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Traded Nov 2, 2026 · Filed Nov 4, 2026
The CEO of Protolabs paid $52K out of pocket for Protolabs shares. 1 other person at Protolabs bought some too, in the same month. It was the first purchase in 15 months.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell.
open market purchase
Code P — open-market or private purchase
~$52,140
Shares × reported transaction price
$25K–$100K
+2.5%
Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing
First purchase in 15 months
Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history
No
Compared with 1 earlier confirmed purchase
2 distinct insiders in 30 days
Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases
This purchase equals less than 1% of the CEO's reported total pay for fiscal 2025 ($7.19M)
Purchase value ÷ the CEO's total from the Summary Compensation Table, as tagged in the pay versus performance table of the company's proxy statement (DEF 14A), filed 2026-04-08. The proxy names this person as CEO for that year. A size comparison, not a judgement
4 days after results of Oct 29, 2026
Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results
Closed at $67.23 on Nov 2, 2026, 44% above its 52-week low and 32% below its high, after a 23% drop over the previous 30 trading days
52-week range $46.81 (Nov 20, 2025) to $98.68 (Oct 5, 2026), 39% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $87.68 on Sep 21, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
The first open-market purchase by any PRLB insider since Aug 2025
Compared with every open-market purchase and sale of this company in SEC filings since 2006. A fact about the record, not a signal to trade
| After | Stock | S&P 500 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +8.8% | +3.3% | +5.6% |
Past results only. Not a forecast.
Fund moves
From a 13F filed Nov 13, 2026 covering holdings at Sep 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.
Insider buying
Traded Nov 3 · filed 1 day later
A Protolabs director paid $49K out of pocket for Protolabs shares. 1 other person at Protolabs bought some too, in the same month. It was the first purchase in 15 months.
Daniel Schumacher (Chief Financial Officer) sold ~$477K of Protolabs
Planned saleEvery dated public record OQRO holds about the company from 60 days before to 120 days after, oldest first. It shows what was going on; none of it is a stated reason for the trade.
