The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-03-25), Proto Labs's share price is $37.02. Proto Labs's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $27.66. Hence, Proto Labs's PB Ratio of today is 1.34.
The historical rank and industry rank for Proto Labs's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
PRLB'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.8 Med: 4.32 Max: 9
Current: 1.34
During the past 13 years, Proto Labs's highest PB Ratio was 9.00. The lowest was 0.80. And the median was 4.32.
PRLB's PB Ratio is ranked better than 68.01% of 2923
companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 2.1
vs PRLB: 1.34
During the past 12 months, Proto Labs's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -2.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Proto Labs was 25.60% per year. The lowest was -2.80% per year. And the median was 14.85% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Proto Labs PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Proto Labs's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Proto Labs's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Proto Labs's PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Proto Labs's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Proto Labs's PB Ratio falls into.
Proto Labs PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Proto Labs's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Proto Labs PB Ratio Related Terms
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Proto Labs Inc is an on-demand manufacturer of custom parts for prototyping and short-run production. The company offers developers and engineers quick-turn production services to reduce the time to market. Proto Labs uses injection molding, computer numerical control machining, and 3-D printing to manufacture custom parts for its clients. The company services clients' needs for prototype solutions, parts for testing procedures, bridge production capabilities during disruptions in manufacturing processes, limited-quantity requests, and end-of-life production support. Geographically, a majority of the company's revenue is derived from the United States and the rest from Europe.
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