Compare Stocks: PRLB, MSA, ESE, and GTES

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	$270.52 +1.2%	$304.77	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.99B	1.1	256,004 shs	19,735 shs
GTES Gates Industrial	$25.98 +1.4%	$26.73	$20.88 ▼ $30.34	$6.56B	1.26	2.19 million shs	107,426 shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$182.84 +0.9%	$182.65	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.05B	0.94	263,946 shs	8,766 shs
PRLB Proto Labs	$81.77 +2.5%	$80.48	$45.10 ▼ $93.00	$1.95B	1.42	192,394 shs	12,074 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	-1.50%	-2.39%	-9.76%	-15.09%	+30.16%
GTES Gates Industrial	-2.35%	+1.87%	-9.94%	-5.11%	+1.60%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	-1.91%	-3.33%	-6.25%	+13.38%	+6.96%
PRLB Proto Labs	-1.57%	+0.17%	-12.16%	+0.61%	+62.27%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ESE ESCO Technologies	$270.52 +1.2%	$304.77	$193.68 ▼ $362.15	$6.99B	1.1	256,004 shs	19,735 shs
GTES Gates Industrial	$25.98 +1.4%	$26.73	$20.88 ▼ $30.34	$6.56B	1.26	2.19 million shs	107,426 shs
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$182.84 +0.9%	$182.65	$151.10 ▼ $208.92	$7.05B	0.94	263,946 shs	8,766 shs
PRLB Proto Labs	$81.77 +2.5%	$80.48	$45.10 ▼ $93.00	$1.95B	1.42	192,394 shs	12,074 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	-1.50%	-2.39%	-9.76%	-15.09%	+30.16%
GTES Gates Industrial	-2.35%	+1.87%	-9.94%	-5.11%	+1.60%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	-1.91%	-3.33%	-6.25%	+13.38%	+6.96%
PRLB Proto Labs	-1.57%	+0.17%	-12.16%	+0.61%	+62.27%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ESE ESCO Technologies	3.00	Buy	$416.50	53.96% Upside
GTES Gates Industrial	2.69	Moderate Buy	$32.45	24.90% Upside
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	2.33	Hold	$211.33	15.58% Upside
PRLB Proto Labs	3.25	Buy	$89.00	8.84% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PRLB, MSA, ESE, and GTES Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/8/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
9/3/2026	PRLB Proto Labs	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
9/1/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$29.00
8/31/2026	GTES Gates Industrial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/25/2026	ESE ESCO Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/18/2026	PRLB Proto Labs	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
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
8/4/2026	MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$223.00

(Data available from 9/11/2023 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	6.40	$8.94 per share	30.26	$59.67 per share	4.53
GTES Gates Industrial	$3.44B	1.91	$2.25 per share	11.55	$14.28 per share	1.82
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.87B	3.76	$9.69 per share	18.87	$34.82 per share	5.25
PRLB Proto Labs	$533.13M	3.67	$2.35 per share	34.79	$28.46 per share	2.87

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	22.23	29.21	1.55	24.39%	13.28%	8.69%	11/19/2026 (Estimated)
GTES Gates Industrial	$251.40M	$1.41	18.37	14.36	N/A	10.37%	10.11%	5.27%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$278.92M	$8.04	22.74	18.19	N/A	16.13%	25.13%	13.24%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
PRLB Proto Labs	$21.24M	$1.25	65.34	46.46	N/A	5.44%	4.80%	4.22%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)

Latest PRLB, MSA, ESE, and GTES 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
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	GTES Gates Industrial	$0.4176	$0.44	+$0.0224	$0.67	$927.29 million	$941.60 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	0.12%	-4.36%	2.64%	N/A
GTES Gates Industrial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	$2.16	1.18%	+4.19%	26.87%	56 Years
PRLB Proto Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PRLB, MSA, ESE, and GTES 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
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
GTES Gates Industrial	0.58	3.24	2.36
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.42	3.24	2.02
PRLB Proto Labs	N/A	3.64	3.43

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ESE ESCO Technologies	95.70%
GTES Gates Industrial	98.50%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	92.51%
PRLB Proto Labs	84.54%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ESE ESCO Technologies	0.70%
GTES Gates Industrial	2.80%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	0.70%
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
GTES Gates Industrial	13,000	253.15 million	246.06 million	Optionable
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated	5,300	38.58 million	38.31 million	Optionable
PRLB Proto Labs	2,280	23.92 million	23.61 million	Optionable

PRLB, MSA, ESE, and GTES Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

12,216 Shares in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Purchased by Jupiter Topco LLC

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Are Industrial Products Stocks Lagging Proto Labs (PRLB) This Year?

September 4, 2026 | zacks.com

Legal & General Group Plc Makes New $4.62 Million Investment in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Invests $11.72 Million in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 1, 2026 | msn.com

Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC Has $2.75 Million Stake in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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August 31, 2026 | zacks.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $2 Million in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

25,119 Shares in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Purchased by Deutsche Bank AG

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Shares Purchased by Algert Global LLC

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

120,473 Shares in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB Purchased by Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Makes New Investment in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

American Capital Management Inc. Invests $50.52 Million in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Has $7.36 Million Stock Position in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

S Squared Technology LLC Makes New $23.48 Billion Investment in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs Names New Chief Operations Officer

August 24, 2026 | tipranks.com

Here's Why Proto Labs (PRLB) Is a Great 'Buy the Bottom' Stock Now

August 24, 2026 | zacks.com

Kennametal, Proto Labs, and Johnson Controls stocks trade down, what you need to know

August 18, 2026 | msn.com

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

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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

August 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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

August 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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PRLB, MSA, ESE, and GTES Company Descriptions

ESCO Technologies NYSE:ESE

$270.52 +3.26 (+1.22%)

As of 10:49 AM 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.

Gates Industrial NYSE:GTES

$25.98 +0.35 (+1.38%)

As of 10:49 AM Eastern

Gates Industrial Corporation PLC designs and manufactures power transmission equipment. Its products serves harsh and hazardous industries such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing and energy, to everyday consumer applications such as printers, power washers, automatic doors and vacuum cleaners and virtually every form of transportation.

MSA Safety Incorporporated NYSE:MSA

$182.84 +1.57 (+0.87%)

As of 10:48 AM 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.

Proto Labs NYSE:PRLB

$81.77 +2.02 (+2.53%)

As of 10:49 AM 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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