ROCK HILL, SC, Mar 1, 2023 – 3D Systems Corp. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. For the fourth quarter of 2022, the company reported revenue of $132.7M, flat at compared to $132.3M for the third quarter of 2022. Net loss was $25.5M.
Comparative analysis based on 3D Systems’ financial results in the last 12 quarters (Result source 3D Systems website)
Comparative analysis based on 3D Systems’ financial results in the last 12 quarters (Result source 3D Systems website)
Commenting on 2022 results and the outlook for 2023, Dr. Jeffrey Graves, president and CEO of 3D Systems said, “2022 was a year of strong investment in our development of next generation hardware, materials, and software platforms despite facing significant macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds as well as softness in our key dental orthodontic market attributable to inflationary pressure on consumer discretionary spending. By sustaining this investment focus, we made major progress on the refresh of our printer portfolio, as evidenced in part by recent new product announcements. More such announcements will follow throughout 2023 as we complete the refresh of virtually our entire product portfolio. This organic development was complemented by our acquisition of three early-stage technology platforms over the last 18 months, which further broadened the range of customer applications we can now address. Continuity in these initiatives was essential given the continued momentum we are seeing in the adoption of additive manufacturing in production environments across both our Healthcare and Industrial Solutions markets. Sustaining these investments in the face of 2022’s many headwinds required us to target our investment spending carefully, control operating costs, and leverage our strong balance sheet. This focus, combined with our improved operational execution gained through selective in-sourcing of manufacturing, has reinforced our industry-leading breadth of additive manufacturing technologies, our unparalleled applications expertise, and scale needed to meet our expanding customer needs for years to come.”
“For 2023, given the continued inflationary environment and the pressure it inevitably puts on consumer discretionary spending, our revenue guidance assumes continued softness in the dental orthodontic market. On a positive note, we expect this softness in dental to be more than offset by the strong growth we currently anticipate in virtually all other key markets across our Healthcare and Industrial Solutions segments. This strength is being driven by a rapid expansion of new production applications and the accelerating efforts by our global customers to restructure their supply chains and reduce enterprise risk. The net result of these effects is an expected consolidated 2023 revenue growth rate in the mid-single digits, with mid-teens growth across all our non-dental markets.”
“In 2023 we will place a high priority on profitability and cash performance as we increasingly harvest the gains in efficiency that our operations in-sourcing has provided. This focus will enable us to offset headwinds in our dental orthodontic market and to support our increasing investment in Systemic Bio and other regenerative medicine initiatives. From these investments, we expect to make meaningful announcements in these areas over the next 12 to 24 months as we move through pre-clinical trials for our biological applications and customer acceptance tests in the pharmaceutical markets. To further our gains in operating efficiency, this morning we announced a multi-pronged restructuring initiative designed to realize additional cost synergies in multiple parts of our business. We will complete these actions in the first half of this year. Based on our projected growth profile, combined with the cost actions completed last year and in early 2023, we expect to generate positive Adjusted EBITDA and positive free cash flow for full year 2023, excluding one-time restructuring costs.”
“By executing on our strategic plan, we have positioned our Healthcare and Industrial Solutions segments for strong financial performance against the backdrop of an additive manufacturing industry that is poised for rapid future growth. In addition to this exciting trajectory for our current core business, we increasingly understand the remarkable potential of our long-term partnership with United Therapeutics to manufacture human organs for transplantation, and the growth benefits we expect from Systemic Bio, our early-stage business whose unique 3D printed organ-on-a-chip technology has the potential to revolutionize drug development in the pharmaceutical industry.”
Dr. Graves concluded, “In designing our budget for 2023, we believe our investment strategy represents the best balance between short term profitability and sustained revenue growth in the current economic and geopolitical environment that we are experiencing. By delivering positive Adjusted EBITDA and free cash generation this year, which will further enhance our already strong balance sheet, while making the most critical investments in R&D and corporate infrastructure required to meet rapidly expanding adoption of additive manufacturing across our Industrial, Healthcare, and emerging biological markets, we believe we are well positioned to deliver sustained value creation to our customers and shareholders in 2023 and the years to follow.”
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About 3D Systems
More than 30 years ago, 3D Systems brought the innovation of 3D printing to the manufacturing industry. Today, as the leading additive manufacturing solutions partner, they bring innovation, performance, and reliability to every interaction – empowering our customers to create products and business models never before possible. 3D Systems’ solutions address a variety of advanced applications in healthcare and industrial solutions markets such as medical and dental, aerospace & defense, automotive and durable goods.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com.