Both in Materials Manufacturing
PROTO LABS vs Kaiser Aluminum
Over the past year PRLB returned +29.9% and KALU returned +31.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.
PRLB +29.9% KALU +31.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | PRLB | KALU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $68.89 | $116.28 |
| Market cap | $1.64B | $1.90B |
| Today | −11.27% | −2.96% |
| 1 month | −27.0% | −21.6% |
| 6 months | +5.7% | −33.1% |
| Year to date | +36.2% | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +30.8% | +25.5% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +10.6% | +44.0% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 9.5% |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 2.6% |
| P/E (TTM) | 54.0× | 8.7× |
| Price / sales | 2.9× | 0.4× |
| Net cash | $142.6M | -$921.4M |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.65% |
| Volatility (60d) | 55.6% | 79.0% |
| Short % of float | 2.8% | 6.1% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).