Proto Labs (PRLB) Stock Forecast & Price Target
PRLB$86.31-4.60 -5.06%
$2.06B
Market Cap
62.27
P/E
38.98
Forward P/E
54
Score
Proto Labs (PRLB) Stock Forecast & Price Target
PRLB price $86.31 -4.60 -5.06%
- Ticker
- PRLB
- Price
- $86.31
- Change
- -4.60 -5.06%
- Market cap ?
- $2.06B
- P/E ?
- 62.27
- Forward P/E ?
- 38.98
- Dividend yield ?
- 0.00%
- Beta ?
- 1.38
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Manufacturing - Miscellaneous
- Stocklytics score
- 54
- Value
- 40
- Quality
- 56
- Growth
- 65
Stocklytics score rationale: value 40, quality 56, growth 65.
Financials
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298055000 | 344490000 | 445596000 | 458728000 | 434395000 | 488098000 | 488398000 | 503877000 | 500890000 | 533126999 |
Proto Labs, Inc., together with its affiliated companies, functions as a global, e-commerce-driven digital manufacturer, specializing in the rapid creation of custom prototypes and on-demand production components. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services including injection molding, computer numerical control (CNC) machining, and a diverse range of 3D printing technologies such as stereolithography…
Fair value
PRLB fair value $54.62. Price $86.31. Price is 58% above fair value.
Above fair value, and more expensive than usual. A larger premium than on 93% of days in the past 5 years.
Fair value is an estimate of what one share is worth if future cash flows arrive as modeled. It is not a forecast of the share price. How discounted cash flow works.
Calculated with a 10-year free-cash-flow discount. Starting free cash flow 64.15M. Growth 8.53%. When analyst earnings forecasts are available, free cash flow in those years is forecast earnings times the company's usual conversion of earnings into free cash flow, kept between 60% and 130%. Years with fewer than 3 analyst estimates are left out. Growth then fades in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10, starting from the last well-covered year's growth, or from the pace across those years when the final year slows sharply, kept between 0% and 20%. Without those forecasts, year-1 growth is analyst revenue growth for the next full fiscal year, or 5-year historical revenue growth when that forecast is missing, held for five years, then fading in a straight line to terminal growth by year 10. Terminal growth 3.00%. Discount rate 11.88% (beta 1.4). Beta is kept between 0.8 and 2.0, which on its own would make the discount rate 8.7% to 15.3%. The rate is then capped at 12%. A cap is used because a discount above 12% pushes higher-beta stocks further from the price. The discount rate stays at least 5 percentage points above terminal growth. Shares 23.92M. Net debt -107.78M. The earnings value is next-12-months earnings per share, or trailing earnings when that forecast is missing, times the median P/E of the company's industry. That median uses listed stocks worth at least $10 billion with a positive P/E of 100 or below, and the industry needs at least eight of them. Otherwise the sector median is used when that group also has at least eight, then the market median of those large companies. The multiple used is the lower of that median and 1.25 times the stock's own 10-year median P/E, then kept between 8 and 30. If the stock has no 10-year median, the peer median is kept between 8 and 30. Fair value is the average of the cash-flow value and the earnings value when both exist. Card and credit companies use the earnings value only, because changes in customer receivables distort free cash flow. Model uncertainty is high when fair value is more than 60% from the price, or when most of the cash-flow value sits after year 10.
Earnings
| Date | EPS actual | EPS estimate | Revenue | Revenue estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 154.32M | 149.31M |
| 2026-07-31 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 149.34M | 144.53M |
| 2026-05-01 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 139.34M | 135.31M |
| 2026-02-06 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 136.49M | 128.99M |
| 2025-10-31 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 135.37M | 129.07M |
| 2025-07-31 | 0.41 | 0.33 | 135.06M | 132.08M |
| 2025-05-02 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 126.20M | 126.70M |
| 2025-02-07 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 121.75M | 124.51M |
| 2024-11-01 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 125.62M | 120.12M |
| 2024-08-02 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 125.63M | 126.24M |
| 2024-05-03 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 127.89M | 124.68M |
| 2024-02-09 | 0.46 | 0.30 | 125.05M | 122.72M |
| 2023-11-03 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 130.71M | 122.77M |
| 2023-08-04 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 122.27M | 123.12M |
| 2023-05-05 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 125.86M | 118.17M |
| 2023-02-10 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 115.61M | 110.83M |
| 2022-11-04 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 121.72M | 126.05M |
| 2022-08-05 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 126.90M | 127.92M |
| 2022-05-06 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 124.17M | 122.89M |
| 2022-02-11 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 123.58M | 118.72M |
| 2021-10-28 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 125.34M | 127.04M |
| 2021-07-29 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 123.05M | 122.20M |
| 2021-05-06 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 116.13M | 113.25M |
| 2021-02-12 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 105.21M | 102.22M |
| 2020-10-29 | 0.67 | 0.52 | 107.50M | 83.44M |
| 2020-07-28 | 0.59 | 0.36 | 106.58M | 95.25M |
| 2020-04-30 | 0.61 | 0.38 | 115.11M | 71.71M |
| 2020-02-06 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 111.89M | 111.89M |
| 2019-10-24 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 117.45M | 114.36M |
| 2019-07-25 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 115.93M | 114.30M |
| 2019-04-25 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 113.45M | 113.45M |
| 2019-02-07 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 112.77M | 121.95M |
| 2018-10-25 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 115.43M | 99.30M |
| 2018-07-26 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 109.65M | 108.20M |
| 2018-04-26 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 107.75M | 103.15M |
| 2018-02-08 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 94.18M | 90.95M |
| 2017-10-26 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 88.11M | 81.81M |
| 2017-07-27 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 82.04M | 80.33M |
| 2017-04-27 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 80.17M | 70.76M |
| 2017-02-09 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 72.35M | 68.87M |
Dividends
Yield 0.00%. Payout ratio 0.00%. Frequency —.
Safety score 37/100 · Watch. Payout ratio is 0% of earnings. Free-cash-flow coverage is not available, so this part stays neutral. No dividend history was found. There is no dividend yield.
| Ex-date | Dividend | Record | Payment | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No data yet. | ||||
Insider trades
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 5.00K | $95.32 | 476.60K |
| 2026-09-17 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 4.90K | $85.21 | 417.54K |
| 2026-09-16 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 100 | $85.00 | 8.50K |
| 2026-08-31 | Ramahi Salam | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2026-06-02 | WEHRWEIN SVEN | Sell | 1.50K | $76.91 | 115.36K |
| 2026-06-02 | WEHRWEIN SVEN | Sell | 500 | $78.38 | 39.19K |
| 2026-05-23 | Krishna Suresh | Sell | 1.25K | $71.36 | 88.99K |
| 2026-05-20 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 255 | $71.13 | 18.14K |
| 2026-05-20 | Parlange Bernardo | Buy | 3.79K | $71.13 | 269.51K |
| 2026-05-20 | Parlange Bernardo | Buy | 2.11K | — | — |
| 2026-05-19 | Black Archie C. | Buy | 2.21K | — | — |
| 2026-05-19 | Chand Sujeet | Buy | 2.21K | — | — |
| 2026-05-19 | Chin Moonhie | Buy | 2.21K | — | — |
| 2026-05-19 | Gawlick Rainer | Buy | 2.21K | — | — |
| 2026-05-19 | WEHRWEIN SVEN | Buy | 2.21K | — | — |
| 2026-05-19 | KRANTZ DONALD G | Buy | 2.21K | — | — |
| 2026-05-18 | Parlange Bernardo | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 4.04K | $59.40 | 240.09K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 1.61K | $67.58 | 109.01K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 1.56K | $39.61 | 61.67K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 1.93K | $33.84 | 65.24K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 4.20K | $68.70 | 288.39K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 3.58K | $69.78 | 249.54K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 6.64K | $70.30 | 466.97K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 1.56K | $39.61 | 61.67K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 1.93K | $33.84 | 65.24K |
| 2026-05-12 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 4.04K | $59.40 | 240.09K |
| 2026-05-11 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 3.68K | $33.52 | 123.25K |
| 2026-05-11 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 3.76K | $33.84 | 127.10K |
| 2026-05-11 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 7.43K | $70.26 | 522.25K |
| 2026-05-11 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 3.76K | $33.84 | 127.10K |
| 2026-05-11 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 3.68K | $33.52 | 123.25K |
| 2026-05-07 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 100 | $33.52 | 3.35K |
| 2026-05-07 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 100 | $33.84 | 3.38K |
| 2026-05-07 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 200 | $70.00 | 14.00K |
| 2026-05-07 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 100 | $33.84 | 3.38K |
| 2026-05-07 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 100 | $33.52 | 3.35K |
| 2026-02-25 | Krishna Suresh | Buy | 13.37K | — | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Krishna Suresh | Buy | 24.38K | $62.63 | 1.53M |
| 2026-02-25 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 3.07K | — | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 504 | $62.63 | 31.57K |
| 2026-02-25 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 5.61K | $62.63 | 351.04K |
| 2026-02-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 2.42K | — | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 531 | $62.63 | 33.26K |
| 2026-02-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 4.40K | $62.63 | 275.82K |
| 2026-02-25 | Kermisch Marc | Buy | 2.79K | — | — |
| 2026-02-25 | Kermisch Marc | Buy | 5.09K | $62.63 | 319.10K |
| 2026-02-17 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 5.00K | $66.46 | 332.31K |
| 2026-02-13 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 1.27K | $67.52 | 85.55K |
| 2026-02-13 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 1.54K | $67.52 | 103.98K |
| 2026-02-11 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 3.13K | $33.84 | 106.09K |
| 2026-02-11 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 3.13K | $33.84 | 106.09K |
| 2026-02-10 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 2.68K | $53.18 | 142.74K |
| 2026-02-10 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 6.81K | $53.18 | 362.10K |
| 2026-02-06 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 2.50K | $60.00 | 150.00K |
| 2026-01-29 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 8.13K | — | — |
| 2026-01-29 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 20.69K | — | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 3.05K | $33.84 | 103.14K |
| 2025-11-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 3.05K | $33.84 | 103.14K |
| 2025-11-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 3.05K | $50.17 | 152.93K |
| 2025-11-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 3.05K | $33.84 | 103.14K |
| 2025-11-17 | Kermisch Marc | Buy | 6.82K | $47.07 | 320.92K |
| 2025-11-17 | Kermisch Marc | Buy | 3.72K | — | — |
| 2025-10-13 | Kermisch Marc | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2025-08-05 | Gawlick Rainer | Buy | 1.72K | $43.79 | 75.10K |
| 2025-08-04 | Krishna Suresh | Buy | 1.73K | $43.51 | 75.05K |
| 2025-05-23 | Black Archie C. | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Gawlick Rainer | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Chin Moonhie | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Chand Sujeet | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Greiner Stacy | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | WEHRWEIN SVEN | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | KRANTZ DONALD G | Buy | 3.94K | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Krishna Suresh | Buy | 29.52K | $36.82 | 1.09M |
| 2025-05-23 | Krishna Suresh | Buy | 16.30K | — | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Krishna Suresh | Other | 0 | — | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 305 | $40.87 | 12.47K |
| 2025-05-20 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 204 | $40.87 | 8.34K |
| 2025-02-25 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 4.42K | — | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 7.93K | $39.61 | 314.15K |
| 2025-02-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 6.94K | — | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 6.23K | $39.61 | 246.81K |
| 2025-02-25 | Ryaboy Oleg | Buy | 7.57K | — | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Ryaboy Oleg | Buy | 6.80K | $39.61 | 269.27K |
| 2025-02-25 | Bodor Robert | Buy | 18.93K | — | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Bodor Robert | Buy | 33.99K | $39.61 | 1.35M |
| 2025-02-13 | Bodor Robert | Buy | 23.57K | — | — |
| 2025-02-13 | Bodor Robert | Sell | 7.54K | $45.03 | 339.35K |
| 2025-02-13 | Bodor Robert | Sell | 7.27K | $45.03 | 327.28K |
| 2025-02-13 | Kenison Michael R. | Buy | 1.89K | — | — |
| 2025-02-13 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 580 | $45.03 | 26.12K |
| 2025-02-13 | Kenison Michael R. | Sell | 1.70K | $45.03 | 76.37K |
| 2025-02-13 | Schumacher Daniel | Buy | 3.08K | — | — |
| 2025-02-13 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 1.10K | $45.03 | 49.44K |
| 2025-02-13 | Schumacher Daniel | Sell | 1.26K | $45.03 | 56.92K |
| 2025-02-13 | Ryaboy Oleg | Sell | 2.46K | $45.03 | 110.82K |
| 2024-09-06 | Bodor Robert | Buy | 3.48K | $28.68 | 99.80K |
| 2024-05-23 | Black Archie C. | Buy | 4.70K | — | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Chand Sujeet | Buy | 4.70K | — | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Chin Moonhie | Buy | 4.70K | — | — |
Institutional holders
Latest filed quarter: Q2 2026.
Institutions holding: 282, holders +15 vs prior quarter. Ownership 95.73%.
| Holder | Shares | Change | Change % | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK, INC. | 3.90M | 218.35K | +5.94% | 317.58M |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN | 2.38M | -116.84K | -4.68% | 194.04M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.60M | 61.23K | +3.98% | 130.40M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 1.15M | -120.05K | -9.44% | 93.92M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 1.14M | 46.46K | +4.25% | 92.80M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.05M | 14.88K | +1.43% | 85.96M |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 619.85K | -7.86K | -1.25% | 50.52M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 614.03K | 33.83K | +5.83% | 50.06M |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 469.25K | -51.00K | -9.80% | 38.25M |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | 457.81K | 57.57K | +14.38% | 37.32M |
| FMR LLC | 442.66K | 20.30K | +4.81% | 36.08M |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 440.82K | -22.96K | -4.95% | 35.93M |
| NUVEEN, LLC | 420.06K | 103.12K | +32.54% | 34.24M |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 403.18K | 262.24K | +186.06% | 32.86M |
| DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 370.15K | 1.01K | +0.27% | 30.17M |
| SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 354.19K | 354.19K | New | 28.87M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 354.19K | -6.01K | -1.67% | 28.87M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 314.78K | 21.20K | +7.22% | 25.66M |
| S SQUARED TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 288.12K | -7.98K | -2.70% | 23.48M |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 284.56K | 17.61K | +6.60% | 23.19M |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | 224.79K | 131.92K | +142.05% | 18.32M |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 224.72K | 137.14K | +156.59% | 17.93M |
| D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. | 211.37K | -14.29K | -6.33% | 17.23M |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | 203.88K | -10.50K | -4.90% | 16.51M |
| HILLSDALE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. | 191.59K | 17.21K | +9.87% | 15.62M |
Forecast
Consensus Buy from 5 analysts. Average price target $110.00, +27.4% versus the current price. Low $110.00. High $110.00.
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