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

PRLB POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where PRLB ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 84.43% of US stocks.
• PRLB's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• PRLB ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 14th percentile.

PRLB Stock Summary

• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Proto Labs Inc is higher than it is for about merely 8.91% of US stocks.
• PRLB's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of only 9.97% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -44.15%, Proto Labs Inc's debt growth rate surpasses only 9.07% of about US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Proto Labs Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be ASPN, JAMF, ITCI, ANIK, and BIGC.
• 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 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 62.26%.
• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 65.52%.
• The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 100.49%.

PRLB's revenue has moved up $47,022,000 over the prior 15 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
2021-12-31	488.098	55.242	33.372
2021-09-30	469.724	56.819	31.041
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

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 79.55% of graded US stocks.
• PRLB's asset turnover comes in at 0.539 -- ranking 52nd of 60 Construction Materials stocks.
• FRTA, RUN, and CR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PRLB.

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