What Happened?
Shares of 3D printing company 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) jumped in the morning session after the company introduced a new 3D wax printer, the MJP 300W Plus, designed for jewelry manufacturing.
This new machine produces detailed wax patterns used for casting precious metal jewelry. The printer offered significant improvements, including a more than 30% increase in speed while using 50% less support material. These enhancements were intended to help jewelers streamline production and lower their costs. The announcement noted that the MJP 300W Plus was available for ordering.
After the initial pop the shares cooled down to $2.91, up 1.2% from previous close.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
3D Systems’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 69 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 2 days ago when the stock dropped 1.9% on the news that the company announced a significant change in its software strategy, revealing plans to sell two of its software platforms.
3D Systems stated it would divest its Oqton® Manufacturing Operating System and 3DXpert® metal printing software to Hubb Global Holdings. The transaction was expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. This move was part of a strategic shift to concentrate development efforts on its proprietary polymer solution, 3D Sprint®. While the company framed the divestiture as a way to accelerate industry-wide adoption of metal 3D printing, the stock's decline suggested investor concern over the new direction.
3D Systems is down 9.2% since the beginning of the year, and at $2.91 per share, it is trading 38.5% below its 52-week high of $4.72 from February 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of 3D Systems’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $596.51.
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