Proto Labs (PRLB) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

Proto Labs has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 4.34% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 4.34%, up 175.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.34% (up 175.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.66%, up 83.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.34% for Q1 2026 at Proto Labs, up from 3.62% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.05% in Q1 2022 to a low of 14.22% in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.62% (2025), against an average of 0.4%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 1926 bps in 2023 and soared 1860 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Proto Labs' Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.51% in 2022, then soared by 131 bps to 3.87% in 2023, then declined by 26 bps to 2.86% in 2024, then gained by 27 bps to 3.62% in 2025, then climbed by 20 bps to 4.34% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.34% (Q1 2026), 3.62% (Q4 2025), and 2.47% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.