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Desktop Metal, Inc. (DM) Q2 2021 Earnings Call | |  | | Corrected Transcript 11-Aug-2021 |
Non-GAAP gross margin showed material improvements, increasing to 25% for the quarter, implying a 1,950 basis point improvement over the first quarter 2021. Gross margin expansion in the quarter was primarily driven by operating leverage as revenue continued to scale across overhead costs, as well as product mix toward higher ASP sales such as our metal systems.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2021 was negative $24.5 million versus negative $20.6 million in the second quarter 2020. The year-over-year adjusted EBITDA decline was primarily due to increased expenses related to operating as a public company, investments in our core business and contributions from acquisitions.
We grew the Desktop Metal team to over 500 employees today, up from 171 in August last year, as we build the company to execute on our strategic vision. We ended the quarter well-capitalized with $515 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of June 30, 2021.
And finally, moving to our guidance, we are reiterating our expectation to generate revenue in excess of $100 million for the full year 2021, excluding the effects of acquiring ExOne, which we will discuss later in the call. We continue to plan to exit the year with an annualized run rate of approximately $160 million and expect to see continued sequential quarterly growth throughout 2021.
We are updating our adjusted EBITDA outlook to be in the range of negative $70 million to $80 million, again excluding the effects of acquiring ExOne. This updated guidance primarily reflects expected 2021 operating losses from recent acquisitions.
With that, I will turn the call back over to Ric.
Ric Fulop
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Desktop Metal, Inc.
Thank you, James. Overall, I’m very proud of the execution from the team in the first half of the year as we’ve meaningfully ramped the business from an operational perspective and another quarter of outsized revenue growth and expanded gross margins validates the direction we’re positioning Desktop Metal. We’re building a great company, focused on our vision of accelerating the adoption of AM 2.0 and capturing double-digit share over the next decade. And I’m excited about the continued momentum and direction of the business.
At this time, I’d like to hand over the call to John and give them an opportunity to review ExOne’s second quarter results prior to discussing the acquisition. John?
John F. Hartner
Chief Executive Officer & Director, The ExOne Company
Thank you, Ric. Good afternoon, everybody. I wanted to briefly share my views of this proposed merger as well as cover highlights of an outstanding Q2 that ExOne just reported. Firstly, I’m very excited about this combination, which I believe will dramatically accelerate the adoption of production metal additive manufacturing.
ExOne, being the pioneer in binder jetting, has always viewed binder jetting as the most scalable, flexible and cost-effective technology for metal, whether it is printed or poured. Strong entrants like Desktop Metal have encouraged just all to get better, yet still mass adoption has lagged expectations. This combination brings together two of the industry’s leaders that combined will solve customers’ challenges faster and bring the reality of production metal additive forward by years. I’m excited for our customers, our investors, our team members and the whole industry.
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