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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $117.46 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $119.39 million. Proto Labs had a return on equity of 12.28% and a net margin of 14.74%. Proto Labs's revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.86 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Proto Labs' shares. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Proto Labs' share price to reach $84.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 20.9%. 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.

News articles about PRLB stock have been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Proto Labs.

Proto Labs saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 146,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 22.7 days. Approximately 13.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Proto Labs' Current Options Chain.

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Proto Labs' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (5.64%), Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (2.11%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.45%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.35%), Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.23%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). 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, Covenant Asset Management LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Strs Ohio and Scout Investments Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Proto Labs.

PRLB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Radnor Capital Management LLC, Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC, Valeo Financial 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 $106.23.

Proto Labs has a market capitalization of $2.84 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]