PERF vs SSYS vs VELO Stock Comparison

Perfect, Stratasys and Velo3D Prices as of Oct 22, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PERF Perfect Corp.
$2.00 +4.2% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$170.12M
P/E
35.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.07M
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
6 wins
SSYS Stratasys Ltd.
$7.16 -13.3% 1M -39.9% 1Y
Market cap
$582.64M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$547.27M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials
2 wins
VELO Velo3D, Inc.
$6.88 -39.1% 1M +5.2% 1Y
Market cap
$199.66M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$57.32M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Perfect leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Perfect 6, Stratasys 2, Velo3D 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPERFSSYSVELOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $170.12M $582.64M $199.66M SSYS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.3x -12.7x -3.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.6x 71.6x — PERF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.4% -3.1% +31.0% VELO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.1% -8.4% -100.9% PERF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.8% — -48.6% PERF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -67.9x — 1.6x PERF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.0% -39.9% +5.2% VELO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -25.4%/yr -73.7%/yr SSYS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.8% 47.8% 166.7% PERF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 37/100 39/100 PERF

Percentile Scorecard

PERFSSYSVELO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPERFSSYSVELO
Valuation 82 #6 of 29 36 #131 of 203 20 #163 of 203
Growth 35 #18 of 27 22 #147 of 188 52 #91 of 188
Profitability 36 #17 of 26 13 #160 of 183 5 #174 of 183
Financial Health 90 #4 of 31 80 #45 of 217 79 #47 of 217
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 61 37 39
  • PERF ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • SSYS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • VELO ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPERFSSYSVELOSPY
1 month +4.2%-13.3%-39.1% -0.2%
3 months +4.2%-9.9%-27.1% +3.9%
6 months +22.0%-16.5%-49.5% +8.2%
Year to date +10.5%-17.5%-49.9% +12.9%
1 year +1.0%-39.9%+5.2% +12.3%
3 years -27.3%-30.1%-98.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year -10.1%-11.3%-78.0% +23.3%
5 years —-76.9%-99.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year —-25.4%-73.7% +10.9%
10 years —-63.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —-9.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePERFSSYSVELOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.8%47.8%166.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.4%46.9%145.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.222.224.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.02-0.830.03 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.2%-83.4%-100.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.3%-39.9%-77.5% -1.2%
52-week high $2.09$11.91$30.61 $779.14
52-week low $1.30$6.80$4.15 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePERFSSYSVELO
P/E now vs peer median 35.3xmedian 31.0x -12.7xmedian 25.2x -3.5xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.4x 1.1xmedian 1.9x 3.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 11.3x -12.2xmedian 14.0x -2.7xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 15.6x -26.5xmedian 21.7x —median 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 3.0x 0.8xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.33median 0.74 -29.27median 1.32 -0.04median 1.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPERFSSYSVELO
Revenue $71.07M $547.27M $57.32M
Gross profit $56.66M $221.15M -$3.66M
Operating income $1.26M -$83.46M -$54.46M
Net income $8.43M -$115.18M -$57.86M
Free cash flow $10.88M -$23.24M –
R&D $14.93M $77.20M $12.92M
EPS (diluted) $0.06 $-0.56 $-1.96
Cash & equivalents $125.62M $92.53M $91.14M
Total debt $7.81M – $8.17M
Shares (diluted) 101.85M 82.30M 29.45M
Enterprise value -$417.85M -$367.18M $84.91M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSVELO
P/E 35.3x -12.7x -3.5x
P/FCF 15.6x -26.5x –
P/Operating cash flow 16.2x -134.6x –
P/S 2.4x 1.1x 3.9x
P/B 1.1x 0.8x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 0.8x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 7.0x -12.2x -2.7x
EV/EBIT 12.6x -4.8x -2.5x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 0.7x 2.4x
EV/FCF 1.5x -17.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow 1.5x -88.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.33 -29.27 -0.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSVELO
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.4% -3.1% 31.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.4% -4.6% -16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.5% -12.3% -233.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.4% -6.6% -40.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 157.8% -30.0% 11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.4% -9.0% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 37.7% -17.1% 29.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.9% -37.3% 20.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -1.4% 59.7% 66.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.4% 0.4% 81.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -32.0% -172.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 61.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -31.0% -116.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 36.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSVELO
Gross margin 79.7% 40.4% -6.4%
EBITDA margin 3.2% -6.1% -90.9%
Operating margin 1.8% -15.3% -95.0%
Pretax margin 10.0% -13.1% -100.8%
Net margin 8.1% -8.4% -100.9%
FCF margin 15.3% -4.2% –
Operating cash flow margin 14.8% -0.8% –
Return on equity 5.4% -14.0% -62.7%
Return on assets 4.3% -10.9% -37.9%
Return on invested capital 0.8% – -48.6%
Return on capital employed 0.8% -9.3% -42.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 0.0x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 4.3% 15.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSVELO
Debt / assets 4.0% – 4.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -67.9x – 1.6x
Debt / FCF 0.7x – –
Liabilities / assets 19.4% 22.0% 26.8%
Equity / assets 80.6% 78.0% 73.2%
Interest coverage 66.4x – -15.7x
Current ratio 4.6x 3.5x 6.3x
Quick ratio 4.6x 2.3x 4.5x
Cash ratio 4.4x 1.3x 3.7x
Altman Z-score 1.28 -0.97 -0.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPERFSSYSVELO
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – – –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPERFSSYSVELO
Forward P/E 28.6xFY2026 71.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.07FY2026 $0.10FY2026 $-1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +40.0%FY2026 -33.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +14.3% +100.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $76.52MFY2026 $582.47MFY2026 $68.16MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.7%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 +48.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +6.8% +26.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPERFSSYSVELO
Held by institutions – 50.8% 41.1%
Institutions holding – 150 135
Change in shares held, QoQ – +7.3% +84.8%
Institutions buying – 79 115
Institutions selling – 29 15
Buyers to sellers – 2.72 7.67

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PERFSSYSVELO
PERF 1.00 0.03 -0.01
SSYS 0.03 1.00 0.40
VELO -0.01 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PERF, SSYS and VELO?

Stratasys (SSYS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Perfect (PERF) $170.12M, Stratasys (SSYS) $582.64M, Velo3D (VELO) $199.66M.

Which company is growing faster?

Velo3D (VELO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Perfect (PERF) +10.4%, Stratasys (SSYS) -3.1%, Velo3D (VELO) +31.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Perfect (PERF) has the highest net margin (Perfect (PERF) 8.1%, Stratasys (SSYS) -8.4%, Velo3D (VELO) -100.9%). On return on invested capital, Perfect (PERF) leads (Perfect (PERF) 0.8%, Velo3D (VELO) -48.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Velo3D (VELO) returned the most: Perfect (PERF) +1.0%, Stratasys (SSYS) -39.9%, Velo3D (VELO) +5.2%. Over five years, Stratasys (SSYS) compounded fastest (Stratasys (SSYS) -25.4%/yr, Velo3D (VELO) -73.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Perfect (PERF) has been the steadiest (Perfect (PERF) 47.8%, Stratasys (SSYS) 47.8%, Velo3D (VELO) 166.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PERF, SSYS and VELO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Perfect (PERF) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.