Growth Metrics

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

Proto Labs (PRLB) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 14 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.03% through Dec 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.03% for FY2025, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.03% in Q4 2025 for Proto Labs, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.16% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.01% across 5 years, with a median of 0.03% in 2024.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Invested Capital was 42bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -190bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.04% in 2021, then crashed by -435bps to 0.14% in 2022, then soared by 119bps to 0.03% in 2023, then decreased by -21bps to 0.02% in 2024, then rose by 30bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for PRLB at 0.03% in Q4 2025, 0.02% in Q3 2025, and 0.02% in Q2 2025.