SSYS vs LXFR vs GE Stock Comparison

Stratasys, Luxfer Holdings and General Electric Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SSYS Stratasys Ltd.
$6.85 -21.3% 1M -35.5% 1Y
Market cap
$589.85M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$547.27M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials
LXFR Luxfer Holdings Plc
$17.22 -0.2% 1M +41.1% 1Y
Market cap
$460.80M
P/E
74.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$355.20M
Div. yield
2.26%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
6 wins
GE General Electric Co
$315.80 +2.0% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$326.33B
P/E
35.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$52.58B
Div. yield
0.56%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

General Electric leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (General Electric 6, Luxfer Holdings 6). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSSYSLXFRGELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $589.85M $460.80M $326.33B GE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -12.2x 74.3x 35.9x GE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 68.5x 17.4x 41.6x LXFR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.1% -11.8% +19.6% GE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.4% 1.7% 17.3% GE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.2% -38.7% LXFR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.2x -0.7x GE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.26% 0.56% LXFR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.5% +41.1% +2.2% LXFR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -26.6%/yr -3.8%/yr +36.8%/yr GE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.8% 32.6% 33.9% LXFR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 37/100 52/100 47/100 LXFR

Percentile Scorecard

SSYSLXFRGE

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

AxisSSYSLXFRGE
Valuation 36 #131 of 203 59 #84 of 203 34 #67 of 101
Growth 22 #147 of 189 19 #153 of 189 32 #67 of 98
Profitability 12 #164 of 187 38 #116 of 187 62 #38 of 97
Financial Health 80 #46 of 221 64 #80 of 221 21 #85 of 107
Shareholder Returns – 79 #33 of 152 86 #10 of 64
Overall 37 52 47
  • SSYS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LXFR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • GE ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSSYSLXFRGESPY
1 month -21.3%-0.2%+2.0% -2.3%
3 months -15.7%+0.5%-14.4% -0.7%
6 months -21.6%+13.9%+12.6% +4.8%
Year to date -21.1%+27.3%+2.5% +10.3%
1 year -35.5%+41.1%+2.2% +10.3%
3 years -39.2%+99.8%+263.3% +73.0%
3 years, per year -15.3%+26.0%+53.8% +20.1%
5 years -78.7%-17.5%+378.3% +61.9%
5 years, per year -26.6%-3.8%+36.8% +10.1%
10 years -63.1%—+131.3% +258.6%
10 years, per year -9.5%—+8.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSSYSLXFRGESPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.8%32.6%33.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.0%37.9%36.0% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.220.911.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.741.260.07 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.4%-67.3%-45.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.0%-9.7%-17.1% -3.5%
52-week high $11.62$19.08$381.07 $779.14
52-week low $6.72$11.51$273.25 $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.

MultipleSSYSLXFRGE
P/E now vs peer median -12.2xmedian 25.6x 74.3xmedian 25.6x 35.9xmedian 26.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.9x 1.3xmedian 1.9x 6.2xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.6xmedian 14.4x 15.5xmedian 14.4x -22.0xmedian 14.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -25.4xmedian 22.5x 24.4xmedian 22.5x 40.8xmedian 27.6x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.2x 2.1xmedian 2.2x 18.4xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -28.00median 1.36 56.32median 1.36 -125.71median 0.91

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 monthsSSYSLXFRGE
Revenue $547.27M $355.20M $52.58B
Gross profit $221.15M $89.00M $18.52B
Operating income -$83.46M $22.40M -$16.58B
Net income -$115.18M $6.20M $9.13B
Free cash flow -$23.24M $18.90M $7.99B
R&D $77.20M $5.60M $1.81B
EPS (diluted) $-0.56 $0.23 $8.74
Cash & equivalents $92.53M $19.90M $8.76B
Total debt – $57.70M $19.33B
Shares (diluted) 82.30M 27.30M 1.04B
Enterprise value -$359.96M $406.30M $285.08B

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
MetricSSYSLXFRGE
P/E -12.2x 74.3x 35.9x
P/FCF -25.4x 24.4x 40.8x
P/Operating cash flow -128.7x 15.4x 34.6x
P/S 1.1x 1.3x 6.2x
P/B 0.7x 2.1x 18.4x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 2.2x 23.8x
EV/EBITDA -9.6x 15.5x -22.0x
EV/EBIT -4.5x 22.3x -20.3x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.4x 6.4x
EV/FCF -16.2x 26.4x 42.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -82.3x 16.6x 35.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -28.00 56.32 -125.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSSYSLXFRGE
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.1% -11.8% 19.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.6% -5.9% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -12.3% -3.1% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -6.6% 2.9% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -30.0% 0.0% 13.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -9.0% -4.2% -98.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -17.1% -56.6% 13.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -37.3% 1.7% -3.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 59.7% -56.9% 15.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 1.3% -0.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -172.1% -31.4% 21.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.1% 0.7% 6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -116.2% -47.6% 20.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 0.2% 2.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSSYSLXFRGE
Gross margin 40.4% 25.1% 35.2%
EBITDA margin -7.2% 9.1% -29.1%
Operating margin -15.3% 6.3% -31.5%
Pretax margin -13.1% 5.2% 20.3%
Net margin -8.4% 1.7% 17.3%
FCF margin -4.2% 5.3% 15.2%
Operating cash flow margin -0.8% 8.4% 17.9%
Return on equity -14.0% 2.8% 51.2%
Return on assets -10.9% 1.6% 7.2%
Return on invested capital – 5.2% -38.7%
Return on capital employed -9.3% 7.3% -19.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.9x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 4.8x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 4.3% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSSYSLXFRGE
Debt / assets – 15.1% 15.2%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.2x -0.7x
Debt / FCF – 3.1x 2.4x
Liabilities / assets 22.0% 42.1% 86.0%
Equity / assets 78.0% 57.9% 14.0%
Interest coverage – 6.6x -17.9x
Current ratio 3.5x 2.5x 1.0x
Quick ratio 2.3x 1.1x 0.6x
Cash ratio 1.3x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -1.04 3.56 2.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSSYSLXFRGE
Dividend yield – 2.3% 0.6%
Net buyback yield – 0.6% 2.6%
Shareholder yield – 2.8% 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 21.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 26.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 36.5%

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.

ConsensusSSYSLXFRGE
Forward P/E 68.5xFY2026 17.4xFY2026 41.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.10FY2026 $0.99FY2026 $7.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -33.3%FY2026 -10.8%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +100.0% +41.4% +28.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $582.47MFY2026 $386.72MFY2026 $54.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.7%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026 +27.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.8% +2.6% +11.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSSYSLXFRGE
Held by institutions 50.8% 91.6% 79.4%
Institutions holding 150 138 3,445
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.3% -1.6% +1.5%
Institutions buying 79 76 1,831
Institutions selling 29 42 1,150
Buyers to sellers 2.72 1.81 1.59

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.

SSYSLXFRGE
SSYS 1.00 0.40 0.30
LXFR 0.40 1.00 0.26
GE 0.30 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SSYS, LXFR and GE?

General Electric (GE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Stratasys (SSYS) $589.85M, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) $460.80M, General Electric (GE) $326.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, SSYS, LXFR and GE?

General Electric (GE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Stratasys (SSYS) -12.2x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 74.3x, General Electric (GE) 35.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) is cheapest (Stratasys (SSYS) 68.5x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 17.4x, General Electric (GE) 41.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

General Electric (GE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Stratasys (SSYS) -3.1%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -11.8%, General Electric (GE) +19.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

General Electric (GE) has the highest net margin (Stratasys (SSYS) -8.4%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 1.7%, General Electric (GE) 17.3%). On return on invested capital, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) leads (Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 5.2%, General Electric (GE) -38.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) returned the most: Stratasys (SSYS) -35.5%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) +41.1%, General Electric (GE) +2.2%. Over five years, General Electric (GE) compounded fastest (Stratasys (SSYS) -26.6%/yr, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -3.8%/yr, General Electric (GE) +36.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) has the highest dividend yield: Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 2.26%, General Electric (GE) 0.56%. Stratasys (SSYS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) has been the steadiest (Stratasys (SSYS) 47.8%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 32.6%, General Electric (GE) 33.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SSYS, LXFR and GE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, General Electric (GE) 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.