Proto Labs Inc (PRLB): Today's Featured Industrial Winner
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) pushed the Industrial industry higher today making it today's featured industrial winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Proto Labs rose $1.34 (1.9%) to $70.92 on light volume. Throughout the day, 182,732 shares of Proto Labs exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 461,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $69.03-$71.60 after having opened the day at $69.16 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.58. Other companies within the Industrial industry that increased today were:
Wowjoint Holdings
(
BWOW
), up 44.0%,
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), up 37.5%,
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TheStreet Recommends
), up 26.9% and
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), up 18.4%.
Proto Labs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures computer numerical control (CNC) machined and injection molded custom parts for prototyping and short-run production. Proto Labs has a market cap of $1.8 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 76.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Proto Labs a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Proto Labs as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing.
- You can view the full Proto Labs Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
China Recycling Energy Corporation
(
), down 19.5%,
(
), down 6.6%,
Bonso Electronics International
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), down 5.7% and
(
), down 4.7% , were all laggards within the industrial industry with
(
) being today's industrial industry laggard.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial industry could consider
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
) while those bearish on the industrial industry could consider
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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