PRLBProto Labs, Inc.

$78.74

Is the price fair?

What PRLB's price assumes

Proto Labs, Inc. trades at 63.0× earnings against 35.9× for the median Metal Fabrication name, more expensive than its own group.

63.0

Trailing P/E · Metal Fabrication median 35.9 · 1.76× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
2.54

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
2.9%

Free cash flow yield · Metal Fabrication median 3.4%

Growth the price implies
+13%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +13% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +12% a year over the last three.

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
2.03
Industrials median P/E346 names
29.9
Metal Fabrication median P/E9 names
35.9
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$57M
Market capitalisation
$1.93B
3-year revenue growth
+4.9%
3-year free cash flow growth
+12%
What the market has paid for these earnings: 31 quarters of its own multiple × $1.25 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$52.82
Its own P/E history, median$60.55
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$73.75
52-week range$46.24 – $92.24
Today$78.74

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.