Stratasys Ltd (SSYS): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Laggard

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Stratasys ( SSYS) pushed the Computer Hardware industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Hardware laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Stratasys fell $1.55 (-1.7%) to $89.54 on light volume. Throughout the day, 511,861 shares of Stratasys exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 796,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $89.10-$91.95 after having opened the day at $91.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $91.09. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that declined today were: Video Display Corporation ( VIDE), down 5.7%, Hutchinson Technology ( HTCH), down 3.5%, Hauppauge Digital ( HAUP), down 3.0% and Mercury Systems ( MRCY), down 2.2%.

Stratasys Ltd. provides additive manufacturing (AM) solutions for the creation of parts used in the processes of designing and manufacturing products and for the direct manufacture of end parts. Stratasys has a market cap of $3.5 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 13.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Stratasys a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Stratasys as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.

On the positive front, Performance Technologies ( PTIX), up 10.0%, Radcom ( RDCM), up 8.5%, Mad Catz Interactive ( MCZ), up 7.5% and Silicon Graphics International ( SGI), up 6.8% , were all gainers within the computer hardware industry with International Business Machines ( IBM) being today's featured computer hardware industry leader.

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