Who’s Asking the Questions? A Look at Additive Manufacturing’s Financial Analysts

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Every earnings season, executives at publicly traded additive manufacturing (AM) companies face questions from Wall Street. While the companies change strategies, launch new products, or enter new markets, many of the voices asking the questions stay the same. A rather small group of analysts follows the sector quarter after quarter, helping shape how investors understand the industry’s progress.

That wasn’t always the case. During the surge in investor interest in AM in the early 2020s, publicly traded 3D printing companies attracted plenty of attention from Wall Street. Capital flowed into the sector through traditional IPOs and SPAC mergers; new companies entered the public markets, and earnings calls had a pretty big mix of analysts