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

Proto Labs' (PRLB) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 7.06% in Q1 2026, up 347.0% year-on-year from 1.58% in Q1 2025, and up 41.74% quarter-over-quarter from 4.98% in Q4 2025.

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

Proto Labs has disclosed Operating Margin across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 7.06% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 7.06%, up 347.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.57% (up 204.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.71%, up 73.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 7.06% for Q1 2026 at Proto Labs, up from 4.98% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 7.97% in Q3 2023 to a low of 101.32% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 4.98% (2022), against an average of 1.3%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin slumped 11188 bps in 2022 and jumped 10803 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Proto Labs' Operating Margin stood at 101.32% in 2022, then jumped by 107 bps to 6.71% in 2023, then tumbled by 118 bps to 1.23% in 2024, then soared by 506 bps to 4.98% in 2025, then jumped by 42 bps to 7.06% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 7.06% (Q1 2026), 4.98% (Q4 2025), and 6.51% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Carpenter Technology 29.34 Bn 29.04 Bn 251.80 Mn 22.98%
2 Ati 27.51 Bn 27.23 Bn 262.90 Mn 14.22%
3 Mueller Industries 14.99 Bn 13.61 Bn 358.44 Mn 26.17%
4 Commercial Metals 8.04 Bn 7.54 Bn 387.91 Mn -76.66%
5 Esab 6.48 Bn 6.34 Bn 257.79 Mn 12.01%
6 Gpgi 3.86 Bn 3.85 Bn - -
7 Worthington Enterprises 2.96 Bn 2.95 Bn 109.47 Mn 8.33%
8 Proto Labs 1.93 Bn 1.79 Bn 63.59 Mn 7.06%
9 Ryerson Holding 1.17 Bn 1.15 Bn 288.80 Mn 1.48%
10 Mayville Engineering Company 727.03 Mn 724.96 Mn 10.96 Mn -5.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.06%
Dec 31, 2025 4.98%
Sep 30, 2025 6.51%
Jun 30, 2025 3.68%
Mar 31, 2025 3.59%
Dec 31, 2024 -1.23%
Sep 30, 2024 6.83%
Jun 30, 2024 4.78%
Mar 31, 2024 5.34%
Dec 31, 2023 6.71%
Sep 30, 2023 7.97%
Jun 30, 2023 4.59%
Mar 31, 2023 2.98%
Dec 31, 2022 -101.32%
Sep 30, 2022 4.98%
Jun 30, 2022 4.10%
Mar 31, 2022 6.35%
Dec 31, 2021 10.56%
Sep 30, 2021 5.53%
Jun 30, 2021 13.09%