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.（紐約證券交易所代碼：PRLB）公佈的24財年第一季度收入同比增長1.6％，至1.2789億美元，超過市場普遍預期的1.2468億美元，股價走高。
Protolabs Network revenue increased 38.9% Y/Y to $23.9 million in the quarter.
本季度Protolabs網絡收入同比增長38.9％，至2390萬美元。
Adjusted gross margin expanded to 45.6% from 43.4% for the quarter.
調整後的毛利率從本季度的43.4％擴大至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.
調整後的營業收入從去年同期的900萬美元增至1,210萬美元，利潤率爲9.5％，高於去年同期的7.2％。
Adjusted EBITDA increased to $20.2 million (15.8% of revenue) from $17.8 million (14.1% of revenue) a year ago.
調整後的息稅折舊攤銷前利潤從去年同期的1,780萬美元（佔收入的14.1％）增至2,020萬美元（佔收入的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.
這家數字製造公司公佈的調整後每股收益爲0.40美元，較去年同期0.30美元有所改善，超過了市場預期的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本季度的運營現金流總額爲2,130萬美元，截至3月底，現金和投資餘額爲1.129億美元。
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."
首席財務官丹·舒馬赫表示：“我們的業績是由相對於年初的訂單增長以及利潤率更高的工廠業務的強勁表現所推動的。我們仍然致力於向股東返還資本，因爲我們在本季度回購了1,600萬美元的普通股，相當於自由現金流的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預計將創造1.22億至1.3億美元的收入，而預期收入爲1.2826億美元，調整後的每股收益爲0.30美元至0.38美元，而預期的收益爲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).
投資者可以通過3D打印（The）ETF（BATS: PRNT）和Pacer BlueStar工程未來ETF（納斯達克股票代碼：BULD）獲得股票敞口。
Price Action: PRLB shares are trading higher by 5.59% at $32.88 at the last check Friday.
價格走勢：在週五的最後一次支票中，PRLB股價上漲5.59％，至32.88美元。