Proto Labs (PRLB) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Proto Labs in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" PRLB shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Proto Labs' stock. Their PRLB share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $38.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.3% from the stock's current price.
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Proto Labs' stock was trading at $25.53 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, PRLB stock has decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $25.33.
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Proto Labs saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 885,900 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the August 15th total of 732,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 174,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.1 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 3rd 2023.
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Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB) posted its earnings results on Friday, August, 4th. The industrial products company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $122.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $123.88 million. Proto Labs had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.15% and a negative net margin of 22.42%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.09 EPS.

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Proto Labs updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.26-$0.34 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.32. The company issued revenue guidance of $118.00 million-$126.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $124.08 million.

90 employees have rated Proto Labs Chief Executive Officer Victoria Holt on Glassdoor.com. Victoria Holt has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Victoria Holt in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Proto Labs trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PRLB."

Proto Labs' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (17.24%), State Street Corp (4.40%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.24%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.04%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.00%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (1.93%). Insiders that own company stock include Arthur R Baker III, Rainer Gawlick and Robert Bodor.
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One share of PRLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.33.

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) has a market capitalization of $660.86 million and generates $488.40 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-103,460,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($4.01) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,568 workers across the globe.

Proto Labs' mailing address is 5540 Pioneer Creek Drive, Maple Plain MN, 55359. The official website for the company is www.protolabs.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (763) 479-3680, via email at daniel.schumacher@protolabs.com, or via fax at 763-479-2679.