PRLBProto Labs Inc
−1.7% today · +38.5% over a year
4/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 40% of the instruments we score
Trend: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 46.3). No dividend.
Proto Labs Inc (PRLB) valuation against sector peers: P/E 46.3 (sector median 25.3), P/B 2.3, EV/EBIT 34.6, free-cash-flow yield 3.0%, P/S 2.8.
Ratios vs sector
Medians of Industrials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).
| Metric | PRLB | Sector median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 46.3 | 25.3 · n=262 | 83% above |
| P/B | 2.3 | 3.8 · n=295 | 39% below |
| P/S | 2.8 | 2.0 · n=306 | 42% above |
| EV/EBIT | 34.6 | 19.8 · n=247 | 75% above |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.0% | 4.0% · n=288 | 25% below |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.46% · n=334 | 100% below |
| Return on equity | 5.1% | 14.5% · n=305 | 65% below |
| Return on invested capital | 5.5% | 11.6% · n=284 | 53% below |
| Gross margin | 45.2% | 33.1% · n=255 | 36% above |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −2.02 | 1.48 · n=254 | 236% below |
Value factor: 27 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →
Sector peers
The largest companies of the same sector and region.
| GEGE Aerospace | 38.4 | 19.9 | — | 2.3% | 0.5% | —/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTXRTX Corporation | 32.2 | 3.9 | 26.5 | 3.5% | 1.4% | 5/10 |
| CATCaterpillar | 22.6 | 12.5 | 18.2 | 4.2% | 1.3% | 7/10 |
| GEVGE Vernova | 20.3 | 18.5 | 70.1 | 8.1% | 0.2% | 8/10 |
| DEDeere & Company | 38.0 | 6.6 | — | 3.2% | 0.9% | —/10 |
| UNPUnion Pacific Corporation | 23.5 | 8.1 | 19.5 | 3.7% | 1.8% | 10/10 |
| UBERUber | 41.3 | 5.2 | 21.1 | 7.3% | 0.0% | 7/10 |
| LMTLockheed Martin | 21.4 | 13.8 | 16.6 | 6.0% | 2.3% | 8/10 |
| ETNEaton Corporation | 35.3 | 6.6 | — | 2.8% | 1.2% | 4/10 |
| BABoeing | 18.8 | 21.0 | 16.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1/10 |
Fiscal-year history
From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.
Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 29 Oct 2026
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