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buyWeak cluster of 2

Rainer Gawlick bought $75k of PRLB

director at Proto Labs Inc. 1,715 shares at an average of $43.79, traded Aug 5, 2025, filed Aug 7, 2025.

Conviction score
31
Value
$75k
1,715 shares
Holdings after
43,883
+4% from before
From 52-week low
+65%
low $26.71, close $44.20
From 52-week high
-2%
high $45.03, as of Aug 5, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $75k at market
    +8
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 4.1%
    0
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +7.9%, 3m +5.1%, 6m +13.4%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

PRLBOct 9, 2026 · close 93.84
Since filing Aug 7, 2025: +102.7%SPY +24.8% · excess +77.9%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001628280-25-038875, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 5, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+1,715$43.79$75k43,883Aug 7, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Proto Labs Inc and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
25Weak
PRLBsell10b5-1
Proto Labs Inc
Daniel Schumacher
Chief Financial Officer
$477k
5,000 shares
-12%
24Weak
PRLBsell10b5-1
Proto Labs Inc
Daniel Schumacher
Chief Financial Officer
$426k
5,000 shares
-11%
20Weak
PRLBsell10b5-1
Proto Labs Inc
Michael R. Kenison
Chief Operations Officer
$332k
5,000 shares
-17%
11Weak
PRLBsell10b5-1
Proto Labs Inc
Michael R. Kenison
Chief Operations Officer
$150k
2,500 shares
-7%
0Weak
PRLBsell10b5-1
Proto Labs Inc
Michael R. Kenison
Chief Operations Officer
$153k
3,048 shares
-10%
0Weak
PRLBsell10b5-1
Proto Labs Inc
Michael R. Kenison
Chief Operations Officer
$153k
3,048 shares
-10%
44Moderate
PRLBbuy 2
Proto Labs Inc
Suresh Krishna
President and CEO
$75k
1,725 shares
+11%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.