Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)

NASDAQ: MLAB · USD

$131

+1.49 (+1.1%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	731.6M
Revenue (ttm)	249.7M
Net income (ttm)	4.8M
EPS (ttm)	$0.86
Shares out	5.6M
P/E (trailing)	151.9x
P/E (forward)	59.2x
Dividend	$0.64 (0.49%)
Volume	130,491
Beta	1.05

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 249.7M
Net income (ttm): 4.8M
EPS (ttm): $0.86
P/E (trailing): 151.9x
P/E (forward): 59.2x
Market cap: 731.6M

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E59.2

P25 13.4P50 19.8P75 31.4

Trailing P/E151.9

P25 16.8P50 29.9P75 54

ROE2.7

P25 -35.5P50 1.5P75 15.4

ROIC3.6

P25 -18.6P50 1.9P75 14.1

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000724004
Company name	Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	59064R109
Earnings date	2026-11-09
Earnings time	amc
Employees	717
Employees change	-13
Employees growth	-1.78%
Enterprise value	$860.7M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	March
Founded	1982
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Scientific & Technical Instruments
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US59064R1095
Last 10-K release date	2026-06-03
Last earnings date	2026-08-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$731.6M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-09
Options	No
Price	$130.74
Price currency	USD
Sector	Technology
SIC code	3823
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	MLAB
U.S. state	Colorado
Website	https://www.mesalabs.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	18.69x
Earnings yield	0.66%
EV/Earnings	178.21x
EV/EBIT	38.06x
EV/EBITDA	18.83x
EV/FCF	16.18x
EV/Sales	3.43x
FCF / EV yield	6.18%
FCF yield	7.28%
Forward EV/Sales	3.34x
Forward P/E	59.21x
Forward P/S	2.83x
Graham number	25.56109
Graham upside	-80.31%
Industry forward P/E	21.64x
Industry P/E	40.5x
Lynch fair value	$4.30
Lynch upside	-96.68%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	19.88x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	18.47x
P/B ratio	3.83x
P/E ratio	151.87x
P/FCF ratio	13.74x
P/OCF ratio	13.05x
P/S ratio	2.91x
Price/EBITDA ratio	15.98x
Sector forward P/E	18.86x
Sector P/E	32.77x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	9%
EBITDA margin	18.19%
Effective tax rate	48.69%
FCF margin	21.17%
Gross margin	64.21%
Operating margin	9%
Pretax margin	3.75%
Profit margin	1.92%
Profit per employee	$6,695
Profitable quarters	1
Profitable years	1
Revenue per employee	$348,291
ROA	3.29%
ROA (5Y)	1.27%
ROCE	6.21%
ROE	2.66%
ROE (5Y)	-18.21%
ROIC	3.58%
ROIC (5Y)	0.68%
SBC / revenue	6.55%
Tax / revenue	1.82%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth (Q)	-42.35%
EPS growth 10Y	-10.93%
EPS growth 3Y	37.13%
EPS growth 5Y	2.19%
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	57.41%
FCF growth (Q)	1,503.73%
FCF growth (QoQ)	4.67%
FCF growth 3Y	13.52%
FCF growth 5Y	4.73%
Gross profit growth	6.18%
Gross profit growth (Q)	5.61%
Gross profit growth 3Y	6.29%
Gross profit growth 5Y	12.52%
Net income growth (Q)	-40.32%
Net income growth 3Y	38.19%
Net income growth 5Y	3.45%
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	46.67%
OCF growth (Q)	678.45%
OCF growth (QoQ)	5.54%
OCF growth 10Y	12.16%
OCF growth 3Y	10.98%
OCF growth 5Y	4.63%
Operating income growth	57.48%
Operating income growth (Q)	129.47%
Operating income growth 3Y	45.82%
Operating income growth 5Y	13.54%
Revenue growth	3.04%
Revenue growth (Q)	1%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-5.63%
Revenue growth 10Y	11.04%
Revenue growth 3Y	4.43%
Revenue growth 5Y	12.45%
Revenue growth quarters	10
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-2.8M
Depreciation and amortization	$23M
EBIT	$22.5M
EBITDA	$45.4M
EPS	$0.86
FCF per share	$9.45
Financing cash flow	$-43.9M
Free cash flow	$52.9M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$36.5M
Gross profit	$160.3M
Income taxes	$4.6M
Investing cash flow	$-2.8M
Net borrowing	$-38.5M
Net cash flow	$9.4M
Net income	$4.8M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$39.3M
Operating income	$22.5M
Revenue	$249.7M
Stock-based compensation	$16.3M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.49
Book value per share	$33.73
Debt / EBITDA	3.05
Debt / equity	0.85
Debt / FCF	3.05
Goodwill	$186M
Interest coverage	2.07
Long-term assets	$316.4M
Long-term liabilities	$173.1M
Net cash (debt)	$-129.1M
Net cash / market cap	-17.78%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.84
Net debt / equity	0.68
Net debt / FCF	2.44
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$30.1M
Shareholders' equity	$188.8M
Tangible book value	$-75.7M
Tangible book value per share	$-13.52
Total assets	$419.2M
Total cash	$32.2M
Total debt	$161.4M
Total liabilities	$230.5M
WACC	8.85%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.58
Current assets	$102.8M
Current liabilities	$57.3M
Current ratio	1.79
Inventory turnover	3.23
Net working capital	$21.5M
Quick ratio	1.16
Working capital	$45.5M
Working capital turnover	-87.47

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-3.27%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	0%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	0%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-12-15
Dividend payment years	24
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.64
Dividend yield	0.49%
Ex-dividend date	2026-11-30
FCF payout ratio	6.77%
Last dividend	$0.16
Payout ratio	74.35%
Shareholder yield	-2.78%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	4.48%
10Y return CAGR	0.87%
10Y total return	9.01%
150-day SMA	$109.46
15Y price change	246.87%
15Y return CAGR	9.27%
15Y total return	277.81%
1D price change	1.15%
1M price change	-2.16%
1M total return	-2.16%
1W price change	4.79%
1W total return	4.79%
1Y price change	70.58%
1Y return CAGR	71.75%
1Y total return	71.69%
20-day SMA	$129.07
200-day SMA	$103.73
20Y price change	641.38%
20Y return CAGR	11.54%
20Y total return	788.42%
3M price change	34.14%
3M total return	34.31%
3Y price change	35.88%
3Y return CAGR	11.46%
3Y total return	38.47%
50-day SMA	$128.08
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$144.35
52-week high date	2026-10-06
52-week low	$69.51
52-week low date	2025-11-18
5Y price change	-57.03%
5Y return CAGR	-15.11%
5Y total return	-55.9%
6M price change	33.45%
6M total return	33.82%
All-time high	$333.42
All-time high date	2021-12-28
All-time low	$2.00
All-time low date	1993-05-18
Average true range (ATR)	$4.73
Average volume	93.2K
Beta (1Y)	0.85
Beta (2Y)	1.02
Beta (5Y)	1.05
Change from 52-week high	-9.43%
Change from 52-week low	88.09%
Change from all-time high	-60.67%
Change from all-time low	6,457.5%
Change from open	1.11%
Day's gap	0.04%
Dollar volume	$17.1M
High price	$133.20
Low price	$129.30
Monthly RSI	60
Open price	$129.30
Position in 52-week range	36.92%
Previous close	$129.25
Price vs 150-day SMA	19.82%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.61%
Price vs 200-day SMA	26.44%
Price vs 50-day SMA	2.4%
Relative volume	1.4
RSI	55.35
Sharpe ratio	1.21
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.4
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.15
Sortino ratio	1.96
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.66
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.1
Volume	130.5K
Weekly RSI	63.14
YTD price change	67.07%
YTD total return	67.82%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	4.9M
Float percentage	88.38%
Shares change (QoQ)	3.84%
Shares change (YoY)	3.27%
Shares held by insiders	3.1%
Shares held by institutions	87.38%
Shares outstanding	5.6M
Short % of float	9.04%
Short % of shares	7.99%
Short ratio	3.4 days

Deeper analysis on MLAB

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)

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