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                                    How does PRLB's 2024 EPS compare to industry peers?
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                                        4/5/2025 05:20pm
                                    </span></div></div></div> <div class="seo-text-answer" data-v-0eba195e="">Proto Labs (PRLB) reported a diluted EPS of $0.66 for 2024, which is within the range of the Machinery industry peers. This indicates that PRLB's EPS is comparable to others in the same industry, suggesting a reasonable performance relative to competitors.


|code|Ticker|Name|Date|Diluted EPS|market_code|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|PRLB|PRLB.N|Proto Labs|2024 Q1|0.2|169|
|PRLB|PRLB.N|Proto Labs|2024 Q2|0.18|169|
|PRLB|PRLB.N|Proto Labs|2024 Q3|0.29|169|

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