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Mesa Laboratories Inc. (MLAB)

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Mesa Laboratories Inc. (MLAB) reported revenue of $60 million for Q1 FY2027, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 1.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $3 million, down 40.3% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.49. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 10 August 2026.

Revenue$60 millionup 1.0%
Net income$3 milliondown 40.3%
Diluted EPS$0.49
QuarterQ1 FY2027ended 30 June 2026

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) in brief

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) reported revenue of $249 million for fiscal 2026, the year ended 31 March 2026, up 3.4% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $7 million and diluted earnings per share $1.21. Revenue was $241 million in fiscal 2025, $216 million in fiscal 2024, $219 million in fiscal 2023 and $184 million in fiscal 2022. Net income in the same years was a loss of $2 million, a loss of $254 million, $1 million and $2 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Mesa Laboratories reported revenue of $250 million and net income of $5 million. Revenue grew 13.2% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2026. Mesa Laboratories declared $0.64 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 6 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $143 million of debt and $31 million of cash. At the close of 29 October 2026 the market cap of Mesa Laboratories was $744 million, 158.3 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE2.5%
ROCE6.8%
Operating margin9.0%
Net margin1.9%
FCF margin21.2%
Interest cover2.07
Debt to equity0.76
Cash conversion11.60
Share count, last 12 months1.7%
Sales CAGR, 3 years4.4%
Profit CAGR, 3 years93.3%
EPS, TTM$0.84

At the close of 29 October 2026

Price$132.96
Market cap$744 million
Stock P/E158.29
Price to book3.94
EV / EBITDA18.84
Dividend yield0.5%
Market cap / sales2.98
52-week high$142.52
52-week low$70.60
Price, 1 year73.3%
Price CAGR, 3 years12.3%
Price CAGR, 5 years-15.3%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the borrowing lines of Mesa Laboratories Inc.'s balance sheet, added together, finance leases inside them only where the company puts them there; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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The public record on MLAB

Dividends$0.64 a share over the four quarters to 30 June 2026, a 0.48% yield
Filings16 in twelve months: 10 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 3 officer or director change; 2 regulation FD disclosure; 1 exit or disposal costs; 1 shareholder vote
Planned insider sales7 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $6.1 million; latest 27 August 2026
Options tapeno listed options
13F holders159 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Long Path Partners LP
Insider trading7 sales and 5 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest390,561 shares short, 3.83 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025 †Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026Q4 FY2026 *Q1 FY2027
Revenue35.854.758.950.558.754.355.650.653.253.558.958.257.862.862.159.560.765.163.760.1
Cost of revenue12.726.123.819.122.421.522.419.521.120.122.320.922.423.123.722.623.423.321.521.1
Gross profit23.128.635.131.336.432.833.231.232.133.436.637.235.539.838.436.937.341.842.239.0
Gross margin65%52%60%62%62%60%60%62%60%62%62%64%61%63%62%62%61%64%66%65%
R&D2.65.25.25.75.04.85.04.85.04.35.24.74.65.15.15.05.05.05.24.7
Operating income4.2-2.5-0.1-4.64.03.40.5-0.7-0.1-0.1-2715.63.55.81.53.14.78.02.77.0
Operating margin12%-5%-0%-9%7%6%1%-1%-0%-0%-461%10%6%9%2%5%8%12%4%12%
Interest expense0.81.01.21.01.21.21.41.00.91.91.92.83.02.83.22.22.93.02.62.4
Pre-tax income4.5-2.3-0.0-5.43.41.9-0.3-0.9-1.31.9-2753.93.8-2.20.57.02.04.6-1.64.4
Tax rate18%n/an/an/a61%76%n/an/an/a-9%n/a13%10%n/a1643%32%-24%21%n/a35%
Net income3.7-2.1-1.8-1.41.30.50.6-0.5-1.22.1-2553.43.4-1.7-7.14.72.53.6-4.12.8
Net margin10%-4%-3%-3%2%1%1%-1%-2%4%-432%6%6%-3%-11%8%4%6%-6%5%
Diluted EPS$0.70-$0.39-$0.34-$0.27$0.24$0.08$0.11-$0.10-$0.23$0.39-$47.20$0.62$0.63-$0.31-$1.31$0.85$0.45$0.65-$0.75$0.49
Operating cash flow4.415.99.3-2.810.67.712.59.99.811.512.910.75.318.412.71.98.218.814.014.7
Capital expenditure0.92.10.80.21.61.71.00.30.61.10.50.91.80.80.81.01.10.70.40.6
Free cash flow3.513.88.5-3.08.96.111.59.79.110.412.39.93.517.611.90.97.118.013.514.2
Dividends paid0.80.80.80.80.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.90.9
Shares outstanding5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m5m6m6m6m6m6m
Filing10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 16 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026TTM
Revenue34.239.646.452.771.384.793.796.2103118134184219216241249250
Cost of revenue14.716.117.621.027.933.240.441.642.252.346.975.285.482.990.190.989.4
Gross profit19.623.528.931.743.451.453.254.660.965.487.0109134133151158160
Gross margin57.2%59.3%62.2%60.1%60.8%60.7%56.8%56.8%59.1%55.5%65.0%59.2%61.0%61.6%62.6%63.5%64.2%
Research and development1.41.42.02.33.34.04.23.53.56.410.415.820.519.319.520.320.0
Operating income9.912.513.111.815.916.316.32.29.87.912.44.73.3-27216.318.522.5
Operating margin28.8%31.5%28.2%22.4%22.2%19.3%17.4%2.3%9.5%6.7%9.2%2.6%1.5%-125.9%6.8%7.4%9.0%
Interest expensen/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1.91.75.58.03.94.85.711.910.710.9
Pre-tax income9.812.313.013.115.315.614.30.38.63.92.33.6-0.4-2766.012.09.4
Income tax3.64.44.54.15.84.43.13.31.12.1-1.01.7-1.3-21.47.95.34.6
Effective tax rate36.6%35.8%34.9%31.3%37.6%28.2%21.8%1084.1%13.2%54.0%-42.2%47.6%n/an/a133.1%44.1%48.7%
Net income6.27.98.49.09.611.211.2-3.07.51.83.31.90.9-254-2.06.74.8
Net margin18.1%20.0%18.2%17.1%13.4%13.2%11.9%-3.1%7.3%1.5%2.4%1.0%0.4%-117.6%-0.8%2.7%1.9%
Diluted EPS$1.86$2.29$2.35$2.49$2.63$2.97$2.91-$0.79$1.86$0.41$0.64$0.35$0.17-$47.20-$0.36$1.21$0.84
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment FY2024 to FY2026

FY2024FY2025FY2026Share
of the parts, latest year
Sterilization and Disinfection Control75.193.410240.8%
Calibration Solutions47.851.753.621.5%
Biopharmaceutical Development40.748.748.619.5%
Clinical Genomics52.647.145.418.2%
Sterilization and Disinfection ControlCalibration SolutionsBiopharmaceutical DevelopmentClinical Genomics
216FY2024241FY2025249FY2026

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Revenue by product or service FY2024 to FY2026

FY2024FY2025FY2026Share
of the parts, latest year
Product17719820381.6%
Service39.442.645.718.4%
ProductService
216FY2024241FY2025249FY2026

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Revenue by region FY2024 to FY2026

FY2024FY2025FY2026Share
of the parts, latest year
United States10611711746.9%
Other84.999.111244.9%
China24.925.320.48.2%
United StatesOtherChina
216FY2024241FY2025249FY2026

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026TTM
Operating cash flow8.912.511.412.410.816.917.325.730.627.037.139.228.044.146.842.855.7
Capital expenditure2.60.70.91.02.87.711.62.81.31.52.04.44.52.64.23.22.8
Free cash flow6.211.810.511.38.09.25.722.929.325.535.134.823.441.642.639.652.9
Free cash flow margin18.2%29.8%22.6%21.5%11.2%10.8%6.1%23.8%28.4%21.7%26.2%18.9%10.7%19.2%17.7%15.9%21.2%
Cash from investingn/an/an/an/an/a-31.8-18.4-17.2-3.9-186-2.0-305-9.5-81.3-4.5-3.2-2.8
Cash from financingn/an/an/an/an/a18.61.2-9.0-21.723114652.6-33.332.8-44.5-41.9-43.9
Depreciation and amortisation1.82.23.43.85.77.28.79.59.413.017.725.133.831.624.523.323.0
Share-based compensation0.40.51.10.81.01.31.41.74.25.59.311.412.511.913.117.916.3
Buybacks0.10.60.10.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dividends paid1.51.61.82.02.22.32.42.42.52.73.23.33.43.43.53.53.5
Dividend per sharen/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a$0.64$0.64$0.64$0.64$0.64$0.64$0.64$0.64n/a
Diluted shares, weighted3m3m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m5m5m5m5m5m6m6m
Shares outstanding at period end3m3m3m3m4m4m4m4m4m4m5m5m5m5m5m6m6m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020 †FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity36.443.952.864.373.584.797.899.4111220406394393145160186189
Debt6.5n/a4.016.526.245.255.246,62523.0140146218183222178151143
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a5.86.612.413.715.9
Other liabilities7.66.89.216.717.630.818.7n/a22.548.849.695.279.373.183.276.471.7
Total liabilities and equity50.650.765.997.5117161172164157409601707662447433428419
Owned
Fixed assets7.37.37.47.79.616.626.023.622.222.122.028.628.131.832.330.630.1
Goodwill14.414.423.637.944.966.172.265.566.4142161291286180182187186
Intangible assets11.59.815.425.433.240.837.842.933.212011225021711496.983.378.4
Cash and equivalents3.57.24.05.62.05.75.85.510.281.426449.332.928.227.326.930.7
Receivables7.06.58.59.312.115.314.314.312.521.123.841.242.639.142.044.134.4
Inventory5.74.45.67.812.414.013.99.26.814.211.224.634.632.725.426.427.2
Other assets1.01.01.43.93.02.21.83.15.58.98.122.320.321.227.729.532.4
Total assets50.650.765.997.5117161172164157409601707662447433428419
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded11.4%13.2%4.4%3.0%
Profit growth, compounded-5.0%15.4%93.3%n/a
Return on equity, average-15.5%-34.4%-57.5%3.6%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Mesa Laboratories' revenue in fiscal 2026?

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) reported revenue of $249 million for fiscal 2026, the year ended 31 March 2026, up 3.4% on the year before.

How much did Mesa Laboratories earn in fiscal 2026?

Net income was $7 million for fiscal 2026, and diluted earnings per share $1.21.

What is Mesa Laboratories' P/E ratio?

At the close of 29 October 2026, Mesa Laboratories traded at 158.3 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Mesa Laboratories' market cap?

The market cap of Mesa Laboratories was $744 million at the close of 29 October 2026.

Does Mesa Laboratories pay a dividend?

Yes. Mesa Laboratories declared $0.64 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 June 2026.

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9 companies share its SEC industry code (Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Measuring and Control Equipment, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 202610 August 2026EDGAR
10-K31 March 20263 June 2026EDGAR
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