Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB)

NYSE: PRLB · USD

$91.2

+1.81 (+2.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	2.2B
Revenue (ttm)	560.5M
Net income (ttm)	30.5M
EPS (ttm)	$1.26
Shares out	23.9M
P/E (trailing)	72.3x
P/E (forward)	39.8x
Volume	165,423
Beta	1.38

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 560.5M
Net income (ttm): 30.5M
EPS (ttm): $1.26
P/E (trailing): 72.3x
P/E (forward): 39.8x
Market cap: 2.2B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E39.8

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Trailing P/E72.3

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ROE4.5

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ROIC5.4

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001443669
Company name	Proto Labs, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	743713109
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	2,280
Employees change	-77
Employees growth	-3.27%
Enterprise value	$2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1999
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Metal Fabrication
IPO date	2012-02-24
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US7437131094
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-20
Last earnings date	2026-07-31
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$2.2B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Options	Yes
Price	$91.22
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	3440
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	PRLB
U.S. state	Minnesota
Website	https://www.protolabs.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	44.5x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	50.45x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	54.47x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	52.47x
Earnings yield	1.38%
EV/Earnings	65.47x
EV/EBIT	48.59x
EV/EBITDA	26.93x
EV/FCF	35.22x
EV/Sales	3.56x
FCF / EV yield	2.84%
FCF yield	2.63%
Forward EV/Sales	3.3x
Forward P/E	39.82x
Forward P/S	3.56x
Graham number	28.64246
Graham upside	-68.22%
Industry forward P/E	17.45x
Industry P/E	28.58x
Lynch fair value	$6.30
Lynch upside	-93%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	51.48x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	33.83x
P/B ratio	3.09x
P/E ratio	72.34x
P/FCF ratio	38.05x
P/OCF ratio	27.46x
P/S ratio	3.85x
Price / tangible book value	5.37x
Price/EBITDA ratio	29.09x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	7.33%
EBITDA margin	13.22%
Effective tax rate	27.99%
FCF margin	10.11%
Gross margin	45.42%
Operating margin	7.33%
Pretax margin	7.55%
Profit margin	5.44%
Profit per employee	$13,368
Profitable quarters	6
Profitable years	3
Revenue per employee	$245,849
ROA	3.35%
ROA (5Y)	2.1%
ROCE	5.72%
ROE	4.49%
ROE (5Y)	-0.19%
ROIC	5.37%
ROIC (5Y)	3.28%
SBC / revenue	2.64%
Tax / revenue	2.11%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	107.46%
EPS growth (Q)	105.56%
EPS growth (QoQ)	12.12%
EPS growth 10Y	-3.11%
EPS growth 5Y	-3.36%
EPS growth quarters	4
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	-14.01%
FCF growth (Q)	1.35%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-33.99%
FCF growth 3Y	11.92%
FCF growth 5Y	9.11%
Gross profit growth	13.33%
Gross profit growth (Q)	16.01%
Gross profit growth 3Y	6.78%
Gross profit growth 5Y	3.04%
Net income growth	105.78%
Net income growth (Q)	106.73%
Net income growth (QoQ)	12.83%
Net income growth 5Y	-5.71%
Net income growth quarters	4
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	10.57%
OCF growth (Q)	45.9%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-11.94%
OCF growth 10Y	1.27%
OCF growth 3Y	7.67%
OCF growth 5Y	1.12%
Operating income growth	84.34%
Operating income growth (Q)	158.28%
Operating income growth 3Y	31.21%
Operating income growth 5Y	-3.48%
Revenue growth	10.2%
Revenue growth (Q)	10.57%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	7.18%
Revenue growth 10Y	6.84%
Revenue growth 3Y	4.91%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.4%
Revenue growth quarters	5
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-21.9M
Depreciation and amortization	$33M
EBIT	$41.1M
EBITDA	$74.1M
EPS	$1.26
FCF per share	$2.37
Financing cash flow	$-19.1M
Free cash flow	$56.7M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$41.9M
Gross profit	$254.6M
Income taxes	$11.8M
Investing cash flow	$-21.8M
Net borrowing	$-316,000
Net cash flow	$37.5M
Net income	$30.5M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$63.7M
Operating income	$41.1M
Revenue	$560.5M
Stock-based compensation	$14.8M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	9.67
Book value per share	$28.92
Debt / EBITDA	0.03
Debt / equity	0
Debt / FCF	0.04
Goodwill	$274M
Long-term assets	$525.1M
Long-term liabilities	$26.4M
Net cash (debt)	$160.7M
Net cash / market cap	7.45%
Net cash growth	33.44%
Net debt / EBITDA	-2.17
Net debt / equity	-0.23
Net debt / FCF	-2.84
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$209.9M
Shareholders' equity	$691.7M
Tangible book value	$401.1M
Tangible book value per share	$16.77
Total assets	$791.3M
Total cash	$142.8M
Total debt	$2.2M
Total liabilities	$99.6M
WACC	11.82%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.73
Current assets	$266.2M
Current liabilities	$73.2M
Current ratio	3.64
Inventory turnover	21.41
Net working capital	$51.3M
Quick ratio	3.27
Working capital	$193M
Working capital turnover	3.33

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.19%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	1.19%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	92.66%
10Y return CAGR	6.78%
10Y total return	92.66%
150-day SMA	$77.75
1D price change	2.02%
1M price change	-6.22%
1M total return	-6.22%
1W price change	2.88%
1W total return	2.88%
1Y price change	66.07%
1Y return CAGR	66.13%
1Y total return	66.07%
20-day SMA	$90.71
200-day SMA	$73.00
3M price change	16.26%
3M total return	16.26%
3Y price change	287.72%
3Y return CAGR	57.08%
3Y total return	287.72%
50-day SMA	$86.54
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$99.96
52-week high date	2026-10-06
52-week low	$45.10
52-week low date	2025-10-31
5Y price change	22.44%
5Y return CAGR	4.13%
5Y total return	22.44%
6M price change	41.5%
6M total return	41.5%
All-time high	$286.57
All-time high date	2021-01-27
All-time low	$22.04
All-time low date	2022-11-09
Average true range (ATR)	$3.50
Average volume	186.6K
Beta (1Y)	1.5
Beta (2Y)	1.28
Beta (5Y)	1.38
Change from 52-week high	-8.74%
Change from 52-week low	102.28%
Change from all-time high	-68.5%
Change from all-time low	309.53%
Change from open	2.01%
Day's gap	0.01%
Dollar volume	$15.1M
High price	$91.22
Low price	$89.33
Monthly RSI	72.1
Open price	$89.42
Position in 52-week range	100%
Previous close	$89.41
Price vs 150-day SMA	16.09%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.49%
Price vs 200-day SMA	23.65%
Price vs 50-day SMA	4.3%
Relative volume	0.89
RSI	52.91
Sharpe ratio	1.21
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	1.03
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.26
Sortino ratio	2.36
Sortino ratio (3Y)	2.11
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.53
Volume	165.4K
Weekly RSI	59.71
YTD price change	78.42%
YTD total return	78.42%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	23.6M
Float percentage	98.85%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.53%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.19%
Shares held by insiders	1.1%
Shares held by institutions	95.57%
Shares outstanding	23.9M
Short % of float	3.13%
Short % of shares	3.09%
Short ratio	3.2 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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