Critical Review: Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) vs. Dürr Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:DURYY)

Dürr Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:DURYY) and Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dürr Aktiengesellschaft and Stratasys”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dürr Aktiengesellschaft	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stratasys	$551.10 million	1.21	-$104.29 million	($1.34)	-5.78

Dürr Aktiengesellschaft has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stratasys.

Profitability

This table compares Dürr Aktiengesellschaft and Stratasys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dürr Aktiengesellschaft	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stratasys	-21.05%	-1.77%	-1.38%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

75.8% of Stratasys shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Stratasys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Dürr Aktiengesellschaft and Stratasys, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dürr Aktiengesellschaft	0	0	0	0	0.00
Stratasys	1	1	4	0	2.50

Stratasys has a consensus target price of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 59.35%. Given Stratasys’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stratasys is more favorable than Dürr Aktiengesellschaft.

Summary

Stratasys beats Dürr Aktiengesellschaft on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dürr Aktiengesellschaft

Dürr Aktiengesellschaft, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mechanical and plant engineering company worldwide. The company’s Paint and Final Assembly Systems segment plans, builds, and updates paint shops and final assembly lines for the automotive industry. It also provides products and systems for various process stages in paint shop technology; control and conveyor systems, air supply, and exhaust-air systems; DXQ software family, which includes solutions for plant monitoring, manufacturing execution systems, advanced analytics, and other digital solutions; conveyor technology, filling, and testing, as well as assembly technology and marriage stations for connecting the car body and power train; consulting services; and assembly and test stands and calibration stations for brakes, electronics, and chassis geometry. Its company’s Application Technology segment offers technologies for the automated spray application of primers, and base and clear coats; systems used for paint supply, quality assurance, and process control and evaluation; sealing technology for sealing seams; and glueing technology. The company’s Clean Technology Systems segment offers exhaust-air purification systems, battery electrode coating systems, noise abatement systems, and ORC technology and services. Its Industrial Automation Systems segment provides assembly and test; balancing and diagnostic; production technology for battery modules and packs; filling technology for air conditioning systems and household appliances; and tooling systems for machines and processing centers and services. The company’s Woodworking Machinery and Systems segment offers woodworking machinery and systems, such as e panel dividing and through-feed saws, CNC processing centers, drilling machines, sanders, and edge banding machines, as well as handling and storage systems. Dürr Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.

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.