Company Analysis

3D Systems Corporation (DDD)

NYSE: DDD · Services-Prepackaged Software · Rock Hill, SC · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.2
◀ Past 3.4● Present 5.0▶ Future 4.0
1 est.

The grade of 3D Systems Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past3.425% of the headline
● Present5.035% of the headline
▶ Future4.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.4/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

13 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-03-17.

weight 22% of this tense · 8th percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's filings since 2017 show 13 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-11-22); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-08-13); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 8 times, the latest 2025-03-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-6.2% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 2 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 18th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $646 million in fiscal 2017 to $387 million in fiscal 2025, down 6.2% a year; it rose in 2 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 44% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-6.2%bottom 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 2% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 49% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak44.1%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
7.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 7.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 216 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 28% of 216 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 216 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: 3D Systems Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 7.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 28% of 216 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, 3D Systems Corporation earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 54 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 39% of its family
  • return on equitytop 27% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 218 in its family; net margin 7.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $387 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of 7.7% ranks in the top 33%; revenue growth of -10.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 9% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$387Mbottom 45% of its family
  • net margin7.7%top 33% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-10.4%bottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Graves, Jeffrey A (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-05-28, 6.5 years (top 28% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.5 years (top 33%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 12%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 12% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.5 yearstop 33% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.5 yearstop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 24% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $96 million against debt of $86 million leaves 1.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 26% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -25.3% of revenue (bottom 20%); a gross margin of 33.9% (bottom 14%); research spending of 16.8% of revenue (bottom 37%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.8%bottom 26% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-25.3%bottom 20% of its family
  • gross margin33.9%bottom 14% of its family
  • research spending against revenue16.8%bottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 26% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.4% a year over the last three filed years against -6.2% over all 9, slowing (top 47% of its family); the newest year grew -12.1% (bottom 11%); research spending grew -9.3% a year (bottom 14%); capital spending grew -21.9% a year (bottom 24%) (its annual reports). 3D Systems Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $223 million (58%), Service at $163 million (42%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.2 points a yeartop 47% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-12.1%bottom 11% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-9.3%bottom 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-21.9%bottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 30% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

3D Systems Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $387 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.8% below the $398 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 40% of its family); net income of $30 million against a prior three-year average of $247 million (top 20%); a net margin of 7.7% against -51.7% before (top 11%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.8%bottom 40% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+112%top 20% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+59.5 pointstop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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