Proto Labs is a digital manufacturer of custom prototypes and production parts. Co.'s manufacturing product lines include: Injection Molding, which uses three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design-to-computer numerical control (CNC) machining technology for the automated design and manufacture of molds; CNC Machining, which uses CNC machines to provide milling and turning; 3D Printing, which includes stereolithography, selective laser sintering, direct metal laser sintering, Multi Jet Fusion, PolyJet, Carbon Digital Light Synthesis and fused deposition modeling processes; and Sheet Metal, which includes e-commerce-enabled custom sheet metal parts. We show 48 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our PRLB shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute PRLB market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing PRLB market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing PRLB's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of PRLB versus a peer is one thing; comparing
PRLB market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like PRLB can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching PRLB by allowing them to research the PRLB market cap history. |
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