Proto Labs PE ratio PRLB

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 68.5×
10-year median: 47.2×
Against its 10-year history: 85th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 25.8× to 111×
Peer median: 21.9×

Proto Labs' PE ratio is 68.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $85.61 against $1.25 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 47.2×, higher than on 85% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 25.8× in Oct 2016 to 111× in Feb 2026.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 21.9×.

PE ratio over time

median 47.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	68.5×	60.0×	111×
2025	86.4×	38.9×	91.1×
2024	42.1×	27.8×	56.0×
2023	39.5×	31.9×	40.5×
2022	30.0×	28.0×	53.3×
2021	45.8×	39.9×	103×
2020	73.0×	27.5×	82.2×
2019	40.4×	34.1×	47.5×
2018	42.4×	39.2×	70.5×
2017	58.9×	30.5×	58.9×
2016	30.2×	25.8×	46.3×
2015	37.5×	36.4×	47.9×
2014	42.3×	39.8×	62.9×
2013	55.7×	46.7×	71.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication nearest Proto Labs' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
PRLBProto Labs	68.5×
KALUKaiser Aluminum	8.3×
HLMNHillman Solutions	32.7×
XPELXPEL	21.9×
GEFGreif	n/m
AZZAZZ	23.8×
SLGNSilgan	15.4×
GFFGriffon	24.8×
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure	19.5×
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	20.2×
MTRNMATERION	51.5×
Peer median	21.9×

Where Proto Labs ranks

#26of 26Manufacturing metal fabrication stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.