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Proto Labs (PRLB) 2026 年第三季財報電話會議:營收創新高與上調全年財測指引

TradingKey2026年10月29日 20:13
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Proto Labs公佈2026年第三季營收達1.543億美元,創歷史新高,年增14.2%,實現連續第四個季度雙位數成長。非GAAP每股盈餘為0.63美元,年增33.4%。受惠於航太、國防與機器人等強勁需求,公司將2026全年營收成長展望上調至10%至11%。第四季營收預計落在1.43億至1.51億美元之間。

該摘要由AI生成

Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB) 公布 2026 年第三季營收創歷史新高,主因數控加工 (CNC Machining)、3D 列印及射出成型 (Injection Molding) 的強勁需求推動,實現連續第四個季度的雙位數成長。儘管工廠毛利率面臨短期壓力,獲利能力仍有所提升。

重要亮點

  • 2026 年第三季營收達 1.543 億美元,創公司歷史新高,按固定匯率計算年增 14.2%,為連續第四個季度實現雙位數成長。
  • 非 GAAP 每股盈餘 (EPS) 年增 33.4% 至 0.63 美元,創下自 2020 年第三季以來的最高調整後 EPS。調整後 EBITDA 升至 2,620 萬美元,佔營收的 17.0%。
  • 每位客戶平均營收年增 17%,Proto Labs 該季服務近 21,000 名客戶。管理層將此成長歸因於與戰略客戶加深合作關係,以及在產品全生命週期中的業務拓展。
  • 工廠 CNC 加工營收成長 22%,全球 3D 列印營收成長 12%。管理層指出航太、國防、太空、無人機、機器人及資料中心的需求強勁。
  • Proto Labs 將 2026 全年營收成長展望自原本的 8%-10% 上調至 10%-11%。管理層預計這將是自 2018 年以來首次實現雙位數有機營收成長。
  • 第四季營收預計落在 1.43 億至 1.51 億美元之間,非 GAAP EPS 預計為 0.46 至 0.54 美元。該展望納入了正常的假期季節性因素及較低的工廠產能利用率。

重要財務數據

指標2026 年第三季結果變動 / 評論
營收1.543 億美元按固定匯率計算年增 14.2%;創公司歷史新高
美國地區營收—年增 14.7%
歐洲地區營收—按固定匯率計算年增 12.2%
非 GAAP 毛利率44.5%季減 230 個基點,年減 140 個基點
非 GAAP 營業費用5,030 萬美元年增 170 萬美元;佔營收 32.6%,2025 年第三季為 35.9%
調整後 EBITDA2,620 萬美元利潤率為 17.0%,2025 年第三季為 2,110 萬美元與 15.6%
非 GAAP EPS0.63 美元年增 33.4%
營業現金流2,280 萬美元第三季產生
股票回購500 萬美元第三季回購
現金與投資1.75 億美元截至 2026 年 9 月 30 日
債務0 美元截至 2026 年 9 月 30 日

2026 年前九個月,營收成長 12%,調整後營業利益率擴增 300 個基點,調整後 EPS 年增 46%。調整後 EBITDA 年增 27.2%。

業務與營運表現

按固定匯率計算,CNC 加工營收年增 16.7%。在太空探索、衛星、無人機及機器人需求的支撐下,工廠 CNC 加工成長 22%。管理層表示,美國工廠 CNC 營收已連續六個季度成長超過 20%。

按固定匯率計算,受電子、航太與國防以及電信領域驅動,射出成型營收成長 12.6%。3D 列印營收成長 11.5%,主要受益於美國對金屬直接雷射燒結 (DMLS) 與 HP Multi Jet Fusion 的強勁需求。美國工廠營運的 MJF 年至今營收成長超過 40%,促使公司進行額外的產能投資。

按固定匯率計算,鈑金營收下降 4.6%。終端市場的普遍疲軟被航太與國防需求部分抵消。

工廠營收成長 17.5%,相比之下,Proto Labs 網路 (Proto Labs Network) 成長 3%。網路動能在歐洲表現強勁,但在美國較為疲軟,因為更多客戶選擇了交期更快的工廠服務。

Proto Labs 在該季度服務了近 21,000 名客戶,連續三個季度實現季增。由於較大的戰略客戶擴大了對公司製造服務的使用,每位客戶平均營收成長 17%。

隨著 2025 年底啟動的市場進入策略調整,歐洲市場實現了雙位數的營收成長。管理層表示,該區域的轉型仍是一項長期努力,目標是使歐洲成為成長與獲利能力的雙重貢獻者。

公司還擴充了 ProDesk,新增金屬 3D 列印熱處理、FDM 技術能力及額外的 CNC 表面處理選項。Proto Labs 正在開發 AI 輔助訂單檢查,並在全公司範圍內引進 Amazon Quick,初步針對市場進入工作流程與訂單轉報價流程。預計導入工作將持續至 2027 年。

管理層財測指引

Proto Labs 預計 2026 年第四季營收為 1.43 億至 1.51 億美元。中位數意味著約 8% 的年成長。與 2025 年第四季相比,外幣影響預計微乎其微。

公司將 2026 全年營收成長預測自先前預測的 8%-10% 上調至 10%-11%。

第四季非 GAAP EPS 預計為 0.46 至 0.54 美元。該指引假設包含約 410 萬美元的股權激勵費用、90 萬美元的攤銷費用,以及 19%-21% 的非 GAAP 有效稅率。

管理層預計第四季毛利率將與上一季持平至略低。設備升級成本應會趨緩,但營收減少、假期相關的工廠效率低下、外包人力及加班預計將抵消部分好處。銷售、一般與管理費用 (SG&A) 佔營收的比例預期將接近第一季和第二季的水平,而非較低的第三季水平。

展望 2027 年,管理層表示,隨著 Proto Labs 加大對產能與戰略企劃的投資,營業費用成長預計將更接近營收成長率。公司目前預計維持其毛利率百分比,但結果將取決於產品與服務組合。

風險與觀察重點

  • 非 GAAP 毛利率下降,主因原料成本上升、設備升級以及臨時人力投資影響了工廠營運。
  • 預計第四季的季節性因素將導致營收減少,並因員工休假造成工廠效率低下,可能需要聘用外包人員與支付加班費。
  • 美國 Proto Labs 網路的需求較為疲軟,儘管工廠需求依然強勁。
  • 歐洲恢復雙位數成長,但管理層警示其獲利能力轉型仍有待完成。
  • 鈑金業務繼續面臨終端市場普遍疲軟的情況。
  • 分析師對未來國防預算提出疑慮。管理層回應指出需求分散在太空、衛星、無人機、機器人及資料中心,並維持在可預見的未來實現雙位數成長的目標。

分析師問答亮點

管理層將每位客戶平均營收 17% 的成長歸因於企業銷售涵蓋率、與選定的高價值客戶建立更深厚的合作關係,以及從原型設計到生產的更大參與度。公司已從廣泛的創新轉向針對優先客戶與行業量身定制的解決方案。

關於毛利率的季減,管理層估計設備升級約佔 100 個基點,外包人力約佔 90 個基點,其餘與材料成本相關。公司在過去一年中購入了 40 多台新設備,並在第三季直接產生了部分升級費用。

管理層表示,設備升級與外包費用屬於變動成本,隨時間推移可能會下降。然而,第四季預期的較低產量與假期相關的人力需求,可能會限制短期內的毛利率修復。

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完整財報電話會議逐字稿

管理層陳述

Operator

Greetings. Welcome to the Proto Labs Q3 Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Ryan Johnsrud, Investor Relations. Thank you, Ryan. You may begin.

Ryan Johnsrud

Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Proto Labs' Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. I'm joined today by Suresh Krishna, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Dan Schumacher, Chief Financial Officer. This morning, Proto Labs issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026. The release is available on the company's website. In addition, a prepared slide presentation is available online at the web address provided in our press release.

Our discussion today will include statements relating to future performance and expectations that are or may be considered forward-looking statements and subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Please refer to our earnings press release and recent SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 10-K for information on certain risks that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially and adversely from any forward-looking statements made today.

The results and guidance we will discuss include non-GAAP financial measures, consistent with our past practice. Please refer to our press release and the accompanying slide presentation at the Investor Relations section of our company website for a complete reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results. Now I will turn the call over to Suresh Krishna. Suresh?

Suresh Krishna

Thank you, Ryan. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our earnings call. I am very pleased with our third quarter performance, which provides further evidence that the execution of our strategy is translating into strong and consistent financial results. Third quarter revenue grew 14%, resulting in another record revenue quarter. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. We also delivered double-digit non-GAAP EPS growth for the fourth consecutive quarter with EPS growth outpacing revenue growth in each of these quarters.

In the first 9 months of 2026, year-over-year revenue grew 12%, adjusted operating margin expanded 300 basis points and adjusted EPS grew 46%, underscoring the consistency of our execution and the strength of our momentum. These results are driven by the tremendous work of our Proto Labs team and their continued commitment to serving our customers. I want to thank them all for everything they do every day. The trends that drove strong performance in the first half of the year continued in the third quarter.

Larger strategic customers continue to broaden their relationships with Proto Labs and turn to us for more of their manufacturing needs across the entire product life cycle. This is reflected in a 17% year-over-year increase in revenue per customer. In addition, we served almost 21,000 customers in the quarter, up sequentially for the third straight quarter. We continue to see strong demand in high-growth industries, including aerospace, defense, drones, robotics and data centers. We work with most innovative companies in these markets, including Blue Origin, Relativity Space, Raytheon, AeroVironment, Shield AI, Agility Robotics and many others. These customers need to rapidly move from ideas to prototypes and into production, making Proto Labs' speed, quality and reliability increasingly critical. We saw broad-based strength across our business in the third quarter with each of our 3 largest service lines growing double digits year-over-year.

Factory CNC Machining was particularly strong, growing 22% as our world-class speed continues to resonate with customers. Global 3D printing revenues grew 12%, led by strong demand from metals and HP's Multi Jet Fusion technology, or MJF. Year-to-date, MJF revenue in our U.S. factory operation is up more than 40%, and we are investing in additional capacity to support that growth. Proto Labs is at the center of a major shift taking place in manufacturing driven by 4 powerful macro trends.

First, reindustrialization. Companies are bringing manufacturing closer to their customers and building more resilient regional and sovereign supply chains. Second, a wave of hardware innovation moving at the speed of software. Investment is accelerating across critical and emerging industries like space, drones, robotics, data centers and other highly engineered hardware that ultimately needs to be designed, tested and manufactured from prototype to production at faster speeds than ever before.

Third, physical AI. AI is moving beyond software and into the physical world, driving a new generation of robotics, autonomous systems, intelligent machines and other advanced products that require manufacturing to leverage physical AI. And fourth, supply chain agility and scalability. As innovation accelerates, companies need manufacturing partners that can invest and scale with them without the manpower and capital constraints of traditional supply chains.

This is exactly the environment Proto Labs is built for. We help customers move quickly from idea to prototype to production while delivering the quality, reliability and scalable capacity they need. And we have an important structural advantage, our true digital thread. Proto Labs' software-native digital manufacturing model enables speed and automation today while creating a foundation to leverage AI and scale efficiently over time. And with millions of CAD files and decades of manufacturing data in our library, we have a powerful foundation to apply AI, advance our manufacturing capabilities and create more valuable solutions for our customers.

We are already seeing the benefits of these trends in our business, and we believe they create a significant opportunity for Proto Labs over the next several years. We continue to invest in capabilities to capture the opportunity ahead. We are advancing our 4 strategic pillars: elevating the customer experience, accelerating innovation, expanding into production and driving operational efficiency. I'd like to share several important business and product updates with you now.

On ProDesk, we launched new metal 3D printing heat treatments, FDM printing capabilities and additional CNC Machining surface finishes, giving customers more control over part performance, surface quality and finishing requirements. Next, we continue to enhance the Proto Labs Network with improvements designed to accelerate order acceptance, improve partner communication and strengthen quality. We are also developing AI-assisted order checks to identify specification discrepancies earlier and further automate the customer and partner experience.

With respect to improving efficiency across the organization, last week, we announced an enterprise implementation of Amazon Quick as part of our broader AI road map. Our initial focus is on go-to-market workflows where we believe AI can improve productivity, reduce response times and streamline order-to-quote processing. To accelerate implementation, we created forward deployed AI engineer roles to identify high-impact use cases and design AI-enabled workflows across the organization. Enterprise-wide implementation will continue into 2027, led by Marc Kermisch, our Chief Technology and AI Officer.

Technology is an important enabler of our strategy, and operational execution is the other. In August, Sam Ramahi was named Chief Operations Officer. Sam brings over 25 years of executive operational leadership across global companies like nVent, Eaton, Honeywell and more. Sam will help advance our strategic pillars while focusing on driving operational excellence across safety, quality, delivery and cost. We are also expanding the talent and capabilities needed to execute our strategy.

We have officially inaugurated our new global capability center in India. Engineers are on site and are working directly on our manufacturing and AI road map. The talent and capabilities we are building in India will help accelerate progress across all 4 strategic pillars. The strength (sic) [ capability ] center strengthens our investments in technologies that will meaningfully improve productivity, including AI, automation and advanced manufacturing capabilities that support our broader digital manufacturing strategy.

Turning to Europe. Revenue grew double digits in the third quarter, in part due to the go-to-market changes we initiated late last year. We are very pleased with this performance, and I want to thank our team in Europe, led by Pjotr Horowitz, for their continued execution and commitment. We continue to advance the initiatives needed to return Europe to profitability, addressing the drivers of underperformance while putting the right organizational structure, operating model, talent and capabilities in place to execute more effectively.

These efforts are designed to complement the go-to-market changes already underway and support further operational improvements. As I shared last quarter, the transformation in Europe remains a work in progress, and it's a longer-term effort. While we are encouraged by double-digit revenue growth, our objective remains unchanged, transform Europe into a contributor to both future growth and profitability.

Before I turn the call over to Dan, I want to highlight 2 recent recognitions of our commitment to manufacturing innovation. In August, we announced a partnership with MIT and a grant supporting U.S. manufacturing innovation research at MIT Industrial Performance Center. And in September, Proto Labs was one of the only 500 U.S. companies named to Business Insider's America's Most Innovative Businesses 2027 list. We are proud of both recognitions and believe they reinforce Proto Labs' position at the center of manufacturing innovation.

In closing, I am very pleased with our results through the first 9 months of the year and the progress we are making on our transformation. At the same time, I believe we are still in the early innings of what this business can achieve. We are executing our strategy at a time when some of the world's most innovative industries are moving faster, manufacturing supply chains are being reconfigured, and speed and digital manufacturing capabilities have never been more important. We believe Proto Labs is uniquely positioned for this environment and the opportunity ahead. We remain focused on building on recent momentum and delivering sustained profitable growth and long-term value for our customers and shareholders.

With that, I'll turn the call over to Dan to walk through the financials and outlook.

Dan Schumacher

Thanks, Suresh, and good morning. I'll start with an overview of our third quarter results, followed by our outlook for the fourth quarter. Third quarter revenue was a company record $154.3 million, up 14.2% year-over-year in constant currencies. U.S. revenue grew 14.7%, while Europe grew 12.2% in constant currencies. Third quarter CNC Machining revenue grew 16.7% year-over-year in constant currencies. Our largest service continues to see very strong demand in aerospace and defense, most notably space exploration, satellites and drones, as well as in robotics.

Injection Molding grew 12.6% in constant currencies, driven by strength in electronics, aerospace and defense and telecommunications. 3D printing revenue increased 11.5% year-over-year in constant currencies. As we saw in the first half of 2026, demand in DMLS and MJF remained very strong in the U.S. We continue to invest capital to expand capacity in those areas. Sheet Metal revenue declined 4.6% year-over-year in constant currencies with broad weakness across end markets, partially offset by strength in aerospace and defense.

On to profitability. Non-GAAP gross margin was 44.5% in the third quarter, down 230 basis points sequentially and 140 basis points year-over-year. The lower gross margin was driven by our factory operations, primarily reflecting higher raw material costs, machine upgrades and targeted near-term investments in labor and contractor support. These were made to accommodate the significant increase in volume over the course of the year while maintaining our standards for speed, quality and reliability. Third quarter non-GAAP operating expenses were $50.3 million, up $1.7 million compared to the prior year, primarily reflecting increased investment in demand generation, along with higher contractor, professional services and software license costs as we continue to fund our strategic priorities.

Importantly, we continue to generate significant operating leverage. Adjusted operating expenses were 32.6% of revenue, down from 34.8% of revenue in the second quarter and 35.9% in the third quarter of 2025. This operating leverage reflects both strong revenue growth and the targeted actions we have taken to improve our cost structure and reallocate resources towards our highest priority growth initiatives. We continue to invest and add resources behind our strategic initiatives while identifying additional efficiencies that can help fund future growth.

Adjusted EBITDA was $26.2 million, or 17% of revenue, up from $21.1 million or 15.6% of revenue in the third quarter of 2025. Year-to-date, adjusted EBITDA is up 27.2% year-over-year. Third quarter non-GAAP earnings per share were $0.63, up 33.4% year-over-year, driven by revenue growth, mix shift and significant leverage on our SG&A expenses. $0.63 is the highest adjusted EPS figure we've reported since the third quarter of 2020. Adjusted EPS is up 45.5% year-over-year year-to-date. We generated $22.8 million in cash from operations during the third quarter, and we repurchased $5 million of common stock. On September 30, we had $175 million of cash and investments on our balance sheet and 0 debt.

Our outlook for the fourth quarter of 2026 is outlined on Slide 14. For the fourth quarter, we expect revenue between $143 million and $151 million. At the midpoint, this implies 8% revenue growth year-over-year. As a result, we are raising our full year 2026 revenue growth outlook from a prior range of 8% to 10% to a new range of 10% to 11%. We anticipate 2026 will be our first year of double-digit organic revenue growth since 2018. We expect foreign currency to have a negligible impact on revenue compared to the fourth quarter of 2025.

Our fourth quarter earnings guidance incorporates the following assumptions: Non-GAAP add-backs will include stock-based compensation expense of approximately $4.1 million and amortization expense of $900,000, a non-GAAP effective tax rate between 19% and 21%. In summary, we expect fourth quarter 2026 non-GAAP earnings per share between $0.46 and $0.54. That concludes our prepared remarks. Nicole, please open the line for questions.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Brian Drab with William Blair.

分析師問答

Brian Drab

Congrats on a great quarter. Could you just start by talking about -- it looks like revenue per customer is up about 17%. And maybe add some granularity to that in terms of -- is it driven by volume? Or is it also the breadth of services now that you're increasingly offering that's allowing for that -- that's just a very impressive result and where are you seeing the most success?

Suresh Krishna

Brian, this is Suresh. Thanks for your question. As we've talked before, we are absolutely focused on our 4 key strategic pillars, the first of them, which is elevating customer experience. And the second of them, which is accelerating innovation on behalf of the customers. And the third, which is expanding into production, are all contributing to this particular growth that we are seeing in wallet share with our core customer base. Some of the changes we've made to be able to do this well beyond the strategy, is the way we are executing.

We have an enterprise sales team. We are focused on a handful of industries that are high value for us. And those sales teams are building deep customer relationships and listening and turning it around to provide innovation that is specific to these customers. In the past, we may have innovated for the general customer base, which for us is tens of thousands of customers, to now being very focused on the customers where we see high value. So that is where we are able to drive wallet share and increase revenue per customer.

Brian Drab

And then I mean I'm seeing the stock, I'm surprised a little bit to see that the stock is indicating slightly down before the open here. I guess it could be just the guidance for -- midpoint of guidance is $0.50 for the fourth quarter after you just put up $0.63. But is there -- what is there beyond just typical seasonality for the fourth quarter that you're looking at as you guide for that fourth quarter?

Dan Schumacher

Yes. I mean, one, it is typical -- I assume the seasonality that we've seen for the prior 7 years for last quarter. So it is built in there that we expect to see some softness around the holiday time, which, as you know, impacts that EPS number. Second, gross margin, I'm assuming to be flat to slightly down quarter-over-quarter. We don't expect to see the same -- we talked about machine upgrade costs and so forth. We don't expect to see it at that high of a level.

But as we have lower revenue and we have some inefficiency in our factories around the holiday time as we bring in contractors and overtime as employees are taking time off. And then I would expect SG&A expenses as a percent of revenue to look more like the first and second quarter of the year rather than what we saw in the third quarter. So there is a pickup in SG&A expenses as well.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our next question comes from Austin Bohlig with Needham.

Austin Bohlig

Congrats on the great results. I was just hoping to get a little bit more color on, kind of, the growth you're seeing in the factory versus the network. I didn't see what the revenue for the network was, if you could provide that.

Dan Schumacher

Yes. So network revenue was up 3% year-over-year. So that meant that factory growth was up 17.5%. So again, we had higher growth in the factory than we had in the network. From a network side, we are seeing really strong momentum in the network in Europe, but things are a bit softer in the U.S. Our customers, as we come to them, they have a choice in this time in terms of do they need the speed that we're offering through the factory or do they need the breadth of services and maybe longer lead time of the network. And we are just seeing more of our customers in the U.S. take advantage of that speed, and you're seeing that in the tremendous growth.

Austin Bohlig

Got it. And then just one follow-up. So with all the defense or A&D success more broadly, like, with your conversations with your customers, how are you guys feeling this with, like, some uncertainty around the fiscal '27 budget continuing resolution continuing through 2027? Do you guys think that, like, this momentum can continue even with some kind of lingering uncertainty around future budgets?

Suresh Krishna

Yes. Austin, thanks for bringing that up. We are very, very broad-based in terms of the industry we serve, and A&D for us is very broad as well. While there might be some uncertainty around defense budget, we see tremendous opportunity in space exploration, in satellites, in drones, neoprimes, along with the primes. And then beyond that, we absolutely see non-A&D sectors like robotics and data centers also growing. So we are very confident that when you look out into the future that we would continue to be able to drive our goal of double-digit growth for the foreseeable future.

Operator

Our next question is from Brian Drab with William Blair.

Brian Drab

I was just wondering if you could talk maybe for Dan, a little bit further out in terms of how you're thinking about the trajectory of gross margin and expense dollars as we think about 2027, maybe just directionally or at high level, like, different projects that -- and different expenses to think about as we're modeling?

Dan Schumacher

Yes. So we're in the middle of establishing our 2027 budget and plans as we speak. But what I would tell you is we're going to continue to accelerate our investment in several areas. One is expanding our capacity. And the second is investing in our strategic pillars. So that's elevating our customer experience, accelerating innovation, expanding into production, and driving operational efficiency. So with the last one, our objective from a spending perspective is really to focus on how do we continue to increase our efficiencies as we invest.

I would expect next year from an operating expense perspective that the growth in operating expenses would be much closer to the revenue growth next year than what we saw this year as we start to make these investments. From a gross margin perspective, it really is going to depend on the mix that we're seeing and the different types of products that we have and how that plays out as we go through the year. But I would expect that we would be able to hold our gross margin percentage as we go into 2027.

Brian Drab

Okay. I'll follow up more later on that, but that's really clear.

Operator

Our next question comes from Greg Palm with Craig-Hallum.

Greg Palm

Sorry if this got, I guess, maybe explained or specified. I've been juggling a handful of calls this morning. But in terms of the -- maybe the sequential gross margin bridge from Q3 to Q2, a couple of hundred basis points, give or take. Dan, I know you listed a bunch of reasons, but just can you break that out between them? And then just in terms of sustainability or confidence in getting that gross margin level back up from here, maybe just a little bit more color on that, please.

Dan Schumacher

Just to be clear, Greg, you're talking about Q2 to Q3 gross margin?

Greg Palm

Correct.

Dan Schumacher

All right.

Suresh Krishna

Yes. So Greg, as we noted in our prepared remarks, demand has been exceptionally strong in our U.S. factory CNC. Revenues have grown over 20% for 6 quarters in a row. So while our automated model is designed to scale efficiently with this kind of volume increase, we, in this particular quarter, had to do some machine upgrades. We found opportunistically a window where we could do that. And some of our older machines were upgraded so that they could start to perform at the same rate as some of the newer machines that we have acquired more recently.

We've acquired over 40 new machines this past year. So that -- those expenses were incurred within the quarter and not capitalized. And then there were some some contract labor we had to bring in for our support services because we were chasing this growth and make sure that we could deliver everything we needed for our customers within the time frames that we provide them. Beyond that, there was raw material increases that we saw. So those are the pressures that we got in Q3 versus our Q2 performance.

Dan Schumacher

Greg, just to provide more specifics, I would say there's about 100 basis points in those machine upgrades. There's probably about 90 basis points in that contract labor and the remaining in the material cost. I just want to reemphasize that the contract upgrades and obviously, the contract labor, those are all variable costs that we can choose to move over time. And it's really focused on making sure that we have the speed, the quality and the reliability for our customers.

Greg Palm

Okay. So just to be clear, though, so does some of that -- I mean, you incur that completely in Q3 and then it goes away completely for, sort of, Q4 or go forward or...

Dan Schumacher

Yes. Well, one thing I would say is we're always using contract labor, right, to vary depending on the volume that's coming in. But yes, there is some assumption in the guide that, that cost comes down as we're in fourth quarter. But what is, kind of, counteracting that, right, is the lower volume that is in the middle of the guide as well as seasonality. So we may have to use some of that contract labor and some of that overtime as our employees take off for the holidays.

Operator

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