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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 07-31-2026

Proto Labs Financial Ratios 2025-2009 | PRLB

Brief overview of Proto Labs's financial ratios

Ratios are assessed across five available annual reports in the 2020–2025 interval.

The latest available valuation ratios are P/E 73.86x (median 62.03x), EV/EBITDA 17.51x (median 27.89x), P/S 2.94x (median 2.05x). On average, this basket is 43.2% above its own five-year medians. The market is pricing in elevated future expectations.

Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 1.4%, showing current profit per unit of share price.

The latest available business-quality ratios are ROE 3.2%, ROA 2.8%, ROCE 3.7%. Efficiency ratios are restrained, with capital and assets producing modest returns.

On PEG (0.24x), valuation is restrained relative to growth, but one ratio cannot replace cash-flow and risk analysis.

The cash conversion cycle is 47.4 days versus 38.1 days initially. Turnover changed little.

Conclusion

Proto Labs's profile looks stretched: price anticipates improvement that current quality ratios do not yet confirm.

Annual Financial Ratios Proto Labs

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

P/E

 73.9 62.0 55.9 -8.6 41.5 111.3 44.9 43.2 56.2 32.1 30.7 39.7 56.2 40.4 - - -

P/S

 2.9 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.8 13.0 6.2 7.4 8.5 4.6 5.4 7.9 12.2 7.7 - - -

EPS

 0.9 0.7 0.7 -3.8 1.2 1.9 2.4 2.8 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.4 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 1.55 B 1.01 B 955 M 937 M 1.42 B 5.64 B 2.82 B 3.3 B 2.93 B 1.34 B 1.42 B 1.63 B 1.96 B 950 M 7.54 M -6.1 M -2.7 M

EBITDA per Share

 2.46 2.22 2.51 -2.14 2.93 3.46 4.12 4.29 3.4 3.01 3.13 2.79 2.34 1.76 - 1.75 -

EV/EBITDA

 26.3 18.2 14.5 -16.0 17.5 60.0 24.7 27.9 31.7 16.4 17.0 22.5 32.9 22.8 - -0.3 -

PEG

 -0.91 -0.72 -0.66 0.24 52.59 36.03 -2.71 0.93 2.85 -3.38 2.93 2.53 1.56 7.92 - - -

P/B

 2.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.7 8.8 4.9 6.1 6.3 3.6 4.4 6.2 9.4 6.2 - - -

P/CF

 21.1 13.2 13.1 14.3 25.1 52.9 53.1 92.4 59.3 33.2 100.7 120.7 66.8 122.7 - - -

ROE %

 3.15 2.48 2.48 -14.83 4.03 7.89 10.87 14.14 11.23 11.24 14.20 15.68 16.67 15.33 - -30.34 -

ROA %

 2.78 2.23 2.23 -12.90 3.59 6.84 9.45 12.37 9.98 10.31 12.88 14.48 15.33 13.91 - - -

ROCE %

 3.73 2.97 4.05 -14.04 4.87 9.29 12.75 15.70 15.21 15.80 20.06 22.52 23.69 21.68 - -44.13 -

Current Ratio

 8.5 10.1 10.0 7.7 9.3 7.5 5.0 4.1 3.8 6.7 5.3 5.8 8.0 7.8 - - -

DSO

 49.8 50.8 54.0 58.4 51.6 48.5 45.7 53.2 56.5 42.3 58.3 42.2 47.5 51.2 - - -

DIO

 16.5 17.1 17.6 17.9 16.5 17.6 16.5 17.8 27.3 25.9 32.5 27.8 30.7 33.8 - - -

DPO

 18.9 20.5 21.4 28.6 30.0 29.5 27.5 30.7 38.5 31.5 45.4 35.4 38.4 34.8 - - -

Operating Cycle

 66.3 67.8 71.6 76.3 68.1 66.1 62.2 71.0 83.8 68.2 90.8 70.0 78.2 85.0 - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 47.4 47.4 50.3 47.7 38.1 36.6 34.7 40.3 45.4 36.7 45.4 34.6 39.8 50.2 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Proto Labs

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

 0.38 0.34 0.3 0.19 0.15 - 0.29 0.18 0.21 - 0.31 -0.01 0.1 - 0.14 0.09 0.19 - 0.17 0.47 0.14 - 0.55 0.47 0.52 - 0.63 0.6 0.58 - 0.77 0.68 0.67 - 0.5 0.46 0.46 - 0.45 0.41 0.41 - 0.47 0.45 0.4 - 0.4 0.43 0.4 - 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.3 0.28 0.22 0.28 - 0.23 0.19 0.21

EBITDA per Share

 0.81 0.75 0.72 0.57 0.55 - 0.7 0.59 0.62 - 0.46 0.27 0.49 - 0.27 0.24 0.66 - 1.34 0.63 0.52 - 1.55 1.13 0.93 - 1.64 1.29 1 - 1.65 1.29 1.04 - 1.24 0.95 0.83 - 1.13 0.87 0.72 - 1.07 0.94 0.74 - 0.9 0.81 0.65 - 0.75 0.64 0.52 0.41 0.47 0.37 0.52 - 0.73 0.63 0.69

ROE %

 4.26 3.49 3.36 2.93 3.03 2.49 3.65 2.53 2.26 1.49 1.98 1.13 1.80 1.41 2.00 3.06 3.21 2.59 4.88 6.25 6.86 6.41 9.27 9.75 10.44 8.27 12.14 12.66 13.23 10.58 13.45 12.20 11.47 8.13 11.29 11.23 11.42 8.78 12.56 12.97 13.34 10.54 14.45 14.79 15.03 11.84 16.03 16.19 15.98 12.18 16.90 16.98 16.20 16.56 -15.27 -41.93 -68.55 -72.83 -27.11 -22.38 -23.33

ROA %

 3.75 3.08 2.99 2.64 2.72 2.24 3.25 2.25 1.99 1.30 1.74 1.27 1.84 1.50 2.86 2.43 2.82 2.28 4.25 5.43 5.95 5.55 8.04 8.47 9.07 7.19 10.58 11.04 11.56 9.26 11.81 10.75 10.15 7.23 10.12 10.16 10.40 8.05 11.48 11.82 12.14 9.56 13.17 13.55 13.83 10.94 14.79 14.92 14.71 11.20 15.48 15.50 14.74 15.02 19.55 22.93 27.53 23.65 8.81 7.27 7.58

ROCE %

 5.16 4.20 4.02 3.57 3.82 3.13 4.65 4.21 3.88 2.89 3.64 2.75 2.88 2.33 3.17 4.36 4.25 3.30 6.04 7.43 8.10 7.58 11.21 11.81 12.90 10.29 14.92 15.34 16.01 12.69 16.89 15.83 15.60 11.59 16.05 15.76 16.19 12.36 17.67 18.50 19.43 15.44 21.26 21.96 22.11 17.27 23.60 23.76 23.12 17.68 24.24 24.01 22.81 23.54 -23.86 -62.75 -102.45 -108.56 -40.84 -32.78 -34.94

Current Ratio

 8.0 8.2 8.2 9.5 9.1 10.1 10.2 10.4 9.3 10.0 7.9 8.2 7.3 7.7 9.4 - 9.1 9.3 8.8 8.1 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 13.4 13.1 13.1 13.1 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 - - - -

DSO

 55.2 53.5 52.5 51.3 50.8 - 51.0 54.0 53.8 - 53.6 57.0 55.8 - 30.2 30.9 61.0 - 61.5 58.6 52.1 - 49.1 49.5 45.7 - 44.6 45.2 46.9 - 46.8 49.2 46.9 - 53.3 57.3 48.7 - 39.8 41.5 44.1 - 48.6 51.5 47.0 - 40.5 41.8 42.1 - 39.8 42.1 41.7 42.9 44.4 48.1 38.4 - 39.1 43.8 -

DIO

 17.3 17.4 16.8 16.0 16.5 - 16.5 16.6 17.2 - 18.0 18.9 17.6 - 9.8 9.3 18.3 - 12.3 13.1 15.6 - 18.8 18.3 16.8 - 15.9 16.5 16.9 - 17.4 18.2 19.6 - 26.5 28.8 26.9 - 25.4 26.0 26.4 - 32.4 33.8 31.3 - 26.3 28.0 30.4 - 29.4 31.6 31.8 33.4 33.0 34.4 30.1 - 33.6 36.4 -

DPO

 23.5 22.3 20.3 19.3 20.6 - 20.6 20.6 20.0 - 22.0 24.0 23.6 - 11.3 11.5 28.6 - 31.8 32.9 30.1 - 31.5 30.8 28.1 - 26.5 27.5 28.6 - 30.0 31.5 30.5 - 37.3 40.6 35.6 - 30.9 31.6 34.6 - 45.2 47.1 42.2 - 33.5 35.6 38.4 - 36.7 39.5 36.5 34.4 34.0 35.5 32.9 - 39.2 42.5 -

Operating Cycle

 - - 69.3 67.3 67.3 - 67.5 70.7 70.9 - 71.5 75.8 73.4 - 40.0 40.2 79.3 - 73.9 71.7 67.7 - 67.9 67.9 62.5 - 60.5 61.7 63.7 - 64.1 67.5 66.4 - 79.8 86.1 75.6 - 65.2 67.4 70.6 - 81.0 85.3 78.3 - 66.8 69.8 72.5 - 69.2 73.7 73.5 76.3 77.4 82.5 68.5 - 72.7 80.2 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - - 49.0 48.0 46.7 - 46.9 50.1 50.9 - 49.5 51.9 49.9 - 28.7 28.8 50.7 - 42.1 38.8 37.6 - 36.4 37.1 34.4 - 34.0 34.2 35.1 - 34.2 36.0 35.9 - 42.5 45.5 40.0 - 34.3 35.9 36.0 - 35.8 38.2 36.1 - 33.3 34.2 34.2 - 32.5 34.2 37.1 41.9 43.4 47.1 35.6 - 33.5 37.7 -

All numbers in USD currency

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