NYSE:PRLB - Proto Labs Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Proto Labs Inc (NYSE:PRLB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $117.46 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.39 million. Proto Labs had a return on equity of 12.28% and a net margin of 14.74%. The firm's revenue was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. View Proto Labs' Earnings History.

Proto Labs is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Proto Labs.

Proto Labs will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Proto Labs' shares. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Proto Labs' stock price to reach $84.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Proto Labs.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Proto Labs in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Proto Labs.

Media stories about PRLB stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Proto Labs earned a news impact score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Proto Labs.

Proto Labs saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,330,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the December 15th total of 3,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 146,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 22.7 days. Currently, 13.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Proto Labs' Current Options Chain.

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Proto Labs' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (5.64%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.45%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.35%), Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.23%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Proto Labs stock include Arthur R Baker III, John B Goodman, John Way, Robert Bodor and Sven Wehrwein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Proto Labs.

PRLB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Creek Advisors LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Capital Investment Services of America Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Proto Labs.

PRLB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Radnor Capital Management LLC, Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc and D.B. Root & Company LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Proto Labs.

Shares of PRLB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRLB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.69.

Proto Labs has a market capitalization of $2.91 billion and generates $445.60 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $76.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.81 on an earnings per share basis. Proto Labs employs 2,487 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Proto Labs.

The official website for Proto Labs is http://www.protolabs.com/.

Proto Labs' mailing address is 5540 Pioneer Creek Drive, Maple Plain MN, 55359. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 763-479-3680 or via email at [email protected]