Proto Labs (PRLB) Net Margin (2011 - 2026)

Proto Labs' (PRLB) quarterly Net Margin came in at 5.83% in Q1 2026, up 298.0% year-on-year from 1.46% in Q1 2025, and up 31.84% quarter-over-quarter from 4.42% in Q4 2025.

Proto Labs (PRLB) Net Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Proto Labs has disclosed Net Margin across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 5.83% for Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 5.83%, up 298.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.73% (up 174.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.98%, up 67.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin came in at 5.83% for Q1 2026 at Proto Labs, up from 4.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 6.09% in Q3 2023 to a low of 99.55% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 3.63% (2024), against an average of 2.46%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin plunged 10920 bps in 2022 and jumped 10514 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Proto Labs' Net Margin stood at 99.55% in 2022, then soared by 106 bps to 5.59% in 2023, then sank by 106 bps to 0.33% in 2024, then soared by 1432 bps to 4.42% in 2025, then jumped by 32 bps to 5.83% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 5.83% (Q1 2026), 4.42% (Q4 2025), and 5.36% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Carpenter Technology 29.34 Bn 29.04 Bn 251.80 Mn 17.20%
2 Ati 27.51 Bn 27.23 Bn 262.90 Mn 10.46%
3 Mueller Industries 14.99 Bn 13.61 Bn 358.44 Mn 18.01%
4 Commercial Metals 8.04 Bn 7.54 Bn 387.91 Mn 4.36%
5 Esab 6.48 Bn 6.34 Bn 257.79 Mn -1.75%
6 Gpgi 3.86 Bn 3.85 Bn - -
7 Worthington Enterprises 2.96 Bn 2.95 Bn 109.47 Mn 11.92%
8 Proto Labs 1.93 Bn 1.79 Bn 63.59 Mn 5.83%
9 Ryerson Holding 1.17 Bn 1.15 Bn 288.80 Mn 0.32%
10 Mayville Engineering Company 727.03 Mn 724.96 Mn 10.96 Mn -5.65%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.83%
Dec 31, 2025 4.42%
Sep 30, 2025 5.36%
Jun 30, 2025 3.28%
Mar 31, 2025 2.84%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.33%
Sep 30, 2024 5.71%
Jun 30, 2024 3.63%
Mar 31, 2024 4.09%
Dec 31, 2023 5.59%
Sep 30, 2023 6.09%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.31%
Mar 31, 2023 2.11%
Dec 31, 2022 -99.55%
Sep 30, 2022 3.25%
Jun 30, 2022 2.05%
Mar 31, 2022 4.10%
Dec 31, 2021 9.65%
Sep 30, 2021 3.86%
Jun 30, 2021 10.50%