Proto Labs Inc

Industrials
Metal Fabrications
www.protolabs.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score

Market Cap $929.43M
PE 62
Debt -
Cash $82.69M
EV -
FCF $67.03M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$14.92M
EBIT	$22.93M
ROE	2%
ROA	3%
FCF	$67.03M
Equity	$656.80M
Growth Stability	-210%
PE	62.28
PEG	-4.29
PB	1.42
P/FCF	13.87
P/S	1.86
Price/Cash	0.09
Net Margins	3%
Gross Margins	44%
Op. Margins	5%
Earnings CAGR	-7%
Sales Growth YoY	-1%
Sales Growth QoQ	4%
Sales CAGR	6%
FCF CAGR	3%
Equity CAGR	10%
Earnings Stability	0.32
Earnings Growth YoY	-32%

Earnings Growth QoQ	-991%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	-15%
Sales CAGR 5Y	3%
FCF CAGR 5Y	6%
Equity CAGR 5Y	-2%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	1%
Sales CAGR 3Y	1%
FCF CAGR 3Y	12%
Equity CAGR 3Y	-6%
Market Cap	$929.43M
Revenue	$499.21M
Assets	$737.45M
Cash	$82.69M
Shares Outstanding	23.77M
Earnings Score	4%
Moat Score	40%
Working Capital	132.32M
Current Ratio	3.13
Gross Profit	$221.43M
Shares Growth 3y	-5%
Equity Growth QoQ	-2%
Equity Growth YoY	-4%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Proto Labs Inc is an on-demand manufacturer of custom parts for prototyping and short-run production. The company offers developers and engineers quick-turn production services to reduce the time to market. Proto Labs uses injection molding, computer numerical control machining, and 3-D printing to manufacture custom parts for its clients. The company services clients' needs for prototype solutions, parts for testing procedures, bridge production capabilities during disruptions in manufacturing processes, limited-quantity requests, and end-of-life production support. The largest end market is the United States of America.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Proto Labs Inc (PRLB) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Proto Labs Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR -7%

Stability 32%

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Proto Labs Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $822M

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$67M	$69M	$71M	$73M	$75M	$78M	$80M	$82M	$85M	$87M	$90M	$900M
DCF		$63M	$59M	$55M	$51M	$48M	$45M	$42M	$40M	$37M	$35M	$347M
Value	$822M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	18%	14%	15%	17%	14%	12%	7%	-21%	3%	3%	3%
ROA	-	16%	14%	15%	12%	8%	4%	-12%	4%	3%	3%
ROE	-	11%	11%	14%	11%	8%	4%	-15%	2%	2%	2%

Bad Net Margins (2.85%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debt over Equity	0	0	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	79%	52%	-210%	-	-	-210%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (-)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (-)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-210%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	13%	16%	29%	3%	-5%	12%	0%	3%	-1%	3%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-8%	21%	48%	-17%	-20%	-34%	-410%	-117%	-4%	-15%
Equity YoY growth	-	16%	21%	17%	8%	10%	29%	-16%	-0%	-4%	-2%
FCF YoY growth	-	122%	12%	-27%	50%	11%	-65%	92%	12%	52%	6%