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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $117.46 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.39 million. Proto Labs had a net margin of 14.74% and a return on equity of 12.28%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $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 1 year price objectives for Proto Labs' stock. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Proto Labs' share price to reach $84.00 in the next twelve months. 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 coverage about PRLB stock has been trending extremely positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Proto Labs earned a media sentiment score of 4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Proto Labs.

Proto Labs saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 short-interest ratio is presently 22.7 days. Approximately 13.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Proto Labs' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Proto Labs investors own include Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), Netflix (NFLX), Starbucks (SBUX), Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Baidu (BIDU), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) and Alphabet (GOOG).

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 bought 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]