EX-99.2 3 ex992q2-24.htm EX-99.2 Document

Exhibit 99.2
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS.
    The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K to which this Operating and Financial Review and Prospects is attached, or the Form 6-K. The discussion below contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws) that are based upon our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to inaccurate assumptions and known or unknown risks and uncertainties, including those identified in “Forward-Looking Statements and Factors that May Affect Future Results of Operations” below, as well in the “Risk Factors” in Item 3.D of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 11, 2024, or our 2023 Annual Report, as updated by the “Risk Factors” section below.
Overview of Business and Trend Information 
We are a global leader in connected, polymer-based 3D printing solutions, across the entire manufacturing value chain. Leveraging distinct competitive advantages that include a broad set of best-in-class 3D printing platforms, software, a materials and technology partner ecosystem, innovative leadership, and global GTM infrastructure, we are positioned to capture share in a significant and growing global marketplace, with a focus on manufacturing, which we view as having the largest and fastest growing total addressable market.
Our approximately 2,600 granted and pending additive technology patents to date have been used to create models, prototypes, manufacturing tools, and production parts for a multitude of industries including aerospace, automotive, transportation, healthcare, consumer products, dental, medical, fashion and education. Our products and comprehensive solutions improve product quality, development time, cost, time-to-market and patient care. Our 3D ecosystem of solutions and expertise includes 3D printers, materials, software, expert services, and on-demand parts production. By the end of 2023, we estimate that we derived over 34% of our revenues from manufacturing solutions.
A series of acquisitions and other transactions in the last few years has strengthened our leadership in various facets of our business, and has added incremental growth engines to our platform. Our acquisition, in December 2020, of Origin Laboratories, Inc., or Origin, significantly strengthened our leadership in mass production for polymer 3D printing. Origin’s pioneering approach to additive manufacturing of end-use parts has enabled us to serve a large market with manufacturing-grade 3D printers, utilizing P3 Programmable PhotoPolymerization. Our acquisition, in the first quarter of 2021, of UK-based RP Support Ltd., or RPS, a provider of industrial stereolithography 3D printers and solutions, provided us with a complementary technology that further expanded our polymer suite of solutions across the product life cycle. Similarly, our acquisition, in November 2021, of all remaining shares of Xaar 3D Ltd. or Xaar, has begun to accelerate our growth in production-scale 3D printing. The completed transaction between our former subsidiary, MakerBot, a leader in desktop 3D printing, and Ultimaker, gave us an approximately 46.5% stake in a new entity that has a broad technology offering, a larger scale, and that is well-capitalized and is therefore better equipped to compete in the desktop 3D printing segment. Our October 2022 asset acquisition from the quality assurance software company Riven, a Berkeley, California-based start-up, enables us to fully integrate its cloud-based software solution into our GrabCAD® Additive Manufacturing Platform, thereby enabling more manufacturing customers to adopt Stratasys solutions for end-use parts production. Our acquisition, in April 2023, of Covestro’s additive manufacturing business gives us the ability to accelerate innovative developments in 3D printing materials and to thereby further grow adoption of our newest technologies, including our Origin P3™, Neo® stereolithography, and H350™ printers, with which Covestro’s resins can be used. Also, as part of this acquisition we acquired an IP portfolio comprised of hundreds of patents and pending patents.


Recent Developments- Strategic Alternatives
Completion of Strategic Alternatives Process
During the second quarter of 2024, we completed the comprehensive process to explore strategic alternatives for our company, in order to maximize value for all Stratasys shareholders, which we had initiated on September 28, 2023 (as described in our Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K that we furnished to the SEC on that day, available at the following link: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517396/000121390023080136/ea185964-6k_stratasys.htm). The goals of that process were to further solidify our leadership in additive manufacturing, while focusing our business model to deliver a significantly improved and consistently profitable, cash-flow positive additive manufacturing company, throughout cycles. At the conclusion of that process, our board of directors identified restructuring initiatives in two important areas to further those goals and to best position Stratasys to maximize value:

(i) Our first initiative is to adjust our cost structure to better match current market conditions, primarily through an approximately 15% headcount reduction that will drive the majority of an expected $40 million in annual run rate savings. This initiative is expected to generate an annualized EBITDA margin of 8% at current revenue levels. The first full-quarter’s benefit of these cost savings is expected in the first quarter of 2025.

(ii) Our second initiative is to enhance our efforts to remove barriers and help customers increase their pace of adoption of additive manufacturing. This involves addressing the total cost of ownership, which is largely influenced by materials consumption. We plan to increase our investment of resources to better educate and support our customers' engineers, who are still learning to fully utilize additive manufacturing design and workflow benefits. We will also increase efforts to standardize additive manufacturing to better align with traditional manufacturing processes, making it easier for broader adoption. As part of this initiative, we plan to leverage our scale and breadth of technology to focus our go to market efforts on areas we view as the main growth drivers of our business –applications where additive manufacturing presents the most compelling benefits relative to conventional methods.
Shareholder Rights Plan
In order to enhance our ability to conduct a strategic alternatives process while it was ongoing and to preserve for all shareholders the long-term value of our company in the event of a takeover or acquisition of a controlling stake without the payment of a control premium for all Stratasys ordinary shares, on December 21, 2023, our board of directors had unanimously adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan, or the New Rights Plan. The New Rights Plan, if triggered, would significantly dilute the ownership of any Acquiring Person (as defined in the New Rights Plan). The New Rights Plan, which expires on December 19, 2024, contains enhanced shareholder protections that are intended to limit the scope of the New Rights Plan. The New Rights Plan is designed to give all of our shareholders (other than an offeror) a way to voice their position directly to the board on certain types of offers— via an advisory shareholder vote as to whether the plan should apply to those offers— and, in other circumstances, exempts a qualifying offer from the rights under the plan altogether.
Business Performance in Macro-Economic Environment
       Our current outlook, as well as our results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2024, should be evaluated in light of current global macroeconomic conditions, including certain challenging trends that have also impacted the additive manufacturing industry. Our revenues in the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 decreased by 8.7% relative to the corresponding six months ended June 30, 2023 This decrease in revenues was mostly due to macro-economic pressure on the capital expenditure budgets of our customers, which has been causing longer sales cycles for our systems and occasional deferral of orders of our systems. Our results also reflected the divestment of certain Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, or SDM businesses. On the other hand, the second quarter results also evidence stronger utilization of our installed systems by our customers, which drove higher revenues in consumables.


We continue to closely monitor macroeconomic conditions, including the headwinds caused by inflation, relatively high interest rates and other trends that have been adversely impacting economic activity on a global scale, and which have also adversely affected the additive manufacturing industry generally and our company, in particular. We have been assessing, on an ongoing basis, the implications of those global conditions for our operations, supply chain, liquidity, cash flow and customer orders, and have been acting in an effort to mitigate adverse consequences to the extent possible. We estimate that in the last two quarters, those conditions have impacted us most notably by extending the length of our sales cycles and thereby reducing our products revenues. Assuming that those inflationary pressures ease, and the global economy remains relatively stable, we expect that products revenues will once again improve, as and when we execute on our growth plans and as a result of shorter sales cycles.
Specific developments that may potentially impact our operating performance in an adverse manner include:
•Israel’s retaliatory war against Hamas, Hezbollah and other nearby terrorist organizations, which up to the present time has had a limited impact on our Israeli and global operations. However, given the fact that one of our global headquarters and one of our manufacturing facilities are located in Israel, in case the war widens into a regional conflict and/or worsens Israeli or global economic conditions, that could have an adverse impact on our operations;
•the slow pace at which central banks in Europe and the U.S. may reduce interest rates in order to avoid triggering upwards inflationary pressure, which would leave interest rates at relatively high levels for a longer period of time, thereby leaving in place unfavorable credit/financing conditions for our customers; and
•potential contraction of economic activities and recessionary conditions that could arise as a result of a weaker labor market and a decrease in consumer demand;  
We cannot provide any assurances as to the extent of our resilience to the adverse impact of these specific developments in future periods.
We ended the second quarter of 2024 with $150.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits. We believe that we are well suited to continue to manage the current global macro-economic climate with a strong balance sheet and no debt, while focusing on cost controls and cash generation. We have continued to selectively apply certain cost controls, while ensuring that our new product introduction, or NPI, programs are well-funded, and we plan to continue investing as needed in order to support our new product development programs. 




         
Summary of Financial Results
Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. In the opinion of our management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been included herein and are of a normal recurring nature. The following discussion compares the actual results, on a GAAP basis, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 with the corresponding period in 2023.
Results of Operations
Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 to Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
The following table sets forth certain statement of operations data for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023
U.S. $ in thousands% of RevenuesU.S. $ in thousands% of Revenues
Revenues$138,041 100.0 %$159,751 100.0 %
Cost of revenues77,54156.2 %93,52958.5 %
Gross profit60,50043.8 %66,22241.5 %
Research and development, net25,68018.6 %24,30515.2 %
Selling, general and administrative60,86344.1 %75,57647.3 %
Operating loss(26,043)-18.9 %(33,659)(21.1)%
Financial income (expenses), net(726)-0.5 %6870.4 %
Loss before income taxes(26,769)-19.4 %(32,972)(20.6)%
Income tax expenses7620.6 %7250.5 %
Share in profits (losses) of associated companies1,7881.3 %(4,918)(3.1)%
Net loss$(25,743)(18.6)%$(38,615)(24.2)%
Discussion of Results of Operations
Revenues
Our products and services revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, as well as the percentage change reflected thereby, were as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023% Change
U.S.$ in thousands
Products$93,594 $109,112 (14.2)%
Services44,447 50,639 (12.2)%
Total Revenues$138,041 $159,751 (13.6)%
 


 Products Revenues
Revenues derived from products (including systems and consumable materials) decreased by $15.5 million, or 14.2%, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023, mainly as a result of a decrease in systems revenues attributable to longer sales cycle in an amount of $19.3 million, partially offset by higher consumables revenues of $3.8 million, as a result of higher usage of our systems.
Revenues derived from systems decreased by $19.3 million, or 40.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was mainly attributable to longer sales cycle.
Revenues derived from consumables increased by $3.8 million, or 6.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in consumables revenues was mainly attributable to higher utilization rates of our systems.
Services revenues (including SDM, maintenance contracts, time and materials and other services) decreased by $6.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, or 12.2%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower SDM revenues as a result of our divestiture of several businesses in SDM. Within services revenues, customer support revenue, which includes revenues generated mainly by maintenance contracts on our systems, decreased by 3.8%.
Revenues by Region
Revenues and the percentage of revenues by region for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, as well as the percentage change in revenues in each such region reflected thereby, were as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023
U.S.$ in thousands% of RevenuesU.S.$ in thousands% of Revenues% Change
Americas*$83,488 60.5 %$102,195 64.0 %(18.3)%
EMEA37,053 26.8 %36,884 23.1 %0.5 %
Asia Pacific17,500 12.7 %20,672 12.9 %(15.3)%
$138,041 100 %$159,751 100 %(13.6)%
* Represent the United States, Canada and Latin America
Revenues in the Americas region decreased by $18.7 million, or 18.3%, to $83.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $102.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to longer sales cycle and our divestment of certain SDM businesses, partially offset by higher consumables revenues driven by higher utilization rates of systems, in an amount of $2.4 million.
Revenues in the EMEA region increased by $0.2 million, or 0.5%, to $37.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $36.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to higher consumables revenues driven by higher utilization rates, in an aggregate amount of $2.0 million, partially offset by a decrease in systems revenues.     
Revenues in the Asia Pacific region decreased by $3.2 million, or 15.3%, to $17.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $20.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to a slowdown in systems revenues. On a constant currency basis, when using the prior year quarterly period’s exchange rates, revenues decreased by $2.7 million, or 13.2%.


Gross Profit
Gross profit from our products and services, as well as the percentage change reflected thereby, were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023Change in %
Gross profit attributable to:U.S. $ in thousands
Products$46,838 $51,536 (9.1)%
Services13,662 14,686 (7.0)%
$60,500 $66,222 (8.6)%
Gross profit as a percentage of revenues from our products and services was as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,
Gross profit as a percentage of revenues from:20242023
Products50.0 %47.2 %
Services30.7 %29.0 %
Total gross margin43.8 %41.5 %

Gross profit attributable to products revenues decreased by $4.7 million, or 9.1%, to $46.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to gross profit of $51.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross margin attributable to products revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024 increased to 50.0%, as compared to 47.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in gross profit was mainly attributable to the impact of the decrease in products revenues. The increase in gross margin was attributable to a more favorable mix of consumable revenues with higher gross margins.  
Gross profit attributable to services revenues decreased by $1.0 million, or 7.0%, to $13.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $14.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross margin attributable to services revenues increased to 30.7% in the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 29.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in gross profit was mainly as a result of SDM divestiture, attributable to lower SDM revenues, partially offset by lower restructuring charges of $3.7 million. Our gross margin from services revenues increased mainly as a result of our divestiture of several businesses in SDM with lower gross margins.
 


Operating Expenses
 The amount of each type of operating expense for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, as well as the percentage change reflected thereby, and total operating expenses as a percentage of our total revenues in each such quarter, were as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023% Change
U.S.$ in thousands
Research and development, net$25,680 $24,305 5.7 %
Selling, general and administrative60,863 75,576 (19.5)%
$86,543 $99,881 (13.4)%
Percentage of revenues62.7 %62.5 %

Operating expenses were $86.5 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared to operating expenses of $99.9 million in the second quarter of 2023. The decrease in operating expenses was primarily driven by lower costs related to prospective and potential mergers and acquisitions, defense against hostile tender offer, proxy contest and related professional fees in an amount of $10.9 million, lower amortization expense in amount of $1.6 million in the second quarter of 2024, and lower employee and employee related expenses.
        Research and development expenses increased by $1.4 million, or 5.7% to $25.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $24.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The amount of research and development expenses constituted 18.6% of our revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 15.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The research and development expenses increased mainly due to higher employee and employee related expenses.  
        We continue to invest in strategic long-term initiatives that include advancements in our core FDM and PolyJet technologies and in our new powder-based and photopolymer-based, SAF and P3 technologies, advanced composite materials, software and development of new applications that will enhance our current solutions offerings.
        Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $14.7 million, or 19.5%, to $60.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $75.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The absolute decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses, was mainly attributable to the significant reduction in costs related to prospective and potential mergers and acquisitions, defense against hostile tender offer, proxy contest and related professional fees of $10.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2023, lower employee and employee related expenses, and lower amortization expense in amount of $1.6 million. The amount of selling, general and administrative expenses constituted 44.1% of our revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 47.3% for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
           


Operating Loss
Operating loss and operating loss as a percentage of our total revenues were as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023
U.S.$ in thousands
Operating loss$(26,043)$(33,659)
Percentage of revenues(18.9)%(21.1)%
Operating loss amounted to $26.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to an operating loss of $33.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The absolute decrease in the operating loss of $7.6 million was primarily due to the $13.3 million decrease in operating expenses, partially offset by our decrease in gross profit. The decrease of operating loss as a percentage of revenues by 2.2%, was attributable to the increase of our gross margin, partially offset by an increase in operating expenses as a percentage of revenues, for the reasons described in the discussion of the above line items.
Financial Income (Expenses), net
Financial expenses, net, which was primarily comprised of foreign currencies effects, interest income and interest expenses, was $0.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to financial income, net of $0.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Income Taxes
Income tax expenses and income tax expenses as a percentage of net loss before taxes were as follows for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023
U.S.$ in thousands
Income tax expenses$762 $725 
As a percentage of loss before income taxes(2.8)%(2.2)%
We had an effective tax rate of 2.8% for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to an effective tax rate of 2.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Our effective tax rate in the second quarter of 2024 was primarily impacted by the geographic mix of our earnings and losses, movements in our valuation allowance and changes in our uncertain tax positions.
Share in Profits (Losses) of Associated Companies
Share in profits (losses) of associated companies reflects our proportionate share of the profit (losses) of unconsolidated entities accounted for by using the equity method of accounting. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, the profit from our proportionate share of the profits of our equity method investments was $1.8 million, compared to a loss of $4.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2023.



Net Loss and Net Loss Per Share
Net loss and net loss per share were as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,
20242023
U.S.$ in thousands
Net loss$(25,743)$(38,615)
Percentage of revenues(18.6)%(24.2)%
Basic and diluted net loss per share$(0.36)$(0.56)

Net loss was $25.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to net loss of $38.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in net loss was mainly attributable to the decrease in our operating loss of $7.7 million, and the change in our share in profit of associated companies in an aggregate amount of $6.7 million.
Net loss per share was $0.36 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to net loss per share of $0.56 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The weighted average fully diluted share count was 70.7 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to 68.6 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023.



Results of Operations
Comparison of Six months ended June 30, 2024 to Six months ended June 30, 2023
The following table sets forth certain statement of operations data for the periods indicated:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023
U.S. $ in thousands% of RevenuesU.S. $ in thousands% of Revenues
Revenues$282,091 100.0 %$309,128 100.0 %
Cost of revenues157,69455.9 %177,51157.4 %
Gross profit124,39744.1 %131,61742.6 %
Research and development, net49,65717.6 %45,78014.8 %
Selling, general and administrative125,23644.4 %136,29344.1 %
Operating loss(50,496)(17.9)%(50,456)(16.3)%
Financial income, net
4910.2 %1,4600.5 %
Loss before income taxes(50,005)(17.7)%(48,996)(15.8)%
Income tax expenses1,4780.5 %4,5001.5 %
Share in losses of associated companies
(243)(0.1)%(7,343)(2.4)%
Net loss$(51,726)(18.3)%$(60,839)(19.7)%

Discussion of Results of Operations
Revenues
Our products and services revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, as well as the percentage change reflected thereby, were as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023% Change
U.S.$ in thousands
Products$192,790 $210,083 (8.2)%
Services89,301 99,045 (9.8)%
Total Revenues$282,091 $309,128 (8.7)%


Products Revenues
Revenues derived from products (including systems and consumable materials) decreased by $17.3 million, or 8.2%, for the six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023, as a result of a decrease in systems revenues attributable to longer sales cycle, partially offset by an increase of $9.6 million in consumables revenues driven by our recent acquisitions and higher usage of our systems.
Revenues derived from systems for the six months ended June 30, 2024 decreased by $26.9 million, or 30.3% as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was mainly attributable to longer sales cycles.
Revenues derived from consumables increased by $9.6 million, or 7.9%, for the six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in consumables revenues was mainly attributable to revenues driven by our recent acquisitions as well as higher utilization rates of our systems.
Services Revenues
Services revenues (including SDM, maintenance contracts, time and materials and other services) decreased by $9.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, or 9.8%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower SDM revenues as a result of our divestiture of several businesses in SDM. Within services revenues, customer support revenue, which includes revenue generated mainly from maintenance contracts on our systems, increased by 1.9%. 
Revenues by Region
Revenues and the percentage of revenues by region for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, as well as the percentage change in revenues in each such region reflected thereby, were as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023% Change
U.S.$ in thousands% of RevenuesU.S.$ in thousands% of Revenues
Americas*$170,296 60.4 %$192,275 62.2 %(11.4)%
EMEA75,526 26.8 %74,764 24.2 %1.0 %
Asia Pacific36,269 12.9 %42,089 13.6 %(13.8)%
$282,091 100 %$309,128 100.0 %(8.7)%

* Consists of the United States, Canada and Latin America 
Revenues in the Americas region decreased by $22.0 million, or 11.4%, to $170.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $192.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was mainly attributable to longer sales cycle and the divestment of SDM, partially offset by higher consumables revenues.
Revenues in the EMEA region increased by $0.8 million, or 1.0%, to $75.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $74.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was primarily driven by higher consumables revenues, mainly driven by our recent acquisitions and higher usage of our systems, partially offset by a decrease in systems revenues primarily attributable to longer sales cycle.
Revenues in the Asia Pacific region decreased by $5.8 million, or 13.8%, to $36.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $42.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily was mainly attributable to longer sales cycle of product revenues. On a constant currency basis when using the prior period’s exchange rates, revenues decreased by $4.8 million, or 11.5%.



Gross Profit
Gross profit from our products and services, as well as the percentage change reflected thereby, were as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023Change in %
Gross profit attributable to:U.S. $ in thousands
Products$96,277 $101,394 (5.0)%
Services28,120 30,223 (7.0)%
$124,397 $131,617 (5.5)%

Gross profit as a percentage of revenues from our products and services was as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
Gross profit as a percentage of revenues from:20242023
Products49.9 %48.3 %
Services31.5 %30.5 %
Total gross margin44.1 %42.6 %
 
Gross profit attributable to products revenues decreased by $5.1 million, or 5.0%, to $96.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to gross profit of $101.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross margin attributable to products revenues increased to 49.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to 48.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Our gross profit from products revenues decreased mainly as a result of lower system revenues, partially offset by higher consumables revenues. The increase in gross margin was attributable to a more favorable mix of consumable revenues with higher gross margins.
Gross profit attributable to services revenues decreased by $2.1 million, or 7.0%, to $28.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $30.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross margin attributable to services revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2024 increased to 31.5%, as compared to 30.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Our gross profit attributable to services revenues decreased mainly as a result of SDM divestiture, attributable to lower SDM revenues, partially offset by restructuring charges incurred in the six months ended June 30, 2023. Our gross margin from services revenues increased mainly as a result of our divestiture of several businesses in SDM with lower gross margins.
Operating Expenses
The amount of each type of operating expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, as well as the percentage change from period to period reflected thereby, and total operating expenses as a percentage of our total revenues in each such six month period, were as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023% Change
U.S.$ in thousands
Research and development, net$49,657 $45,780 8.5 %
Selling, general and administrative125,236 136,293 (8.1)%
$174,893 $182,073 (3.9)%
Percentage of revenues62.0 %58.9 %3.1 %



Operating expenses were $174.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to operating expenses of $182.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in operating expenses was primarily driven by a significant reduction in costs related to prospective and potential mergers and acquisitions, defense against hostile tender offer, proxy contest and related professional fees of $8.2 million, as well as higher employee and employee related expenses, partially offset by higher costs driven by our recent acquisitions.
Research and development expenses, net increased by $3.9 million, or 8.5%, to $49.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $45.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to higher costs driven by our recent acquisitions and higher employee and employee related costs. The amount of research and development expenses as a percentage of revenues increased, constituting 17.6% of our revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 14.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
We continue to invest in strategic long-term initiatives that include advancements in our core FDM and PolyJet technologies and in our new powder-based and photopolymer-based, SAF and P3 technologies, advanced composite materials, software and development of new applications which will enhance our current solutions offerings. 
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $11.1 million, or 8.1%, to $125.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $136.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The amount of selling, general and administrative expenses constituted 44.4% of our revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 44.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was mainly attributable to a significant reduction in costs related to prospective and potential mergers and acquisitions, defense against hostile tender offer, proxy contest and related professional fees of $8.2 million, as well as $2,1 million of amortization expenses and employee related expenses.

Operating Loss
Operating loss and operating loss as a percentage of our total revenues were as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023
U.S.$ in thousands
Operating loss$(50,496)$(50,456)
Percentage of revenues(17.9)%(16.3)%

Operating loss amounted to $50.5 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2024 and the six months ended June 30, 2023. Our operating loss as a percentage of our revenues increased in the first half of 2024 compared to the first half of 2023, for the reasons described in the discussion of the above line items.
Financial Expenses (Income), net
Financial income, net, which was primarily comprised of foreign currencies effects, interest income and interest expenses, was $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $1.5 million of financial income, net for the six months ended June 30, 2023.


Income Taxes
Income tax expenses and income tax expenses as a percentage of net loss before taxes were as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and the six months ended June 30, 2023:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023
U.S.$ in thousands
Income tax expenses$1,478 $4,500 
As a percentage of loss before income taxes(3.0)%(9.2)%

We had an effective tax rate of 3.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to an effective tax rate of 9.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Our effective tax rate in the six months ended June 30, 2024 was primarily impacted by the geographic mix of our earnings and losses, movements in our valuation allowances and changes in our uncertain tax positions.
Share in Losses of Associated Companies
Share in losses of associated companies reflects our proportionate share of the losses of unconsolidated entities accounted for by using the equity method of accounting. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the loss from our proportionate share of the losses of our equity method investments was $0.2 million, compared to a loss of $7.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2023.
 
Net Loss and Net Loss Per Share
Net loss (on an absolute basis and as a percentage of revenues), and diluted net loss per share were as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023
Net loss$(51,726)$(60,839)
As a percentage of revenues(18.3)%(19.7)%
Diluted net loss per share$(0.74)$(0.89)
Net loss was $51.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to a net loss of $60.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The absolute decrease in our net loss was mainly attributable to the change in our share in profit of associated companies in an aggregate amount of $7.1 million, as well as lower income tax expenses (benefit) of $3.0 million. Our net loss as a percentage of our revenues decreased in the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023, for the reasons described in the discussion of the above line items .
Net loss per share was $0.74 and $0.89 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The weighted average fully diluted share count was 70.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to 68.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
The absolute decrease in net loss and basic and diluted net loss per share, as well as the decrease in net loss as a percentage of our revenues, resulted from the aggregate impact of the foregoing line items in our results of operations in the first six months of 2024 as compared to the corresponding period in 2023.



 
Supplemental Operating Results on a Non-GAAP Basis
        The following non-GAAP data, which excludes certain items as described below, are non-GAAP financial measures. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful information for investors and shareholders of our company in gauging our results of operations (i) on an ongoing basis after excluding mergers, acquisitions and divestments related expense or gains and restructuring-related charges or gains, legal provisions and (ii) excluding non-cash items such as stock-based compensation expenses, acquired intangible assets amortization, including intangible assets amortization related to equity method investments, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, revaluation of our investments and the corresponding tax effect of those items.
The items eliminated in our non-GAAP adjustments either do not reflect actual cash outlays that impact our liquidity and our financial condition or have a non-recurring impact on our statement of operations, as assessed by management. These non-GAAP financial measures are presented to permit investors to more fully understand how management assesses our performance for internal planning and forecasting purposes. The limitations of using these non-GAAP financial measures as performance measures are that they provide a view of our results of operations without including all items indicated above during a period, which may not provide a comparable view of our performance to other companies in our industry. Investors and other readers should consider non-GAAP measures only as supplements to, not as substitutes for or as superior measures to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliation between results on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis is provided in the tables below.



Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results of Operations
The following tables present the GAAP measures, the corresponding non-GAAP amounts and the related non-GAAP adjustments for the applicable periods:
Three Months Ended June 30,
2024Non-GAAP20242023Non-GAAP2023
GAAPAdjustmentsNon-GAAPGAAPAdjustmentsNon-GAAP
U.S. dollars and shares in thousands (except per share amounts)
Gross profit (1)$60,500 $7,175 $67,675 $66,222 $11,283 $77,505 
Operating income (loss) (1,2)(26,043)22,845 (3,198)(33,659)38,666 5,007 
Net income (loss) (1,2,3)(25,743)22,774 (2,969)(38,615)41,148 2,533 
Net income (loss) per diluted share to Stratasys Ltd. (4)$(0.36)$0.32 $(0.04)$(0.56)$0.60 $0.04 
(1)Acquired intangible assets amortization expense 4,489 5,014 
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense 1,010 999 
Restructuring and other related costs 1,676 3,378 
Impairment charges and write off— 1,892 
7,175 11,283 
(2)Acquired intangible assets amortization expense 1,111 2,686 
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense 6,335 7,024 
Restructuring and other related costs 3,639 2,468 
Contingent consideration523 347 
Legal and other expenses 4,062 14,858 
15,670 27,383 
22,845 38,666 
(3)Corresponding tax effect and other expenses204 213 
Equity method related expenses(1,593)2,094 
Finance expenses1,318 175 
$22,774 $41,148 
(4) Weighted average number of ordinary
      shares outstanding- Diluted		70,746 70,746 68,648 69,272 


Six months ended June 30,
2024Non-GAAP20242023Non-GAAP2023
GAAPAdjustmentsNon-GAAPGAAPAdjustmentsNon-GAAP
U.S. dollars and shares in thousands (except per share amounts)
Gross profit (1)$124,397 $13,314 $137,711 $131,617 $16,582 $148,199 
Operating income (loss) (1,2)(50,496)46,099 (4,397)(50,456)56,981 6,525 
Net income (loss) attributable to
   Stratasys Ltd. (1,2,3)		(51,726)47,073 (4,653)(60,839)64,454 3,615 
Net income (loss) per diluted share attributable
to Stratasys Ltd. (4)		$(0.74)$0.67 $(0.07)$(0.89)$0.95 $0.05 
(1)Acquired intangible assets amortization expense 9,573 9,015 
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense 1,962 1,931 
Restructuring and other related costs 1,779 3,744 
Impairment charges and write off— 1,892 
13,314 16,582 
(2)Acquired intangible assets amortization expense 3,570 4,880 
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense 14,032 14,332 
Restructuring and other related costs 4,559 4,266 
Revaluation of investments1,900 580 
Contingent consideration1,034 612 
Legal and other expenses 7,690 15,729 
32,785 40,399 
46,099 56,981 
(3)Corresponding tax effect and other expenses438 3,251 
Equity method related expenses(629)3,584 
Finance expenses1,165 638 
$47,073 $64,454 
 Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding- Diluted70,367 70,367 68,107 68,683 


Liquidity and Capital Resources
A summary of our statements of cash flows is as follows:
Six months ended June 30,
20242023
 U.S $ in thousands
Net loss$(51,726)$(60,839)
Depreciation and amortization23,781 24,343 
Impairment of other long-lived assets— 919 
Stock-based compensation15,995 16,263 
Foreign currency transactions loss2,934 1,967 
Other non-cash items, net5,472 10,633 
Change in working capital and other items8,445 (34,453)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities4,901 (41,167)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(14,941)36,628 
Net cash used in financing activities(701)(682)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(987)(824)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(11,728)(6,045)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period82,864 150,686 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period$71,136 $144,641 
Our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balance decreased to $71.1 million as of June 30, 2024 from $82.9 million as of December 31, 2023. The decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the six months ended June 30, 2024 was primarily due to $14.9 million of cash used in investing activities partially offset by $4.9 million of cash generated by operating activities.
Cash provided by operating activities
We generated $4.9 million of cash from operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024. Cash provided by operating activities reflects the elimination of non-cash line items included in net loss, including depreciation and amortization in an aggregate amount of $23.8 million, stock-based compensation of $16.0 million, positive adjustments related to our working capital in an aggregate amount of $8.4 million, and foreign currency transactions losses of $2.9 million, partially offset by our $51.7 million net loss. The $8.4 million of positive adjustments to net cash provided by our operating activities due to working capital was mainly driven by a decrease of $18.8 million in accounts receivable, partially offset by a decrease of $13.6 million in other current and non-current liabilities.
Cash flows used in investing activities
We used $14.9 million of cash in our investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024. The decrease in cash due to investing activities was mainly attributable to the cash used for investments in unconsolidated entities of $8.8 million, as well as purchases of property and equipment in an amount of $4.8 million.
Cash used in financing activities
We used $0.7 million of cash in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024. These financing costs were mostly related to contingent consideration that we paid for acquisitions.


Capital resources and capital expenditures
Our total current assets amounted to $524.0 million as of June 30, 2024, of which $151.1 million consisted of cash, cash equivalents, short-term deposits and restricted cash. Total current liabilities amounted to $164.7 million. Most of our cash and cash equivalents and short-term deposits are held in banks in Israel, the U.S. and the U.K.
The credit risk related to our accounts receivable is limited, due to the relatively large number of customers and their wide geographic distribution. In addition, we seek to reduce the credit exposure related to our accounts receivable by imposing credit limits, conducting ongoing credit evaluation, and by implementing account monitoring procedures, as well as credit insurance for many of our customers.
We believe that we will have adequate cash and cash equivalents to fund our ongoing operations and that these sources of liquidity will be sufficient to satisfy our capital expenditure and working capital needs for the next twelve months.
Critical Accounting Estimates 
We have prepared our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This has required us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts we report. Actual results may differ from those estimates. To better understand our business activities and those accounting policies that are important to the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations and that require management's subjective judgements, please see our 2023 Annual Report. We base our judgements on our experience and various assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.



Forward-Looking Statements and Factors That May Affect Future Results of Operations
Certain information included in or incorporated by reference into the Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K to which this Operating and Financial Review and Prospects is appended, or the Form 6-K, may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are those that predict or describe future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. You can generally identify forward-looking statements as statements containing the words “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “project,” “plan,” “assume” or other similar expressions, or negatives of those expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our objectives, plans and strategies, statements that contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition and all statements (other than statements of historical facts) that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future.
You should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our forward-looking statements are based on the information currently available to us and speak only as of the date of the Form 6-K. Over time, our actual results, performance or achievements may differ from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements, and such difference might be significant and materially adverse to our shareholders. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate.
Important factors that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include, among other things:
•the extent of our success at introducing new or improved products and solutions that gain market share;
•the extent of growth of the 3D printing market generally;
•the global macro-economic environment, including headwinds caused by relatively high interest rates, potentially unfavorable currency exchange rates and uncertain economic conditions;
•changes in our overall strategy, including as related to any restructuring activities and our capital expenditures;
•the impact of shifts in prices or margins of the products that we sell or services we provide, including due to a shift towards lower margin products or services;
•the impact of competition and new technologies;
•the outcome of our board of directors’ comprehensive process to explore strategic alternatives for our company;
•impairments of goodwill or other intangible assets in respect of companies that we acquire;
•the extent of our success at efficiently and successfully integrating the operations of various companies that we have acquired or may acquire;
•the degree of our success at locating and acquiring additional value-enhancing, inorganic technology that furthers our business plan to lead in the realm of polymers;
•the potential adverse impact that recent global interruptions and delays involving freight carriers and other third parties may have on our supply chain and distribution network, and, consequently, our ability to successfully sell both our existing and newly-launched 3D printing products;


•global market, political and economic conditions, and in the countries in which we operate in particular;
•the degree to which our company’s operations remain resistant to potential adverse effects of Israel’s hostilities with the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, and, intermittently, Iran;
•government regulations and approvals;
•litigation and regulatory proceedings;
•infringement of our intellectual property rights by others (including for replication and sale of consumables for use in our systems), or infringement of others’ intellectual property rights by us;
•potential cyber attacks against, or other breaches to, our information technologies systems;
•the extent of our success at maintaining our liquidity and financing our operations and capital needs;
•impact of tax regulations on our results of operations and financial conditions; and
•those factors referred to in Item 3.D, “Key Information - Risk Factors”, Item 4, “Information on the Company”, and Item 5, “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” in our 2023 Annual Report, as supplemented herein, as well as in other portions of the 2023 Annual Report Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout the Form 6-K, our 2023 Annual Report, and in our other reports filed with or furnished to the SEC, which are designed to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. 




QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
Reference is made to Item 11, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our 2023 Annual Report.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are subject to various litigation and other legal proceedings from time to time. For a discussion of our litigation status, see Note 13-“Contingencies” in the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K.
RISK FACTORS
As of the current time, we do not have any updates to the risk factors contained in the 2023 Annual Report. Please see “Item 3. Key Information— D. Risk Factors” in our 2023 Annual Report.