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Proto Labs (PRLB) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Proto Labs' Return on Capital Employed history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.04%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at Proto Labs, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.06% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.04% (2022), against an average of 0.0%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed fell -19bps in 2023 before it rose 19bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then plummeted by -371bps to 0.13% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 131bps to 0.04% in 2023, then fell by -26bps to 0.03% in 2024, then grew by 27bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PRLB's Return on Capital Employed are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).