3D Systems Corporation (DDD): Can ExOne Co (XONE) Stand Up to Its 3D Peers?

Last month, CEO Kent Rockwell said that he’s hoping to help ExOne reach gross margins of 50% in the next three years as part of an overall mission to push revenue to $100 million annually. With plans to move into South America and Asia, ExOne Co (NASDAQ:XONE) hopes to find faster growth that can help it bolster sales and profits more rapidly than staying closer to home.

In ExOne’s quarterly report, watch to see if the company can defy skeptical analysts once more by posting better revenue that could lead to yet another surprise profit. In the end, ExOne needs to become the premier industrial 3-D printer company, and it will need to use its printer-size advantage to maximize the opportunity it has against 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) and Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS).

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