Proto Labs, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US7437131094
USD
58.03
1.31 (2.31%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Why is Proto Labs, Inc. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -20.91% of over the last 5 years
3
Positive results in Jun 25
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 22.25 times
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 1.7% (YoY)
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at USD 135.06 MM
4
With ROE of 3.12%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.39 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 19.95%, its profits have risen by 2.7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 5
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 19.95% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Proto Labs, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Proto Labs, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Proto Labs, Inc.
62.14%
1.67
40.14%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
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stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.18%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-15.23%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
26.91
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.15
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.75
Tax Ratio
34.92%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
4.16%
ROE (avg)
3.35%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
60
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.96
EV to EBIT
45.26
EV to EBITDA
19.76
EV to Capital Employed
2.18
EV to Sales
2.22
PEG Ratio
27.20
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
4.81%
ROE (Latest)
3.26%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 136.49 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -3.72% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -18.56 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 7.07 times

0What is not working for the Company
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NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for Proto Labs, Inc.

Net Sales
Highest at USD 136.49 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -18.56 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 7.07 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -3.72% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales