Sei Investments Co. Takes $503,000 Position in Proto Labs, Inc. $PRLB

Sei Investments Co. purchased a new stake in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 8,819 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $503,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN boosted its holdings in Proto Labs by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 2,722,011 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $108,989,000 after purchasing an additional 51,293 shares during the period. Rubric Capital Management LP increased its holdings in shares of Proto Labs by 8.6% during the third quarter. Rubric Capital Management LP now owns 1,123,338 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $56,201,000 after purchasing an additional 89,167 shares during the period. American Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Proto Labs by 126.0% during the fourth quarter. American Capital Management Inc. now owns 631,311 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $31,938,000 after purchasing an additional 352,015 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its position in shares of Proto Labs by 3.0% in the third quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 460,618 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $23,045,000 after buying an additional 13,488 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Proto Labs by 9.5% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 363,013 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $18,365,000 after buying an additional 31,585 shares in the last quarter. 84.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PRLB. Zacks Research raised Proto Labs from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered Proto Labs from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 18th. Weiss Ratings raised Proto Labs from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Benchmark upped their target price on Proto Labs from $70.00 to $91.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised Proto Labs from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $87.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, August 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and three have given a Buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Proto Labs has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $89.00.

Proto Labs Stock Performance

Shares of PRLB stock opened at $91.77 on Friday. Proto Labs, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $45.10 and a fifty-two week high of $93.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $79.89 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $69.13. The company has a market cap of $2.20 billion, a PE ratio of 73.42 and a beta of 1.40.

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 31st. The industrial products company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $149.34 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $144.53 million. Proto Labs had a return on equity of 4.80% and a net margin of 5.44%.Proto Labs’s revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.41 EPS. Proto Labs has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.560-0.640 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Proto Labs, Inc. will post 1.46 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Proto Labs news, Director Sven Wehrwein sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.28, for a total transaction of $154,560.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 32,505 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,511,986.40. The trade was a 5.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.

Proto Labs Profile

Proto Labs, Inc is a digital manufacturing company that offers on-demand production services for custom parts and prototypes. Utilizing technologies such as 3D printing (additive manufacturing), CNC machining and injection molding, the company transforms digital CAD designs into functional parts on accelerated timelines. Its platform-driven process combines automated quoting, rapid tool generation and manufacturing execution to serve product developers, engineers and small- to medium-sized production runs.

Founded in 1999 by Larry Lukis, Proto Labs has championed the application of digital workflows to traditional manufacturing methods.