Proto Labs, Inc. Common stock (PRLB): Price and Financial Metrics

PRLB POWR Grades

• PRLB scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 78.87% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for PRLB is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 52 weeks.
• PRLB's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 1.05% of US stocks).

PRLB Stock Summary

• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Proto Labs Inc is higher than it is for about merely 11.28% of US stocks.
• PRLB's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of just 9.96% of US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, PRLB is more volatile than 95.78% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Proto Labs Inc are SILK, FLDM, NSPR, VYNE, and LKCO.
• PRLB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Proto Labs Inc's official web site, go to www.protolabs.com.

PRLB Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, PRLB's price/sales ratio is 161.11% higher, now standing at 4.7.
• Over the past 116 months, PRLB's price/earnings ratio has gone down 20.6.
• Over the past 116 months, PRLB's price/sales ratio has gone down 2.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for PRLB.

PRLB Growth Metrics

• The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 81.54%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -34.66%.
• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 33.57%.

PRLB's revenue has moved up $187,780,000 over the prior 67 months.

The table below shows PRLB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	451.886	74.281	40.903
2021-03-31	435.413	90.984	40.595
2020-12-31	434.395	106.969	50.867
2020-09-30	441.076	114.648	56.474
2020-06-30	451.027	114.581	58.569
2020-03-31	460.384	120.46	62.128

PRLB's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• PRLB has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 78.8% of graded US stocks.
• PRLB's asset turnover comes in at 0.539 -- ranking 52nd of 60 Construction Materials stocks.
• FRTA, RUN, and B are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PRLB.

The table below shows PRLB's key quality metrics over time.