Proto Labs
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
46.69
Price/Sales ratio
2.47
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.03

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
41.4435.6031.7053.0039.7342.8680.6342.49-6.7659.24-8.3942.86
Price/Sales ratio
8.236.274.547.966.825.949.442.901.432.021.775.94
Price/Book Value ratio
6.495.053.565.955.624.656.361.711.001.461.244.65
Price/Cash Flow ratio
30.1628.2818.0533.5724.7523.5038.3425.6711.2713.9213.9823.50
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
125.92116.6832.7455.8884.9550.6968.4067.4217.3222.5921.4950.69
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
2.633.39-3.332.680.85-2.58-4.06-1.170.01-0.500.020.02
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
61.26%58.46%56.00%56.26%53.56%51.29%50.14%45.62%44.11%44.05%44.11%51.29%
Operating Profit Margin
28.88%25.42%20.72%20.96%19.95%17.40%13.77%8.26%31.09%5.59%-20.06%17.40%
Pretax Profit Margin
28.88%25.69%21.54%21.60%20.56%17.69%14.49%8.23%-20.04%5.54%-20.04%17.69%
Net Profit Margin
19.86%17.61%14.32%15.03%17.18%13.87%11.70%6.83%-21.18%3.41%-21.18%13.87%
Effective Tax Rate
31.21%31.45%33.49%30.43%16.43%21.60%19.18%16.95%-5.70%38.39%-9.05%21.60%
Return on Assets
14.48%12.88%10.30%10.00%12.37%9.44%6.83%3.59%-12.89%2.22%-12.89%9.44%
Return On Equity
15.67%14.19%11.24%11.22%14.14%10.86%7.89%4.02%-14.83%2.47%-13.09%10.86%
Return on Capital Employed
22.52%20.05%15.80%15.20%15.69%12.75%8.62%4.61%20.78%3.89%-13.41%12.75%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
5.775.256.733.774.084.964.81N/AN/AN/A2.604.96
Quick Ratio
5.444.886.333.593.894.754.593.102.413.762.244.75
Cash ratio
2.301.812.930.861.612.632.531.200.791.680.792.63
Days of Sales Outstanding
42.1958.2542.2554.5653.1745.7149.0860.8559.9854.3859.9853.17
Days of Inventory outstanding
27.8432.5025.9127.3017.7916.4518.3018.0918.1517.6818.1517.79
Operating Cycle
70.0390.7668.1781.8770.9662.1667.3978.9478.1472.0632.9462.16
Days of Payables Outstanding
35.4345.3931.5138.4630.7127.4530.7534.8823.2120.2423.2127.45
Cash Conversion Cycle
34.6045.3736.6543.4140.2534.7136.6344.0654.9351.8241.2540.25
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.00N/AN/A0.00N/A0.000.000.000.020.000.130.13
Debt Equity Ratio
0.00N/AN/A0.01N/A0.000.000.000.020.000.140.14
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.00N/A
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.00N/AN/A0.01N/A0.000.000.000.020.000.020.02
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
411.58N/AN/A16.34N/A34.7427.9714.353.2538.952.9034.74
Company Equity Multiplier
1.081.101.091.121.141.151.151.121.141.111.141.14
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.270.220.250.230.270.250.240.110.120.140.120.25
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.230.240.550.600.290.460.560.380.650.610.650.29
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
411.58N/AN/A16.34N/A34.7427.9714.353.2538.952.9034.74
Short Term Coverage Ratio
411.58N/AN/A16.34N/A34.7427.9714.353.2538.953.2534.74
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A