---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-002945"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRLB"
cik: "0001443669"
company_name: "Proto Labs Inc"
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:51:26.625549+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Protolabs Q4 revenue down 6.5% to $115.6M; net loss $115.1M on $118M goodwill impairment; buyback increased to $250M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $115.6M (-6.5% YoY); full-year record $488.4M.
- Q4 net loss $115.1M ($4.24/share) includes $118.0M goodwill impairment; non-GAAP net income $7.0M ($0.26).
- Hubs digital network revenue $14.8M (+49.6% YoY, +22.2% sequentially).
- Board increased share repurchase authorization by $50M to $250M; $132.3M remaining as of Dec 31, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-002945
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRLB
- cik: 0001443669
- company_name: Proto Labs Inc
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774923002945/0001437749-23-002945-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774923002945/prlb20230206_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-002945.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Proto Labs Inc reported the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $115.6 million, net income $115.1 million, EPS ($4.24) per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $115.6 million
  - Net income: $115.1 million
  - EPS: ($4.24) per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: revenue of $115.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774923002945/0001437749-23-002945-index.htm

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