Investors in additive manufacturing companies 3D Systems (DDD 1.53%) and Stratasys (SSYS 0.20%) have seen phenomenal share-price run-ups over the past year, and if today's nearly 10% pullbacks are any indication, upcoming earnings could be quite dramatic. In the following video, Motley Fool analysts Blake Bos and Isaac Pino discuss how investors should approach investing in this hot sector today and highlight one 3-D printing company set to go public soon -- ExOne.
3-D Printing News Investors Need to Know: IPOs and Pullbacks
By Blake Bos and Isaac Pino, CPA – Jan 28, 2013 at 7:30PM
NYSE: DDD
3D Systems

Market Cap
$333M
Today's Change
(-1.53%) $0.04
Current Price
$2.58
Price as of November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM ET
Shares head back to earth, and one company is going public.
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