Compare Stocks: PRLB, ESE, MSA, and NPO

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESE ESCO Technologies	$301.42 -2.1%	$325.33	$185.50 ▼ $362.15	$7.81B	1.11	263,497 shs	66,088 shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$188.63 -0.3%	$174.24	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.27B	0.94	269,158 shs	76,257 shs
NPO Enpro	$328.31 -5.2%	$340.77	$202.00 ▼ $390.42	$6.93B	1.54	239,416 shs	52,216 shs
PRLB Proto Labs	$85.44 -6.0%	$80.18	$45.10 ▼ $93.00	$2.04B	1.4	195,508 shs	59,348 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESE ESCO Technologies	+0.52%	+2.13%	-3.17%	+4.51%	+66.79%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	+0.11%	-1.96%	+10.77%	+14.48%	+11.71%
NPO Enpro	+0.79%	+3.70%	+7.10%	+15.63%	+55.11%
PRLB Proto Labs	-1.22%	+1.16%	+16.54%	+28.99%	+88.50%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESE ESCO Technologies	$301.42 -2.1%	$325.33	$185.50 ▼ $362.15	$7.81B	1.11	263,497 shs	66,088 shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$188.63 -0.3%	$174.24	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.27B	0.94	269,158 shs	76,257 shs
NPO Enpro	$328.31 -5.2%	$340.77	$202.00 ▼ $390.42	$6.93B	1.54	239,416 shs	52,216 shs
PRLB Proto Labs	$85.44 -6.0%	$80.18	$45.10 ▼ $93.00	$2.04B	1.4	195,508 shs	59,348 shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ESE ESCO Technologies	+0.52%	+2.13%	-3.17%	+4.51%	+66.79%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	+0.11%	-1.96%	+10.77%	+14.48%	+11.71%
NPO Enpro	+0.79%	+3.70%	+7.10%	+15.63%	+55.11%
PRLB Proto Labs	-1.22%	+1.16%	+16.54%	+28.99%	+88.50%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ESE ESCO Technologies	3.20	Buy	$416.50	37.25% Upside
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	2.33	Hold	$211.33	12.39% Upside
NPO Enpro	3.00	Buy	$358.33	6.71% Upside
PRLB Proto Labs	3.25	Buy	$89.00	0.29% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PRLB, ESE, MSA, and NPO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/12/2026	NPO Enpro	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
8/11/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A) ➝ Buy (A-)
8/10/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$413.00
8/7/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/6/2026	PRLB Proto Labs	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/5/2026	NPO Enpro	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/4/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$223.00
8/3/2026	PRLB Proto Labs	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$210.00 ➝ $220.00
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$210.00 ➝ $195.00
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$197.00 ➝ $215.00

(Data available from 8/18/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ESE ESCO Technologies	$1.10B	7.18	$8.88 per share	34.16	$59.67 per share	5.09
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.87B	3.87	$9.74 per share	19.31	$34.82 per share	5.40
NPO Enpro	$1.14B	6.22	$12.57 per share	26.71	$73.29 per share	4.58
PRLB Proto Labs	$533.13M	3.98	$2.25 per share	39.51	$28.46 per share	3.12

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ESE ESCO Technologies	$299.22M	$12.14	25.09	32.77	1.76	24.39%	13.28%	8.69%	N/A
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$278.92M	$8.04	23.37	18.75	N/A	16.13%	25.13%	13.24%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
NPO Enpro	$40.50M	$2.05	163.97	30.86	2.40	3.60%	11.83%	7.10%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
PRLB Proto Labs	$21.24M	$1.25	71.83	50.42	N/A	5.44%	4.80%	4.22%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)

Latest PRLB, ESE, MSA, and NPO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q3 2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	$2.12	$2.20	+$0.08	$1.26	$341.40 million	$339.03 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	NPO Enpro	$2.32	$2.50	+$0.18	$1.27	$323.68 million	$338.80 million
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	PRLB Proto Labs	$0.53	$0.60	+$0.07	$0.37	$144.53 million	$149.34 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.14	$2.40	+$0.26	$2.23	$496.27 million	$503.33 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ESE ESCO Technologies	$0.32	0.11%	-4.36%	2.64%	N/A
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.16	1.15%	+4.19%	26.87%	56 Years
NPO Enpro	$1.28	0.38%	+3.58%	62.44%	2 Years
PRLB Proto Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PRLB, ESE, MSA, and NPO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	quarterly	$0.08	0.11%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	10/15/2026
7/30/2026	NPO Enpro	quarterly	$0.32	0.41%	9/2/2026	9/2/2026	9/16/2026
8/3/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	quarterly	$0.54	1.14%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.04	1.38	0.94
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.42	3.24	2.02
NPO Enpro	0.36	2.28	1.43
PRLB Proto Labs	N/A	3.64	3.43

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ESE ESCO Technologies	95.70%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	92.51%
NPO Enpro	98.31%
PRLB Proto Labs	84.54%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.70%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.70%
NPO Enpro	1.60%
PRLB Proto Labs	1.30%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ESE ESCO Technologies	3,425	25.91 million	25.73 million	Optionable
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	5,300	38.58 million	38.31 million	Optionable
NPO Enpro	4,000	21.17 million	20.83 million	Optionable
PRLB Proto Labs	2,280	23.92 million	23.61 million	Optionable

PRLB, ESE, MSA, and NPO Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

108,964 Shares in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Purchased by Rice Hall James & Associates LLC

August 18 at 5:59 AM | marketbeat.com

State of Wyoming Invests $1.33 Million in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 16 at 7:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Shares Sold by Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

August 15 at 3:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Position Raised by Quantinno Capital Management LP

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs (PRLB) Upgraded to Strong Buy: Here's Why

August 12, 2026 | zacks.com

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) Reaches New 12-Month High - Time to Buy?

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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August 10, 2026 | zacks.com

What Makes Proto Labs (PRLB) a Strong Momentum Stock: Buy Now?

August 10, 2026 | zacks.com

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) Rating Increased to Strong-Buy at Zacks Research

August 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs’s Q2 earnings call: Our top 5 analyst questions

August 7, 2026 | msn.com

Proto Labs Inc Earnings Call Shows Profitable Momentum

August 4, 2026 | tipranks.com

Proto Labs, Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

August 4, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Proto Labs (PRLB) Gets a Buy from Cantor Fitzgerald

August 4, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Industrial Goods Companies: Proto Labs (PRLB), Trane Technologies (TT) and Eaton (ETN)

August 4, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) Hits New 12-Month High After Analyst Upgrade

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

19,015 Shares in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Acquired by Edgestream Partners L.P.

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

First Trust Advisors LP Trims Stock Holdings in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs: Outpacing The Market Could Be The Norm Going Forward

August 3, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) Stock Rating Upgraded by Needham & Company LLC

August 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs signals 8%-10% 2026 revenue growth outlook as injection molding accelerates

August 1, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

August 1, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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PRLB, ESE, MSA, and NPO Company Descriptions

ESCO Technologies NYSE:ESE

$301.42 -6.59 (-2.14%)

As of 01:40 PM Eastern

ESCO Technologies Inc. produces and supplies engineered products and systems for industrial and commercial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Defense, Utility Solutions Group, and RF Test & Measurement. The Aerospace & Defense segment designs and manufactures filtration products, including hydraulic filter elements and fluid control devices used in commercial aerospace applications; filter mechanisms used in micro-propulsion devices for satellites; and custom designed filters for manned aircraft and submarines. It also designs, develops, and manufactures elastomeric-based signature reduction solutions for U.S. naval vessels; and mission-critical bushings, pins, sleeves, and precision-tolerance machined components for landing gear, rotor heads, engine mounts, flight controls, and actuation systems for the aerospace and defense industries. The Utility Solutions Group segment provides diagnostic testing solutions that enable electric power grid operators to assess the integrity of high-voltage power delivery equipment; and decision support tools for the renewable energy industry, primarily wind and solar. The RF Test & Measurement segment designs and manufactures RF test and secure communication facilities, acoustic test enclosures, RF and magnetically shielded rooms, RF measurement systems, and broadcast and recording studios; and RF absorptive materials, filters, antennas, field probes, test cells, proprietary measurement software, and other test accessories to perform various tests. The company distributes its products through a network of distributors, sales representatives, direct sales teams, and in-house sales personnel. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

MSA Safety Incorporporated NYSE:MSA

$188.62 -0.52 (-0.27%)

As of 01:39 PM Eastern

MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide. The company's core product offerings include fixed gas and flame detection systems, such as gas detection monitoring systems, and flame detectors and open-path infrared gas detectors; breathing apparatus products, including self-contained breathing apparatus; hand-held portable gas detection instruments to detect the presence or absence of various gases in the air; industrial head protection products; firefighter helmets and protective apparel; and fall protection equipment, such as confined space equipment, harnesses, lanyards, and self-retracting lifelines, as well as engineered systems. In addition, the company offers air-purifying respirators, eye and face protection products, ballistic helmets, and gas masks. It serves distributors and end-users through indirect and direct sales channels. The company offers its products under the V-Gard, Cairns, and Gallet brand names. MSA Safety Incorporated was founded in 1914 and is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

Enpro NYSE:NPO

$328.31 -18.02 (-5.20%)

As of 01:40 PM Eastern

Enpro Inc. design, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary, value-added products and solutions to safeguard critical environments in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Sealing Technologies and Advanced Surface Technologies. The Sealing Technologies segment offers single-use hygienic seals, tubing, components and assemblies; metallic, non-metallic, and composite material gaskets; dynamic seals; compression packing; hydraulic components; expansion joints; and wall penetration products for chemical and petrochemical processing, pulp and paper processing, nuclear energy, hydrogen, natural gas, food and biopharmaceutical processing, primary metal manufacturing, mining, water and waste treatment, commercial vehicle, aerospace, medical, filtration, and semiconductor fabrication industries. The Advanced Surface Technologies segment offers cleaning, coating, testing, refurbishment, and verification services for critical components and assemblies used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, as well as for critical applications in the space, aerospace, and defense markets; and specialized optical filters and thin-film coatings for various applications in the industrial technology, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. The company was formerly known as EnPro Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Enpro Inc. in December 2023. Enpro Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Proto Labs NYSE:PRLB

$85.44 -5.42 (-5.96%)

As of 01:40 PM Eastern

Proto Labs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital manufacturer of custom parts in the United States and Europe. The company offers injection molding; computer numerical control machining; three-dimensional printing; and sheet metal fabrication products. It serves developers and engineers, who use 3D computer-aided design software to design products across a range of end-markets. Proto Labs, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Maple Plain, Minnesota.

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