Summary Comments on Results
Commenting on the results, President and CEO, Dr. Jeffrey Graves said, “Our second quarter results came in below our expectations, due in large part to continuing supply chain disruptions that constrained our ability to fill customer orders, input cost inflation that reduced our gross profit margins and a significant negative impact of foreign exchange on our international business. In addition, we are seeing evidence that macro factors are causing selected key customers to spend more cautiously, and we now believe, as reflected in our reduced FY 2022 guidance, that this softer demand environment is likely to continue at least through the balance of the year. We have already taken certain cost and efficiency-related actions and will take additional measures as we move through 2022, with the goal of mitigating the impact of reduced near-term demand on our financial results.”
Dr. Graves continued, “Despite these near-term external pressures which are impacting many companies, I remain extremely confident about the long-term growth drivers for our business and for the additive manufacturing industry. Adoption of additive solutions in production environments continues to move forward, and 3D Systems is at the forefront of this growing trend. The actions we have taken over the last two years have repositioned 3D Systems with an industry-leading portfolio of polymer and metal technologies and a renewed focus on partnering with our customers to create value-added production applications. While the current macroeconomic challenges are clearly pressuring our results, we are confident that we remain well-positioned to achieve the long-term targets that we laid out in our May 2022 Investor Day, including $1 billion in revenue in five years.”
Dr. Graves summarized, “As we have previously noted, we view 2022 as an investment year during which we will add to and refresh our solutions portfolio, build unique capabilities in software and regenerative medicine, and strengthen our corporate infrastructure, all with the goal of supporting strong future growth and profitability by 3D Systems and long-term value for our shareholders.”
Summary of Second Quarter Results
Revenue for the second quarter of 2022 decreased 13.8% to $140.0 million, primarily due to divestitures of non-core businesses during 2021. Non-GAAP revenue excluding divestitures and on a constant currency basis grew 7.8% over the same period last year. The growth of non-GAAP revenue excluding divestitures and on a constant currency basis is primarily due to continued solid product and service demand across both business segments, partially offset by continuing global supply chain disruptions and the Russia-Ukraine war, which has impacted demand in the European region and led to our exit from the Russian market. Industrial revenue decreased 14.3% to $68.3 million compared to the same period last year, however, non-GAAP revenue excluding divestitures and on a constant currency basis increased 11.2% year-over-year. Healthcare revenue decreased 13.4% to $71.7 million, compared to the same period last year. Non-GAAP revenue excluding divestitures and on a constant currency basis increased 4.7% year-over-year.
Gross profit margin in the second quarter of 2022 was 37.9% compared to 42.4% in the same period last year. Gross profit margin decreased primarily due to input cost inflation, supply chain disruptions, higher freight costs, divestitures, and unfavorable product mix.
Operating expenses increased 7.7% to $85.2 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the same period a year ago. The higher operating expenses reflect spending in targeted areas to support future growth, including expenses from acquired businesses, research and development, and investments in corporate infrastructure. Also, the Company expensed $11.0 million due to estimated legal costs and other settlements. Non-GAAP operating expenses increased from $48.9 million in Q2 2021 to $60.9 million in Q2 2022. The higher non-GAAP operating expenses reflect spending in targeted areas to support future growth. About half of the increase is from acquired businesses, and the remainder is primarily due to investments in research and development and corporate infrastructure.
Updating 2022 Outlook
3D Systems is lowering its full-year 2022 guidance. The company now expects revenue to be within a range of $530 million to $570 million, reduced from the previous range of $580 million to $625 million. This revenue guidance reflects an estimated $20 million of negative foreign exchange impact, as well as additional negative impacts from reduced customer spending in selected end markets such as dental, elective surgeries and European and Asia Pacific manufacturers caused by the challenging macro-environment. The company expects non-GAAP gross profit margin to be in the range of 39% to 41%. Given its planned investment profile, the company now expects non-GAAP operating expenses to be between $245 million to $250 million. This revised 2022 guidance assumes no significant additional changes in the macroeconomic environment that could negatively impact our business demand or disrupt our supply chain, such as a resurgence of business and/or travel restrictions related to COVID-19, geopolitical events, recession, or foreign exchange rates.
Financial Liquidity
As of June 30, 2022, the company had cash and short-term investments on hand of $638.2 million. Cash and short-term investments have decreased $151.4 million since December 31, 2021, driven primarily by $83.3 million paid for acquisitions and equity investments, cash used in operations of $38.2 million, capital expenditures of $10.4, and other cash used for financing activities of $12.7 million.
Q2 2022 Conference Call and Webcast
3D Systems will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss these results tomorrow morning, which may be accessed as follows:
Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Time: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Listen via webcast:
www.3dsystems.com/investor
Participate via telephone: 201-689-8345
A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the live presentation at www.3dsystems.com/investor.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this release that are not statements of historical or current facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from historical results or from any future results or projections expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In many cases, forward looking statements can be identified by terms such as “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “estimates,” “intends,” “anticipates” or “plans” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based upon management’s beliefs, assumptions and current expectations and may include comments as to the company’s beliefs and expectations as to future events and trends affecting its business and are necessarily subject to uncertainties, many of which are outside the control of the company. The factors described under the headings “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in the company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other factors, could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected or predicted in forward-looking statements. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as a guarantee of future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at which such performance or results will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included are made only as the date of the statement. 3D Systems undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements made by management or on its behalf, whether as a result of future developments, subsequent events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law.
Presentation of Information in this Press Release
3D Systems reports its financial results in accordance with GAAP. Management also reviews and reports certain non-GAAP measures, including: non-GAAP revenue excluding divestitures and on a constant currency basis (sometimes referred to as excluding divestitures and FX effects), non-GAAP Gross profit, non-GAAP Gross profit margin, non-GAAP Operating expenses, non-GAAP Operating (loss)/income, non-GAAP Interest and other income/(expense), net, non-GAAP Net income (loss), non-GAAP Basic and Diluted Income (Loss) per Share, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA Margin. These non-GAAP measures exclude certain special items that management does not view as part of 3D Systems’ underlying results as they may be highly variable, may be unusual or infrequent, are difficult to predict and can distort underlying business trends and results. Management believes that the non-GAAP measures provide useful additional insight into underlying business trends and results and provide a more meaningful comparison of period-over-period results. Additionally, management uses the non-GAAP measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and financial performance, including allocating resources and evaluating results relative to employee compensation targets. 3D Systems’ non-GAAP measures are not calculated in accordance with or as required by GAAP and may not be calculated the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies. These non-GAAP measures should thus be considered as supplemental in nature and not considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
