Mar 04, 2019 / 06:05PM GMT
Brian A. Gesuale - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division - Senior VP & Research Analyst
Yes. Good afternoon, everybody. I'm Brian Gesuale, senior analyst covering the industrial technology space at Raymond James. Delighted to have IPG Photonics here to present. We're going to do a fireside chat format with the company's Chief Financial Officer, Tim Mammen.
And we think this is a very interesting time to be looking at the story. The stock has been a terrific performer over the years. It wobbled a bit over the last 9 months or so with a shaky macro. And we think the stock has refound its sea legs, if you will, and really could be setting up for a rebound in the second half of 2019.
So with that, we're going to jump into some questions. We'll save a little bit of time at the end, so we can have some audience participation, and we'll go from there.
Questions and Answers:
Brian A. Gesuale - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division - Senior VP & Research AnalystSo, Tim, would you maybe level set the