PROTO LABS INC PRLB
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 743713109 · ISIN US7437131094
Rapid manufacturing company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryFabricated Structural Metal Products
- HeadquartersMaple Plain, MN
- Founded1999
- Websiteprotolabs.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($5.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 25.3m as of 2024-04-30, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $35.74. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($5.8m notional), 6 hold puts ($1.9m).
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 211 |
| Q4 2022 | 199 |
| Q1 2023 | 200 |
| Q2 2023 | 194 |
| Q3 2023 | 186 |
| Q4 2023 | 220 |
| Q1 2024 | 204 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 102 | 97 |
| Q1 2023 | 86 | 94 |
| Q2 2023 | 69 | 99 |
| Q3 2023 | 74 | 93 |
| Q4 2023 | 90 | 100 |
| Q1 2024 | 82 | 114 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $4.6m | $1.5m | 0.32 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.2m | $962.6k | 0.78 |
| Q4 2023 | $4.7m | $1.6m | 0.35 |
| Q1 2024 | $5.8m | $1.9m | 0.33 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +665.3k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN | Added | +170.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +168.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +146.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +141.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +98.7k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | Added | +85.4k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | Added | +69.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +57.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +47.0k |
Biggest sellers
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Sold out | -207.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -115.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -53.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -45.3k |
| ARK Investment Management LLC | Reduced | -41.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -40.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -36.0k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -33.1k |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Sold out | -31.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -30.0k |
Biggest calls
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $3.2m89.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.3m36.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $886.6k24.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $210.9k5.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $203.0k5.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $775.8k21.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $514.8k14.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $357.5k10.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $164.4k4.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $114.0k3.2k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-17 | 15.0% |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 13G · institution -0.5 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 10.0% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP (4.8%, 2026-07-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q1 2024.
Holders, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.4m $158.0m | Reduced -53.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0m $106.5m | Added +57.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $99.4m | Added +665.3k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 1.25% of their portfolio | 1.9m $68.3m | Added +170.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $41.0m | Added +32.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 979.9k $35.0m | Added +168.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 566.6k $20.3m | Added +7.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 516.7k $18.5m | Reduced -10.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 444.1k $15.9m | Reduced -36.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 437.7k $15.6m | Added +146.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 380.0k $13.6m | Added +4.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 329.4k $11.8m | Added +39.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 292.4k $10.5m | Reduced -6.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 276.7k $9.9m | Reduced -25.0k |
| S SQUARED TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4.46% of their portfolio | 272.0k $9.7m | Added +20.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 259.0k $9.3m | Reduced -33.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 242.1k $8.7m | Added +7.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 226.5k $8.1m | Added +141.3k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.6k $7.5m | Reduced -9.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 204.3k $7.3m | Added +47.0k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 170.0k $6.1m | Added +1.6k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 161.6k $5.8m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.4k $5.8m | Reduced -45.3k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 158.9k $5.7m | Added +85.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.2k $5.4m | Reduced -8.1k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 147.0k $5.3m | Added +69.3k |
| Meros Investment Management, LP 2.20% of their portfolio | 137.6k $4.9m | Added +374 |
| ARK Investment Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 136.5k $4.9m | Reduced -41.9k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 134.3k $4.8m | Added +6.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.9k $4.8m | Reduced -11.4k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.33% of their portfolio | 118.1k $4.2m | Added +17.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.6k $4.2m | Reduced -29.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.1k $4.0m | Added +98.7k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.0k $3.9m | Reduced -27.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.0k $3.6m | Reduced -12.7k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.25% of their portfolio | 97.5k $3.5m | Reduced -19.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.3k $3.5m | Added +24.2k |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 92.5k $3.3m | Added +507 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.0k $3.0m | Added +186 |
| Crawford Fund Management, LLC 2.29% of their portfolio | 82.0k $2.9m | Added +29.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.3k $2.7m | Reduced -308 |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 73.2k $2.6m | Added +895 |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 71.1k $2.5m | Reduced -540 |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 62.9k $2.3m | Added +25.1k |
| Partnership Wealth Management, LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 62.4k $2.2m | Reduced -5.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.3k $2.0m | Added +1.4k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.9k $1.9m | Reduced -12.8k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.5k $1.9m | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.9k $1.8m | Reduced -600 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.2k $1.8m | Reduced -30.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.8k $1.7m | Reduced -115.8k |
| AIMZ Investment Advisors, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 47.5k $1.7m | Reduced -75 |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.0k $1.6m | Reduced -5.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.7k $1.6m | New |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.1k $1.5m | Added +12.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.1k $1.5m | Reduced -397 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.7k $1.5m | Added +3.6k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.4k $1.4m | Added +25.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.4k $1.3m | Reduced -6.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.7k $1.2m | Reduced -12.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.6k $1.2m | Reduced -19.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.0k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 31.3k $1.1m | Reduced -2.3k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.3k $1.1m | Added +2.3k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 29.6k $1.1m | Reduced -6.7k |
| QRG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.0k $1.0m | Added +3.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.7k $991.0k | Reduced -756 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.6k $986.0k | Added +4.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.6k $984.9k | Reduced -10.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.8k $922.5k | Reduced -1.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.9k $890.6k | Reduced -142 |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.6k $880.2k | Added +1.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.9k $855.6k | Reduced -22.7k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.6k $842.6k | Reduced -40.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.9k $817.7k | Added +1.7k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.6k $806.8k | Added +534 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $800.0k | Reduced -607 |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.2k $795.3k | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.1k $788.8k | Added +201 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.9k $781.0k | Unchanged |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.7k $689.7k | Unchanged |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.5k $734.3k | Reduced -879 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.3k $724.3k | Added +7.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $716.6k | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.2k $685.2k | Added +1.8k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.3k $538.5k | Added +1.2k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.1k $611.0k | Reduced -1.1k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.8k $509.0k | Reduced -663 |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.7k $561.0k | Reduced -155 |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.6k $556.7k | Reduced -1.6k |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.8k $529.0k | Reduced -512 |
| GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 14.5k $518.4k | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.3k $511.6k | Added +8.4k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $503.7k | Reduced -1.8k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $501.9k | Unchanged |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $501.2k | Reduced -1.7k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $500.2k | Reduced -333 |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.9k $495.7k | Added +5.2k |
| Versor Investments LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 13.3k $475.5k | Added +1.2k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.1k $469.0k | New |