials. Eitan?

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: Thank you, Yav, and good morning, everyone. The second quarter results once again demonstrate the resilience of our operating model as we delivered positive adjusted operating income and adjusted net income compared to losses in both in the year ago period. This despite an only slight revenue increase relative to the second quarter last year and lower gross margins. These results were thanks in part to full run rate contributions from the cost control initiative we began in the middle of last year. Now let me get into the details of our numbers.

For the second quarter, consolidated revenue of $138,100,000 was slightly higher as compared to the same quarter in 2024, as customers continue to defer major capital spending until market uncertainty subsides. Product revenue in the second quarter was $94,800,000 compared to $93,600,000 in the same period last year. Service revenue was $43,300,000 compared to $44,400,000 in the same period last year. Within product revenue, system revenue was 30,600,000.0 up from $29,000,000 we produced in the same period last year. Consumables revenue was $64,200,000 compared to $64,600,000 in the same period last year and up 2.6% sequentially over the first quarter as utilization rates of the system we have sold remained strong.

Within service revenue, customer support revenue was $30,100,000 compared to $30,500,000 in the same period last year. Now turning to gross margins. GAAP gross margin was 43.1% for the quarter compared to 43.8% for the same period last year. Non GAAP gross margin was 47.7% for the quarter compared to 49% in the same period last year. The change versus the prior year period was primarily due to the mix in product revenues and higher absorption due to reduced inventory levels, which have come down from June 2024 to June 2025 by over $30,000,000 partially offset by operational efficiency.

GAAP operating expenses were $76,100,000 55.1% of revenue compared to $86,500,000 or 62.7% of revenue during the same period last year. The improvement in expenses was due to our cost saving initiatives among other items. Non GAAP operating expenses improved to 64,700,000.0 forty six point nine percent of revenue compared to $70,900,000 or 51.3% of revenue during the same period last year, due primarily to lower employee related costs, including benefits from the cost savings initiatives announced last year. Regarding our consolidated earnings, GAAP operating loss for the quarter was $16,600,000 compared to a loss of $26,000,000 for the same period last year. Non GAAP operating income for the quarter was $1,100,000 compared to an operating loss of $3,200,000 for the same period last year, reflecting the impact of improved operating expenses due to our cost cutting efforts.

GAAP net loss for the quarter was $16,700,000 or $0.20 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $25,700,000 or $0.36 per diluted share for the same period last year. Non GAAP net income for the quarter was $2,200,000 or $03 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $3,000,000 or $04 per diluted share in the same period last year. Adjusted EBITDA was $6,100,000 for the quarter compared to $2,300,000 in the same period last year. From a cash flow perspective, we used $1,100,000 in cash for operating activities compared to the use of $2,400,000 in the second quarter of last year. We expect to generate positive operating cash flow for the full year 2025.

We ended the quarter with $254,600,000 in cash, cash equivalents and short term deposits, which reflect the $120,000,000 investment during the quarter by Fortifimo. We are now even better positioned to act on value enhancing opportunities. Regarding our outlook for 2025, the return to normalized capital spending has been pushed out further than we anticipated when we issued our guidance for 2025. While customer engagement remains strong, sales cycles are still longer than usual. Specifically, there have been several substantial opportunities focused on production applications that have been in the works for some time and are advancing towards final stages.

But the exact timing, while we had expected them to close this year, they could move into 2026. Therefore, we’re adjusting our guidance for this year accordingly. We believe the depth and quality of these anticipated awards combined with the use case momentum we’re seeing across a number of our end use segments positions us well for 2026 and beyond. As part of our disciplined approach regarding profitability, we plan to introduce some additional cost mitigation with the primary benefit and impact expected in the fourth quarter this year. It is important to note that these relate to targeted non essential costs that will not impact our investment in technology innovation and future growth.

We still expect sequential revenue growth in the 2025, with third quarter expected to range from slightly lower to slightly higher than Q2 and fourth quarter higher sequentially. We expect that full year 2025 revenue will range between 50,000,000 to $560,000,000 Non GAAP gross margins are expected to range from 46.7% to 47% due to a number of factors, including a different mix in product revenue, tariffs and higher absorption costs due to reduced inventory levels. Full year non GAAP operating margins are expected to range from 1.5%

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: to 2%,

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: with adjusted earnings per share of $0.13 to $0.16 while adjusted EBITDA should range from 30,000,000 to $32,000,000 Note that with the cost mitigation I mentioned earlier, adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter is expected to be 8% or higher. Recall that we previously targeted 8% for the full year if revenues would be flat relative to 2024. While the updated forecast indicates lower revenue for the full year, in any revenue scenario for Q4, we expect to deliver at least 8% adjusted EBITDA, reflecting the overall improvement in our operating model. And we expect operating cash flow to be positive for the year. Please see the press release for further details.

As Jaf mentioned, despite the stubbornly prolonged challenges of the near term, our excitement for the future and our expanding leadership position within it remain intact. With that, let me turn the call back over to Joav for closing remarks. Joav? Thank you, Eitan.

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Stratasys’ differentiated approach and business model continues to demonstrate remarkable adaptability due to our cost discipline, innovation leadership and increasingly mission critical role our solutions play in customer operation. Our focus on high value applications combined with enhanced customer education and go to market execution continues building the foundation for accelerated adoption when investment confidence rebounds. With our recently bolstered balance sheet, we are extremely well positioned to continue leading the industry in system, material and software innovation, as well as the scaling of additive solutions towards more widespread manufacturing applications as macro conditions eventually normalize. The stability inherent in our recurring revenue streams paired with our commitment to operational efficiency and margin discipline creates a platform designed to help us mitigate near term volatility, while positioning us to deliver compelling long term returns. As industry leaders with a comprehensive technology portfolio, spanning hardware, materials and software solutions, are uniquely positioned to capture the significant opportunities that will emerge when uncertainties subside and customers eventually resume normal capital deployment cycles and embrace the localized manufacturing advantages our platforms deliver.

With that, let’s open it up for questions. Operator?

Operator: Thank you. We’ll now be conducting a question and answer session. Our first question today is coming from Brian Drab from William Blair. Your line is now live.

Tyler, Analyst, William Blair: Good morning. This is Tyler on for Brian Drab. Just starting off with the revenue guidance regarding the lower guidance, what are while you’ve cited delays in customer decision making and macro uncertainty, can you clarify which specific verticals or regions are seeing the most pronounced slowdown or delays? And I have a follow-up.

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Hey, Tyler. Thank you for your question. Well, there is no slowdown. There is only delay. I want to be very clear.

And maybe we take a step back and I will try to explain the situation. We are going as a leader in this industry, we’re going through a shift, a shift towards production applications. And by nature, those production applications come with larger deal size and longer sales cycle. So this is like a new situation that we are adding the entire industry into it. And then when we are looking at our pipeline, we need to look at it completely differently.

So when we are deciding to adjust the outlook, it is related to the uncertainty around those large deal and the exact timing to close them. So we have less diversified low, low, low value deals. We have large deal in production. Those deals may be delayed this year, but definitely not canceled. When I look at the overall pipeline, it is strong.

And despite the delay in customer spending, we see many leads coming. But the real difference is those large deals that take us into manufacturing, like the deals that we just emphasized in the script about Toyota, about GM, those are transformative deals. We are becoming the backbone of some operations of the largest companies on earth. This is a breakthrough for LT manufacturer. So when we look forward and we are obligate historically, we are always trying to be as transparent as possible without investors.

So once we saw that it might be delayed, we say, okay, let’s put it on the table. But when I look at the verticals, we have large customers, best relationship in the industry with those large customers in key verticals, you take government, aero, defense, very high level of engagement, especially for example, with the government and defense and aero customers. And the guidance is a reflection of this new situation that we are in. And I want to Okay. Emphasize that those these are across multiple verticals, both new and existing customer.

So they are also diversified across verticals like like aero, tooling, dental, medical.

Tyler, Analyst, William Blair: I appreciate you providing more color on that. Just wanted to ask a follow-up on the fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA margin. You mentioned that it should be 8% or more of revenue. What assumptions are baked into that ramp outside of cost controls? Are there any specific customer deals that are expected to pick up, product launches or seasonal trends?

Because last year’s fourth quarter was particularly stronger than the other quarters. So just any more color you can provide on the ramp up in margin? Thank you.

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: Thanks, Tyler, for the question. So it’s actually to complement Yav’s answer to the last question. Those large deals are not baked into our 2025 model. They are not baked into our Q4 model. If there were still a high probable to be in Q4, the guidance would have been higher.

So to answer your question, it is largely associated for Q4 based on the new model. It is largely associated with cost tight cost monitoring and some cost reduction.

Tyler, Analyst, William Blair: Okay. Thank you.

Operator: Thank you. Next question is coming from Greg Palm from Craig Hallum. Your line is now live.

Greg Palm, Analyst, Craig Hallum: Yes. Thanks for taking the questions. I think you had maybe covered the revenue guide well, but I’m still a little bit unclear call it, the magnitude of the earnings reduction. Can you just talk a little bit about, one, what is specifically impacting the gross margin as much as it is? And just to be clear, can you give us some sense on the magnitude of this new cost reduction effort that you seem to be alluding to that takes place or takes into account Q4?

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Thank you, Greg. Thank you for the question. I cannot be specific about each deal size, but the magnitude is more or less the gap between the new guidance and the old guidance, maybe a little bit more. That’s more or less the magnitude of those deals.

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: Greg, on the cost side, so or gross margin in specific. So it is associated by a few factors. One is changes in the sales mix, and these are small changes that are aggregated. The other element is the absorption associated with the inventory reduction. Our inventory levels went year over year from Q2 twenty twenty four to Q2 twenty twenty five.

Inventory levels went down by $30,000,000 That’s something that has a big positive impact and we’ve discussed this with you every call in the last couple of years, our efforts to reduce inventories and that’s something that is also meaningful for our future cash flow. So that’s something that is definitely a good thing. But in the short term, it has an impact on the absorption and that has a negative impact temporarily on the gross margin. So that’s the second element. And the third element is associated with tariffs.

Jornal Lloyd, Chief Communications Officer and VP of Investor Relations, Stratasys: Our biggest

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: production in The U. S, but we do produce outside of The U. S. And the changes in tariffs had some impact. We have mitigation plan that is ongoing.

It will take a few months. It will take a short period to complete everything and that’s why we have a temporary impact on our gross margin between now and the rest of the year. With respect to the cost mitigation that you I believe you also asked about, these are non essential projects, mainly variable costs and some discretionary items like travel. And this is more or less the areas of savings.

Greg Palm, Analyst, Craig Hallum: Okay. So maybe more sort of short term temporary reductions. My follow-up was going to be just kind of thinking about fiscal twenty twenty six. What’s your comfort level on call it 8% EBITDA margins under a lower revenue relative to 2024?

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: So Greg, maybe I’ll say, I think it’s very important to say, we look quarter by quarter, we’re a public company. But we structure a company with a cost infrastructure that will help us make us profitable and much more profitable when revenue increase. So to your question, we will plan 2026 in the next few months as we build our budget for next year. But we designed the company, we structured the company in a way to have next year 8% or better when we finish this plan.

Greg Palm, Analyst, Craig Hallum: Okay. All right. Appreciate the color. Thanks.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question is coming from Jim Ricchiuti from Needham and Company. Your line is now live.

Jim Ricchiuti, Analyst, Needham and Company: Hi. Thank you. So may Eitan, you may have answered this next question in response to Greg’s earlier question. But it was it’s a little surprising to have seen the slightly lower gross margin in Q2 versus Q1 even though the revenues were up sequentially modestly, but including sequential growth in consumables. So what occurred there?

Was that an absorption or tariff related impact? Maybe you could just shed a little bit more light on that. Sure. So

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: I guess, as I start, I’ll say that gross margin in Q1 was 48.3%. Gross margin in Q2 is 47.7%. The difference to start with is not that significant. However, to address your question, there are two main elements. One is the absorptions that I mentioned, and you mentioned also in your question, that something that had some impact on this change, small change.

And the other element is tariffs. Tariffs did not have significant impact on Q2. But again, when we bridge between 48.3% to 47.7%, that’s part of the bridge.

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Okay. And

Jim Ricchiuti, Analyst, Needham and Company: I noticed that the company acquired some of the Nexa assets. And I was wondering, I know this is fairly insignificant, but which of these Nexa three d printing processes were part of the asset purchase? And I wonder if you have any you could elaborate on what your plans are for some of these assets that were acquired.

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Hi, Jim. You’re up. Thank you. So we are in a very unique situation in our industry. Practically, there is a shakeup.

And we are lucky that we work so hard to be in a situation where we deliver, we are not burning cash, we are stable. I would even say that we are one of the best operators in the industry because we have the infrastructure. So infrastructure is coming with synergies. And it led us to be financially healthy, both in terms of the balance sheet, with the cash, with no debt, $255,000,000 on our balance sheet, positive operating cash flow on an annual basis and a very strong position with the best customers on earth in terms of relationship. When you take all the above and you blend it, it puts us in the best position to acquire, I would say companies with really good value for remaining of companies with prices that no one could even dream about them only two years ago.

And we can capture this opportunity and we did similar things with two companies, which as you said are not insignificant immaterial, but we acquired Forward AM from the insolvent and we are now rebuilding it and Forward AM came with amazing portfolio of IP and materials that are unique and position us much stronger in key use cases that are part of our strategy. And great people as well, researchers, chemists, product managers that know the material arena, better than anyone else in this industry. So this is one example. If you take Nexa and IP of course, and if you take Nexa, which is another example, they had tremendous success only a few years ago in terms of the ability to deliver great parts and machines to the market, but the shakeout didn’t do well for them as well. And we acquired them, again, would say in favorable terms and we received not an operational company, but we received a great IP portfolio with know how, with R and D knowledge and it will position us again in those use cases that we are focusing on like aerospace and defense for example, with the ability to have significant R and D shortcuts.

So both those opportunities demonstrate the strength of Stratasys as a healthy company, both on the financial side, but more importantly on the operational side and on the go to market. We are very happy with it. Of course, there is a lot of work to do because we need to rebuild those businesses, but we will do it.

Jim Ricchiuti, Analyst, Needham and Company: Got it. Thanks very much.

Operator: Thank you. Next question is coming from Troy Jensen from Cantor Fitzgerald. Your line is now live.

Troy Jensen, Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald: Gentlemen, congrats on the nice results here in a tough environment. Maybe for Aitken, you’re welcome. Just on the when you guys talk about these deals that kind of slipped or haven’t closed yet or delayed, if I remember correctly coming into the year, were these related with the F-three thousand three hundred and maybe automotive opportunities?

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Sorry, Troy.

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: Go ahead. Troy, sorry. We couldn’t hear the question. Can you repeat it, please?

Troy Jensen, Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald: Yeah. Sure. I think coming in the year, guys had pretty good confidence on the second half ramp, and now you’re talking about some deals slipping, right? So I guess I I thought they were associated with the F3300. So I’m wondering if you could just kind of confirm that maybe that the automotive opportunity slipped to the right or and just update us on the F3300, please.

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Hey, Troy. Thank you for the question. Happy to update on this. So the as you you know, f 3,300 is a key in our use case strategy. So it’s practically the best tooling machine out there in terms of throughput and reliability by far.

It is great for aerospace and defense. And we already have customers that are using it in aerospace and defense and are very, very happy and they have repeatable purchasing of the same machine. And there is no connection between the Dilsleep and FTR300. This is about how those guys are building the infrastructure, how they are building the workflow, how they collaborate, how they prepare within the organization, decide this is the type of challenges that we are facing. On the contrary, FTR300 is a major, I would say, promoter of us being the one being considered for those deals.

So actually we are very happy with F3300. It’s the most reliable to date, the most reliable and it will be better and better, the most reliable FDM machine that we have. No one can print in this speed. No one has this level of reliability. No one has this level of accuracy and it all comes together to a better TCO for our customers.

Troy, I

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: will add that the plan, the model that we just released with the new guidance reflects more FSD-three 100 in 2025 compared to 2024 when we Yes,

Troy Jensen, Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald: that’s good to know. Thank you, Eitan. And maybe just a follow-up for you too. Just in the second half guidance, is there any revenue or OpEx from Forward AM and NEXA?

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: We are just acquired the two businesses. We are rebuilding it. And once we have a better understanding of the situation and market traction, we’ll be better off. Currently, it’s immaterialized.

Troy Jensen, Analyst, Cantor Fitzgerald: Okay. All right, guys. Well, thank you for the answers and good luck going forward.

Eitan Zamir, CFO, Stratasys: Thanks, Troy.

Operator: Thank you. Next question is coming from Alec Valero from Loop Capital Markets. Your line is now live.

Alex, Analyst, Loop Capital Markets: Hey, guys. Thank you for taking the question. This is Alex on for Nanda. So given the success of your strategic collaborations with General Motors and Toyota involving your F900 systems, Do you guys anticipate this momentum to lead to additional partnerships with other vehicle OEMs, especially in light of the growing emphasis on localized manufacturing?

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Thank you for the question. I think you put a light on a very important, I would say, trend in additive. We need to penetrate new use cases. And in order to penetrate, we need proven use cases. We need to prove the concept.

And it’s true for automotive, but it’s also true for Delta and it’s also true for aerospace. But let me start with GM and Toyota. By the way, those are super respectable, leading in their areas and they decided to go with strategies. And I want to relate to three points here. The first one that it’s a proof of concept of the use case in production, because practically what they have done and if you look at GM as an example, they standardize the AM workflow in manufacturing.

So it’s something that they are being able to replicate and expand. The second point is about the demonstration of the value proposition of additive and of Stratasys offering in those production applications. And the value proposition here is mainly by the way on both Toyota and GM is about the speed and it’s about the cost savings. And of course, speed also save a lot of cost. So when you look at Toyota, it is part of their program to reduce 33% of the time of developing a new product.

This is huge. And in terms of GM, they can print a tool not in months, but in hours. That’s again huge contribution to their competitiveness. And GM cost saving in some cases, the tool that they are printing is less than 10% than the cost of the traditional tool. So it’s a real demonstration of the value proposition.

And the third thing is all about how it creates good growth. And relating to your question, you can expand within the customer because it’s standardized, so to other plans and we see it, it is happening. And we can replicate it to other OEMs. So we are very happy with these results. We have similar results by the way in dental.

We are the first one and in terms of the competitive landscape, don’t know what other are saying, but we are the first in the market to be with inkjet solution monolithic denture that utilize multiple materials in a single print process. No one did it before us even if they claim. And already we have 85,000 dentures printed. So thousands of people are going with our dentures and that creates the momentum. The proven use case creates the ability to replicate and expand.

Thank you.

Alex, Analyst, Loop Capital Markets: Super helpful guys. Just a quick follow-up again on General Motors and Toyota. So I understand the consumables recurring revenue stream that’s tied post sale. But could you speak to any upsell opportunities you foresee with General Motors and Toyota and as well as any with any future collaborations?

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Definitely, there is an upsell opportunity here to others, so we’re discussing here. By the way, I encourage, I would be great if the listeners could watch the video. Seeing is believing. I can talk here for hours. But once you receive the video, you will understand the value prop, the value proposition of additive and the value proposition of strategies and why strategies within additive.

Please click the link on the slide. It’s so simple and it will explain better definitely in better English, better than anything that I can say. So please click the link there. So when I’m looking at the opportunity, it is huge, not only on the hardware side, but those are manufacturing machines. They are being used in up to sometimes around 85% utilization and more.

And what does it mean that they rule of thumb, they consume sometimes 10 times more than a rapid prototyping same machine used in terms of material. So the consumption of material can be 10 times, sometimes more than a prototyping machine. This is the essence of what we are doing here. We are moving into real production and real production consumes more material. But you need to meet the production requirements And Stratasys is one of not many companies that can meet those requirements and definitely leading the industry.

Tyler, Analyst, William Blair: Thank you, guys.

Operator: Thank you. We have reached the end of our question and answer session. I’d like to turn the floor back over to Doctor. Johab Zeit for any further closing comments.

Yoav Zaif, CEO, Stratasys: Thank you for joining us. Looking forward to updating you again next quarter.

Operator: Thank you. That does conclude today’s teleconference and webcast. You may disconnect your line at this time and have a wonderful day. We thank you for your participation today.

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