Proto Labs Inc

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Statements contained in this report regarding matters that are not historical or current facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our results to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements. Certain of these risk factors and others are described in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-Q, as well as our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on our future results. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Finally, we expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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Statements contained in this report regarding matters that are not historical or current facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our results to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements. Certain of these risk factors and others are described in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on our future results. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Finally, we expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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Benefits or costs related to disposal and exit activities. Costs related to disposal and exit activities is driven by our decision to close certain manufacturing facilities in Germany. The expenses consist primarily of operating expenses, including employee severance, write-down of fixed assets and facility-related charges. Benefits may result from adjustments to initial estimates regarding the nature and timing of disposal and exit activities.

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Costs related to disposal and exit activities. Costs related to disposal and exit activities is driven by our decision to close certain manufacturing facilities in Germany. The expenses consist primarily of operating expenses, including employee severance, write-down of fixed assets and facility-related charges. Benefits may result from adjustments to initial estimates regarding the nature and timing of disposal and exit activities.

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Stock-based compensation expense included in the statements of operations data above for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

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Stock-based compensation expense included in the statements of operations data above for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

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Our revenue decreased $1.7 million, or 1.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The decline in revenue was primarily driven by the leap year in 2024, resulting in a decrease in the number of operating days in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. By reportable segment, revenue in the United States decreased $1.2 million, or 1.2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Revenue in Europe decreased $0.5 million, or 1.8%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. International revenue was negatively impacted by $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 as a result of foreign currency movements, primarily due to the weakening of the British Pound and Euro relative to the United States Dollar.

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Our revenue increased $9.4 million, or 7.5%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The growth in revenue was primarily driven by an increase in average order value for our larger customers in the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. By reportable segment, revenue in the United States increased $12.2 million, or 12.4%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Revenue in Europe decreased $2.7 million, or 10.1%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. International revenue was favorably impacted by $1.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 as a result of foreign currency movements, primarily due to the strengthening of the British Pound and Euro relative to the United States Dollar.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we served 21,627 unique customer contacts, which is a decrease of 3.7% from the same period in 2024. Our customer contacts served decreased at a rate higher than our decrease in revenue. This was primarily due to our mix of customers served in the quarter as compared to the same period in 2024 and our strategic focus to earn larger orders from our customers as we strive to be their supplier of choice by serving their custom parts needs through the comprehensive offer of our factory and the Protolabs Network. Our revenue per customer contact grew 2.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

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During the three months ended June 30, 2025, we served 21,775 unique customer contacts, which is adecrease of 3.0% from the same period in 2024. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, our customer contacts served decreased while our revenue grew. This was primarily due to our mix of customers served in the quarter as compared to the same period in 2024 and our strategic focus to earn larger orders from our customers as we strive to be their supplier of choice by serving their custom parts needs through the comprehensive offer of our factory and the Protolabs Network. Our revenue per customer contact grew 10.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

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By product line, our revenue decrease was driven by a 7.5% decrease in Injection Molding revenue and a 6.4% decrease in 3D Printing revenue, partially offset by a 5.8% increase in CNC Machining revenue, an 18.5% increase in Sheet Metal revenue and a 46.3% increase in Other Revenue, in each case for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

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By product line, our revenue increase was driven by a 20.9% increase in CNC Machining revenue, a 9.7% increase in Sheet Metal revenue and a 69.7% increase in Other Revenue, partially offset by a 3.4% decrease in Injection Molding revenue and a 0.3% decrease in 3D Printing revenue, in each case for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

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Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue increased $0.1 million, or 0.1%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, while revenue decreased 1.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in the cost of revenue of $0.1 million was primarily driven by increases of $0.4 million in personnel and related costs during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, partially offset by decreases in equipment and facility-related costs of $0.3 million.

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Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue increased $6.2 million, or 9.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, while revenue increased 7.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The increase in the cost of revenue of $6.2 million was primarily driven by higher revenue volumes resulting in increases of $4.0 million in raw material and production and fulfillment related costs, and $2.4 million in personnel and related costs, primarily due to overtime, medical related costs and incentive compensation, during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, partially offset by decreases in equipment and facility-related costs of $0.2 million.

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Gross Profit and Gross Margin. Gross profit decreased $1.8 million, or 3.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Gross margin decreased from 44.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2024 to 44.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2025.

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Gross Profit and Gross Margin. Gross profit increased $3.2 million, or 5.7%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Gross margin decreased from 45.0% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 to 44.3% in the three months ended June 30, 2025.

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Marketing and Sales. Our marketing and sales expenses increased $0.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to increases in personnel and related costs of $0.4 million primarily due to merit increases and incentive compensation related to commissions and $0.2 million in marketing program costs.

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Marketing and Sales. Our marketing and sales expenses increased $1.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to increases in personnel and related costs of $1.4 million, primarily due to merit increases and incentive compensation related to commissions.

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Research and Development. Our research and development expenses decreased $0.6 million, or 5.0%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to decreases in personnel and related costs of $0.4 million primarily due largely to lower contract labor spend and $0.4 million in professional services, partially offset by increases of $0.2 million in operating costs.

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Research and Development. Our research and development expenses increased $0.5 million, or 4.8%, during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to increases in personnel and related costs of $0.8 million, primarily due to incentive compensation and contract labor, partially offset by decreases of $0.2 million in operating costs and $0.1 million in professional services.

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Benefits related to exit and disposal. Our decision to exit and close certain operations in Germany resulted in less than $0.1 million in personnel and related cost benefits during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The benefit is the result of timing of employee separation payments and changes from estimated amounts accrued in 2024. We had no costs related to exit and disposal activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

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Costs related to exit and disposal. Our decision to exit and close certain operations in Germany resulted in a $0.2 million expense related to the write-down of fixed assets and $0.1 million in personnel and related cost benefits during the three months ended June 30, 2025. These items are the result of changes from the estimated amounts accrued in 2024 and the timing of employee separation payments. We had no costs related to exit and disposal activities during the three months ended June 30, 2024.

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Other income, net. We recognized other income, net of $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $0.6 million compared to other income, net of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Other income, net for the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily consisted of $1.4 million in interest income on investments and other income. Other income, net for the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily consisted of $1.1 million in interest income on investments and other income, partially offset by $0.2 million of foreign currency losses.

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Other income, net. We recognized other income, net of $1.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, an increase of $0.3 million compared to other income, net of $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. Other income, net for the three months ended June 30, 2025 primarily consisted of $1.1 million in interest income on investments, $0.5 million of foreign currency gains and $0.1 million of other income. Other income, net for the three months ended June 30, 2024 primarily consisted of $1.5 million in interest income on investments and other income, partially offset by $0.1 million of foreign currency losses.

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Provision for Income Taxes. Our effective tax rate of 39.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 increased 8.1% compared to 31.8% for the same period in 2024. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily due to a one-time release of tax reserves arising from a successful audit closure in 2024, that did not repeat in 2025. Our income tax provision of $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 decreased $0.1 million as compared to our income tax provision of $2.5 million for the same period in 2024.

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Provision for Income Taxes. Our effective tax rate of 33.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 decreased 4.6% compared to 38.3% for the same period in 2024. The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily due to a decrease in tax expense from the vesting of restricted stock units and the exercise of stock options. Our income tax provision of $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 decreased $0.6 million as compared to our income tax provision of $2.8 million for the same period in 2024.

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General and Administrative. Our general and administrative expenses increased $0.5 million, or 3.3%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to by increases of $1.0 million in administrative costs, partially offset by decreases in personnel and related costs of $0.2 million primarily due to lower headcount and $0.3 million in stock based compensation.

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General and Administrative. Our general and administrative expenses increased $2.7 million, or 8.2%, during the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to increases of $1.5 million in personnel and related costs, primarily related to the previously disclosed CEO transition that occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2025, $1.2 million in administrative costs and $0.2 million in professional services, partially offset by decreases of $0.1 million in stock-based compensation and $0.1 million intangible amortization costs.

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The following table summarizes our cash flows during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

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The following table summarizes our cash flows during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

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Historically, we have primarily financed our operations and capital expenditures through cash flow from operations. We had cash and cash equivalents of $82.7 million as of March 31, 2025, a decrease of $6.4 million from December 31, 2024. The decrease in our cash was primarily due to $1.3 million for purchases of property, equipment and other capital assets, $6.6 million for purchases of marketable securities and $20.9 million in repurchases of common stock, which were partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $18.4 million and proceeds from call redemptions and maturities of marketable securities of $4.9 million.

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Historically, we have primarily financed our operations and capital expenditures through cash flow from operations. We had cash and cash equivalents of $90.4 million as of June 30, 2025, an increase of $1.3 million from December 31, 2024. The increase in our cash was primarily due to cash provided by operating activities of $29.0 million and proceeds from call redemptions and maturities of marketable securities of $10.2 million, partially offset by $24.0 million in repurchases of common stock, $11.1 million for purchases of marketable securities and $2.7 million for purchases of property, equipment and other capital assets.

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Cash flows from operating activities were $18.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and primarily consisted of net income of $3.6 million, adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization of $8.7 million, stock-based compensation expense of $4.0 million, changes in operating assets and liabilities and other items totaling $3.4 million and an impairment of a leased facility of $0.2 million, which were partially offset by deferred taxes of $1.6 million. Cash flows from operating activities were $21.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and primarily consisted of net income of $5.3 million, adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization of $9.1 million, stock-based compensation expense of $4.3 million and changes in operating assets and liabilities and other items totaling $4.9 million, which were partially offset by deferred taxes of $2.2 million.

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Cash flows from operating activities were $29.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and primarily consisted of net income of $8.0 million, adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization of $17.3 million, stock-based compensation expense of $8.3 million and an impairments on a leased facility and fixed assets of $0.4 million, which were partially offset by deferred taxes of $4.0 million and changes in operating assets and liabilities and other items totaling $1.0 million. Cash flows from operating activities were $35.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and primarily consisted of net income of $9.8 million, adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization of $18.1 million, stock-based compensation expense of $8.5 million and changes in operating assets and liabilities and other items totaling $3.5 million, which were partially offset by deferred taxes of $4.1 million.

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Cash flows from operating activities decreased $3.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to decreases in depreciation and amortization of $0.4 million, decreases in stock-based compensation of $0.3 million, decreases in net income of $1.7 million and changes in operating assets and liabilities totaling $1.5 million, which were partially offset by increases in deferred taxes of $0.7 million, and other property and equipment adjustments of $0.2 million.

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Cash flows from operating activities decreased $6.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to changes in operating assets and liabilities and other items totaling $4.5 million, decreases in net income of $1.8 million, decreases in depreciation and amortization of $0.8 million, decreases in stock-based compensation of $0.3 million, which were partially offset by increases in other property and equipment adjustments of $0.4 million and deferred taxes of $0.2 million.

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Cash used in investing activities was $2.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, consisting of $1.3 million for net purchases of property, equipment and other capital assets and $1.6 million of purchases of marketable securities, net of proceeds from call redemptions and maturities.

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Cash used in investing activities was $3.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025, consisting of $2.7 million for net purchases of property, equipment and other capital assets and $0.8 million of purchases of marketable securities, net of proceeds from call redemptions and maturities.

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Cash provided by investing activities was $4.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, consisting of $7.0 million in proceeds from call redemptions and maturities of marketable securities, which were partially offset by $2.6 million for net purchases of property, equipment and other capital assets.

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Cash provided by investing activities was $3.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024, consisting of $10.4 million in proceeds from call redemptions and maturities of marketable securities, which were partially offset by $6.7 million for net purchases of property, equipment and other capital assets.

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Cash used in financing activities was $21.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, consisting of $20.9 million in repurchases of common stock, $1.2 million in purchases of shares withheld for tax obligations associated with equity transactions and $0.1 million for repayments of finance lease obligations, which were partially offset by $0.3 million in proceeds related the exercise of non-qualified stock options.

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Cash used in financing activities was $25.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025, consisting of $24.0 million in repurchases of common stock, $3.1 million in purchases of shares withheld for tax obligations associated with equity transactions and $0.2 million for repayments of finance lease obligations, which were partially offset by $2.1 million in proceeds related to equity plans.

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Cash used in financing activities was $16.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, consisting of $16.0 million in repurchases of common stock, $0.5 million in purchases of shares withheld for tax obligations associated with equity transactions and $0.1 million for repayments of finance lease obligations.

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Cash used in financing activities was $26.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024, consisting of $26.9 million in repurchases of common stock, $1.9 million in purchases of shares withheld for tax obligations associated with equity transactions and $0.2 million for repayments of finance lease obligations, which were partially offset by $2.1 million in proceeds from issuance of common stock from equity plans.

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We have adopted various accounting policies to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgements and assumptions. Our significant accounting policies and estimates are disclosed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included Part II, Item 8 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

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We have adopted various accounting policies to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgements and assumptions. Our significant accounting policies and estimates are disclosed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included Part II, Item 8 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the six months ended June 30, 2025.