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'Superperformance' Stocks Mid-May Update
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3D Printing Short Report (As Of April 30th)
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Proto Labs Downside Underscored By 3D Systems Deal
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Proto Labs, Inc. to Present at the Jefferies 2013 Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Proto Labs' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
Proto Labs Reports Record Revenue and Net Income for the First Quarter 2013

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Proto Labs Ltd. Wins Queen's Award for Second Time

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
Proto Labs: A 3-D Horror Show Not Worth The Price Of Admission
Keubiko • Wed, Apr 17 • 45 Comments
'Superperformance' Stocks: Potential New Stars
ONeil Trader • Tue, Apr 9 • 8 Comments
Proto Labs Sets Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Business Wire (Apr 3, 2013)
Rapid Prototyping Continues To Explode While The Stocks Take A Breather
Stone Fox Capital • Sun, Mar 24 • 38 Comments
3D Systems: Where Is The Bottom?
ONeil Trader • Tue, Mar 19 • 48 Comments
Proto Labs Helps Bring Maze-O Closer to the Masses

Business Wire (Mar 19, 2013)
The Best Stock For The Next Industrial Revolution
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3D Printer Company Market Watch
Mikko Dahlbom • Sun, Mar 17 • 19 Comments
3D Printing: Profiting From The Revolution
Emerging Growth • Fri, Mar 8 • 6 Comments
3D Printing's Intersection Of Promise And Reality: An Interview With Terry Wohlers
Atlas Shrugged • Tue, Feb 26 • 19 Comments
Proto Labs, Inc. to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

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Proto Labs Downside Underscored By 3D Systems Deal
Keubiko • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
Proto Labs: A 3-D Horror Show Not Worth The Price Of Admission
Keubiko • Wed, Apr 17 • 45 Comments
The Best Stock For The Next Industrial Revolution
StreetAuthority • Mon, Mar 18 • 3 Comments
3D Printing: Profiting From The Revolution
Emerging Growth • Fri, Mar 8 • 6 Comments
Proto Labs: Living In The Material World
Growth Stock Insider • Mon, Jan 14
IPO Preview: Proto Lab
IPOdesktop • Thu, Feb 23, 2012 • 9 Comments
Proto Labs Turns Virtual 3D Into Real Products
IPO Candy • Tue, Feb 21, 2012

'Superperformance' Stocks Mid-May Update
ONeil Trader • Wed, May 15
3D Printing Short Report (As Of April 30th)
Profit Fan • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
'Superperformance' Stocks: Potential New Stars
ONeil Trader • Tue, Apr 9 • 8 Comments
Rapid Prototyping Continues To Explode While The Stocks Take A Breather
Stone Fox Capital • Sun, Mar 24 • 38 Comments
3D Systems: Where Is The Bottom?
ONeil Trader • Tue, Mar 19 • 48 Comments
3D Printer Company Market Watch
Mikko Dahlbom • Sun, Mar 17 • 19 Comments
3D Printing's Intersection Of Promise And Reality: An Interview With Terry Wohlers
Atlas Shrugged • Tue, Feb 26 • 19 Comments
Wednesday Options Brief: RATE, AZN & PRLB
Interactive Brokers • Wed, Feb 13
Cramer's Mad Money - What The 8 Best IPOs Of 2012 Have In Common (1/28/13)
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5 Small Cap Industrial Stocks Poised For Growth And Loaded With Cash
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Finding Bright Spots In A Mixed IPO Market
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5 Highly Liquid Industrial Stocks With Strong Growth Projections
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Stratasys: Earnings Preview
Stone Fox Capital • Tue, Jul 31, 2012 • 6 Comments
7 Fast Growth Small Cap Industrials With Strong Cash Reserves
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3D Systems Earnings Preview
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4 Fast Growing Industrials With Strong Cash Reserves
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4 Cash Heavy Small Cap Industrials With Strong Projected Growth
ZetaKap • Mon, May 28, 2012 • 1 Comment

Proto Labs' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
Proto Labs' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 13 • 1 Comment

Flipout Tantrum Electric Screwdriver Receives Cool Idea! Award

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Proto Labs, Inc. to Present at the Jefferies 2013 Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Proto Labs Reports Record Revenue and Net Income for the First Quarter 2013

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Proto Labs Ltd. Wins Queen's Award for Second Time

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
Proto Labs Sets Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Business Wire (Apr 3, 2013)
Proto Labs Helps Bring Maze-O Closer to the Masses

Business Wire (Mar 19, 2013)
Robot Revolution: How to Stay Calm and Make Money

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Proto Labs, Inc. to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

Business Wire (Feb 20, 2013)
Proto Labs Helps Bring Mobility to Amputees in the Developing World

Business Wire (Feb 19, 2013)
Obama's Boost Only Added to 3-D Stocks' Rally

at CNBC.com (Feb 15, 2013)
Proto Labs Reports Record Revenue and Net Income for the Fourth Quarter 2012

Business Wire (Feb 13, 2013)
Proto Labs Approves Materials for Export

Business Wire (Feb 7, 2013)
Jim Cramer on IPOs - Separating the Best from the Rest

at CNBC.com (Jan 28, 2013)
Proto Labs Sets Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Business Wire (Jan 9, 2013)
Proto Labs, Inc. to Present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference

Business Wire (Jan 7, 2013)
Proto Labs Expands Protomold Materials

Business Wire (Dec 19, 2012)
Proto Labs Announces the Full Exercise of the Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares and Completion of Its Follow-On Public Offering

Business Wire (Nov 21, 2012)
Proto Labs Announces the Pricing of its Follow-On Public Offering

Business Wire (Nov 15, 2012)
Proto Labs Announces Public Offering of Common Stock

Business Wire (Nov 12, 2012)
Proto Labs Files Registration Statement for Proposed Follow-On Offering

Business Wire (Oct 31, 2012)

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Company Description

We are a leading online and technology-enabled quick-turn manufacturer of custom parts for prototyping and short-run production. We provide “Real Parts, Really Fast” to product developers worldwide, who are under increasing pressure to bring their finished products to market faster than their... More

Sector: Industrial Goods

Industry: Machine Tools & Accessories

Country: United States

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Thursday, April 25, 6:06 AM Proto Labs (PRLB): Q1 EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $37.3M (+25% Y/Y) beats by $0.52M. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, April 18, 5:53 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: RH +8%. IMRS +6%. BGS +5%. CPHD +5%. PRLB +5%.
After-hours top losers: AIRM -15%. CIE -6%. LSCC -5%. AMD -5%. TAHO -4%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, April 17, 3:35 PM Shares of Proto Labs (PRLB -1%) are seeing some volatility late in the session in response to a negative article in SeekingAlpha this afternoon. The article accuses the company of spinning the impact of 3D printing on its business in the hope that some of the hype will boost its stock, but the technology could actually destroy the company. The article also notes heavy insider selling, but it's worth noting that the author is also short the stock as well. 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
Friday, March 22, 6:01 PM Industrial prototyping firm Proto Labs (PRLB), sometimes hyped as a 3D printing play, says it has no plans to become a 3D printer maker. The company does, however, plan to make its first-ever acquisition in order to improve its manufacturing expertise. CEO Bradley Cleveland says his company plans to "maintain at least 25 percent top-line growth" in the coming years - analysts currently expect Proto Labs to grow its top line 25% this year, and 22% next year. Comment! [Tech]
Friday, March 15, 12:51 PM Stratasys (SSYS -2.8%) slumps following a Neutral coverage launch from Sidoti, which has set a $76 PT. 3D Systems (DDD -4.4%), meanwhile, is adding to the losses it saw yesterday following news CTO/co-founder Charles Hull unloaded over half his stake. Also lower: PRLB -3.5%. XONE -2.7%. 2 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, March 4, 8:18 AM Shares of Stratasys (SSYS) move 11.5% higher premarket after the company beats the estimates of analysts with its long-awaited Q4 earnings report. The 3D printing sector could see a boost from Stratasys' strong results which highlighted what the company's CEO calls "rapidly growing" interest in additive manufacturing worldwide. Peer watch: XONE +4.2%, PRLB inactive, DDD +4.9%. 7 Comments [Tech]
Monday, February 25, 9:16 AM 3D Systems (DDD) -9.5% following its mixed Q4 results. The 3D printer maker, whose 3-for-2 split goes into effect today, is guiding for 2013 revenue of $440M-$485M and $1-$1.15 vs. a split-adjusted consensus of $442.2M and $1.05. Q4 gross margin was 51.7%, -10 bps Q/Q and +460 bps Y/Y. Backlog +23% Q/Q to $11.4M. R&D spending (the subject of some criticism) +70% Y/Y to $7.8M (8% of revenue). SG&A +51% to $26.5M. Q4's 45% growth a slowdown from Q3's 57%. SSYS -6.5%. XONE -5.2%. PRLB -3.3%. CC underway (webcast). (PR) (slides) 11 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Friday, February 15, 1:12 PM Volatile 3D Systems (DDD -5.6%) continues to sell off in the wake of Citron Research's bearish report. Some industry peers are also falling: PRLB -4.1%. XONE -3.7%. SSYS -1.6%. Fidelity recently disclosed it bought 3.1M shares of 3D Systems in Q4, raising its stake in the company to 6.1%. 27 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
Thursday, February 14, 2:12 PM 3D Systems (DDD -5.8%) spikes lower after Citron Research declares it a "bubble stock" in a new report (.pdf). The short-seller compares the current hype surrounding 3D printing to the dot.com, real estate, and alternative energy bubbles, criticizes 3D's low R&D spending and aggressive M&A strategy (so have some SA writers), and accuses management of providing a torrent of misleading promotional rhetoric. Also lower: SSYS -6.3%. XONE -2.1%. PRLB -7.7%. 26 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Breaking News, Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, February 13, 12:45 PM Midday top 10 gainers: RSOL +76%. RCON +27%. TRLA +25%. PRLB +24%. RPXC +22%. PRO +18%. ICAD +17%. PES +13%. AMRI +12%. VG +11%.
Midday top 10 losers: LTRE -21%. EZCH -21%. RATE -19%. RAX -18%. CLF -18%. MPG -17%. FBN -17%. NAII -16%. ATOS -14%. ZN -13%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, February 13, 10:37 AM Measurement/inspection toolmaker Perceptron (PRCP -12.5%) and injection molding/machining firm Proto Labs (PRLB +24.2%), two companies hyped as 3D printing plays (though some disagree about PRCP), head in opposite directions following their calendar Q4 reports. PRCP missed revenue estimates thanks to a 35% Y/Y drop in Americas sales, and is guiding for FY13 revenue to be roughly flat - the consensus is for a 5.2% increase. PRLB beat estimates and saw a 570 bps Y/Y increase in gross margin to 62.5%. CIMT +12.4%. XONE +5.5%. DDD +4.1%. Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Wednesday, February 13, 6:01 AM Proto Labs (PRLB): Q4 EPS of $0.31 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $33.6M (+31% Y/Y) beats by $0.94M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, February 13, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ASPS, AVEO, CPN, DE, DF, DPS, DUK, EZCH, FBN, H, HSP, LO, PES, PRLB, TLM, TRI, VG, WCG, WFR 1 Comment [Earnings]
Tuesday, February 12, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ASPS, AVEO, CPN, DE, DF, DPS, DUK, EZCH, FBN, H, HSP, LO, PES, PRLB, TLM, TRI, VG, WCG, WFR Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, November 2, 2012, 9:32 AM More on Stratasys' (SSYS -0.1%) Q3: The company now expects 2012 revenue of $194M-$199M and EPS of $1.31-$1.38, in-line with a consensus of $195.7M and $1.35. Unit growth surged to 52% Y/Y, boosted by demand for Stratasys' relatively inexpensive Mojo commercial 3D printer. Total system revenue +27% and consumables +23%, a slowdown from Q2's +33% and +34%. Gross margin was 56.2%, up from Q2's 53%. 3D Systems (DDD +1.2%), which reported last week (I, II), is trading higher. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 11:04 AM Custom parts manufacturer Proto Labs (PRLB +0.8%) says it and certain stockholders have filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed public offering of $100M in shares. The company recently had around 24.3M shares outstanding. (S-1) Comment! [Consumer]

ONeil Trader
Superperformance stocks - mid-May update http://goo.gl/QMrRv $TSLA $DDD $SNTS $PRLB $SPY
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Superperformance stocks doing very well since the article http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ $TSLA 90% $DDD +35% $PRLB +25% $SNTS +20%
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Skull & Bones: EVERYTHING performs during the "Euphoria" Phase of the Market Cycle.
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ONeil Trader: Not everything. Look at gold and silver stocks just as an example, and many more.
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ONeil Trader
Low volume pullback in $SNTS, looking good... potential superperformance stock http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ along with $DDD $PRLB $TSLA
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The new superperformance stocks http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ they are up between 15% and 45% in one month $DDD $TSLA $SNTS $PRLB $STUDY
May 7, 9:56 AM
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J. A. Saglimbeni: Long $PRLB, as you know O-Trader...and $DDD is acting well as of late.
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ONeil Trader: $DDD not today, but looking good, $PRLB behaving rather nicely after a sharp move down few weeks ago
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ONeil Trader
All potential superperformers doing well since the article was published http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ $DDD $PRLB $SNTS $TSLA
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J. A. Saglimbeni
Regret sells this year: $AAPL @$399 and $MSFT @$29, but I did go into $PKG, $SRCL and $PRLB. so not really crying...
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Superperformance stocks, part 3 http://stks.co/aQ9n $DDD $PRLB $SNTS $TSLA
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ONeil Trader
$PRLB another strong move today, all time highs
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Michael Bryant
Proto Labs ($PRLB) has also done very well since its IPO last year. http://yhoo.it/10Xi9yi;c=
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Michael Bryant
Natural Grocers ($NGVC), Proto Labs ($PRLB), Bloomin' Brands ($BLMN), Gartner ($IT), & B/E Aerospace ($BEAV) rose Wednesday on unusual vol.
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Michael Bryant: This is the 2nd day $NGVC showed up. Institutional buying???
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ONeil Trader
Superperformance stocks doing very well since the article http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ $TSLA 90% $DDD +35% $PRLB +25% $SNTS +20%
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Skull & Bones: EVERYTHING performs during the "Euphoria" Phase of the Market Cycle.
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ONeil Trader
The new superperformance stocks http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ they are up between 15% and 45% in one month $DDD $TSLA $SNTS $PRLB $STUDY
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J. A. Saglimbeni: Long $PRLB, as you know O-Trader...and $DDD is acting well as of late.
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ONeil Trader: $DDD not today, but looking good, $PRLB behaving rather nicely after a sharp move down few weeks ago
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Natural Grocers ($NGVC), Proto Labs ($PRLB), Bloomin' Brands ($BLMN), Gartner ($IT), & B/E Aerospace ($BEAV) rose Wednesday on unusual vol.
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$PRLB breaking the $50 level http://goo.gl/RZ1EZ
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J. A. Saglimbeni: O Trader, looking good here...staying above its averages and I still think its better than $DDD....
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ONeil Trader: $PRLB is looking very good here, technically quite better than $DDD at this moment
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