Seasonality
PRLB seasonality — Protolabs
Over the last 11 years, PRLB's strongest month on average has been November (+10.4%) and its weakest October (-8.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +7.95% | +5.12% | 80% | +38.1% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.27% | +0.29% | 50% | +17.9% | -31.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.77% | -6.68% | 20% | +7.9% | -16.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.14% | +0.85% | 60% | +33.4% | -19.4% | 10 |
| May | +5.08% | +6.05% | 80% | +24.4% | -20.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.96% | +3.89% | 60% | +15.6% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.59% | +3.49% | 60% | +12.7% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.76% | -4.00% | 40% | +24.7% | -21.5% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.09% | -1.76% | 50% | +18.5% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Oct | -8.19% | -7.76% | 20% | +8.7% | -27.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +10.44% | +7.74% | 67% | +53.3% | -30.6% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.99% | +1.00% | 50% | +11.0% | -12.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PRLB
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.1 | 17.9 | -8.2 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 7.6 | -7.9 | 6.7 | 18.5 | -27.4 | -4.7 | +29.9% | |
| 2025 | 6.8 | -4.4 | -12.1 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 15.5 | 0.4 | -0.5 | 2.1 | -0.5 | +29.4% |
| 2024 | -7.4 | 0.9 | -1.9 | -14.7 | 1.6 | -0.3 | 12.7 | -12.2 | -4.0 | -6.7 | 50.3 | -5.1 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 19.9 | 2.8 | 5.4 | -13.2 | 6.9 | 13.7 | -5.2 | -11.0 | -10.5 | -10.6 | 53.3 | 7.6 | +52.6% |
| 2022 | -2.3 | 12.1 | -5.9 | -19.4 | 13.1 | -0.7 | 2.2 | -21.5 | -5.1 | 4.8 | -30.6 | -3.7 | -50.3% |
| 2021 | 38.1 | -31.2 | -16.4 | -8.0 | -20.2 | 2.7 | -14.8 | -5.2 | -10.2 | -10.2 | -16.2 | 2.5 | -66.5% |
| 2020 | 1.9 | -15.3 | -13.1 | 33.4 | 24.4 | -11.0 | 6.8 | 22.4 | -11.9 | -8.8 | 17.0 | 11.0 | +51.1% |
| 2019 | 10.1 | -9.0 | -7.0 | 4.4 | -8.6 | 15.6 | -10.3 | -9.0 | 7.8 | -5.0 | -0.1 | 4.8 | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 6.2 | -0.4 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | -1.4 | 4.8 | 24.7 | 4.0 | -26.1 | 7.7 | -12.4 | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 4.0 | -6.4 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 9.9 | -2.8 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 7.1 | +100.6% |
| 2016 | -1.4 |