Proto Labs Scores First-Quarter Beat, Fueled By Order Growth, Higher-Margin Factory Business
Proto Labs Scores First-Quarter Beat, Fueled By Order Growth, Higher-Margin Factory Business
Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB) shares are trading higher after it reported first-quarter FY24 revenue growth of 1.6% Y/Y to $127.89 million, beating the consensus of $124.68 million.
Proto Labs, Inc.（纽约证券交易所代码：PRLB）公布的24财年第一季度收入同比增长1.6％，至1.2789亿美元，超过市场普遍预期的1.2468亿美元，股价走高。
Protolabs Network revenue increased 38.9% Y/Y to $23.9 million in the quarter.
本季度Protolabs网络收入同比增长38.9％，至2390万美元。
Adjusted gross margin expanded to 45.6% from 43.4% for the quarter.
调整后的毛利率从本季度的43.4％扩大至45.6％。
Adjusted operating income increased to $12.1 million (from $9.0 million a year ago), and the margin was 9.5%, up from 7.2% a year ago.
调整后的营业收入从去年同期的900万美元增至1,210万美元，利润率为9.5％，高于去年同期的7.2％。
Adjusted EBITDA increased to $20.2 million (15.8% of revenue) from $17.8 million (14.1% of revenue) a year ago.
调整后的息税折旧摊销前利润从去年同期的1,780万美元（占收入的14.1％）增至2,020万美元（占收入的15.8％）。
The digital manufacturing company posted an adjusted EPS of $0.40, an improvement from $0.30 Y/Y, beating the consensus of $0.31.
这家数字制造公司公布的调整后每股收益为0.40美元，较去年同期0.30美元有所改善，超过了市场预期的0.31美元。
Protolabs' cash flow from operations for the quarter totaled $21.3 million, and the cash and investments balance was $112.9 million as of March-end.
Protolabs本季度的运营现金流总额为2,130万美元，截至3月底，现金和投资余额为1.129亿美元。
Dan Schumacher, Chief Financial Officer, said, "Our results were driven by increased order growth relative to the beginning of the year as well as strong performance in our higher-margin Factory business. We remain committed to returning capital to shareholders as we repurchased $16.0 million of common stock in the quarter, equivalent to 85% of free cash flow."
首席财务官丹·舒马赫表示：“我们的业绩是由相对于年初的订单增长以及利润率更高的工厂业务的强劲表现所推动的。我们仍然致力于向股东返还资本，因为我们在本季度回购了1,600万美元的普通股，相当于自由现金流的85％。”
Q2 Outlook: Protolabs expects to generate revenue between $122 million-$130 million versus $128.26 million consensus and sees adjusted EPS of $0.30-$0.38 versus $0.39 consensus.
第二季度展望：Protolabs预计将创造1.22亿至1.3亿美元的收入，而预期收入为1.2826亿美元，调整后的每股收益为0.30美元至0.38美元，而预期的收益为0.39美元。
Investors can gain exposure to the stock via 3D Printing (The) ETF (BATS:PRNT) and Pacer BlueStar Engineering The Future ETF (NASDAQ:BULD).
投资者可以通过3D打印（The）ETF（BATS: PRNT）和Pacer BlueStar工程未来ETF（纳斯达克股票代码：BULD）获得股票敞口。
Price Action: PRLB shares are trading higher by 5.59% at $32.88 at the last check Friday.
价格走势：在周五的最后一次支票中，PRLB股价上涨5.59％，至32.88美元。
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