Mesa Laboratories Inc (MLAB) stock
MLABNasdaqIndustrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and ControlFiscal year ends March 31
Financials through Q2 FY2027, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 9, 2026Score 11/3071% above fair value
$135.20−4.01 (-2.88%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $756.56MP/E 117.6Yield 0.47%
Mesa Laboratories statistics
105 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Feb 2, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Nov 30, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 14.68
- 22.12
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.92
- 2.70
- EV / EBIT
- 28.09
- 24.04
- EV / FCF
- 14.85
- 27.78
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- 4.02%
- 3.22%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- 0.32%
- 0.16%
- Float
- 5M
- 37M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 3.64%
- 10.5%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 89.9%
- 60.2%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 377,163
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -3.43%
- -2.57%
- Short % of Float
- 6.99%
- 5.12%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 6.74%
- 3.98%
- Days to Cover
- 4.68
- 3.94
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $144.35
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $69.51
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $128.48
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $128.82
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $106.19
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $6.16
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 13.3%
- 2.01%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 7.17%
- -0.57%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- 27.5%
- -7.91%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 34.5%
- -0.90%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 72.2%
- -0.82%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 68.9%
- -1.18%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 59.9%
- 6.56%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -56.9%
- -49.8%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 8.60%
- 57.3%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 129,838
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 106,104
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 134,652
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.83
- 0.82
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 56.7
- 47.7
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 53.9%
- 64.2%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 1.00
- 1.05
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 5.33%
- -2.55%
- EBITDA Margin
- 10.4%
- -2.82%
- FCF Margin
- 19.7%
- 0.40%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 3.57%
- -17.1%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 1.59%
- -12.2%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 7.91%
- -3.22%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 7.34%
- -8.13%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 1.90
- 2.45
- Quick Ratio
- 1.20
- 1.53
- Interest Coverage
- 2.58
- -1.68
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 2.47%
- 9.24%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- 32.8%
- 7.64%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 4.38%
- 7.08%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 13.2%
- 11.8%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 92.4%
- 3.11%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 13.6%
- 7.64%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.60
- 0.59
- Inventory Turnover
- 3.26
- 2.20
- Revenue Per Employee
- $350.52K
- $330.60K
- Profits Per Employee
- $9.30K
- -$41.39K
- Employee Count
- 717
- 186
- WACC
- 9.86%
- 9.71%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $13.39M
- -$1.69M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $22.31M
- $3.73M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $3.99
- $0.24
- Equity (Book Value)
- $194.60M
- $63.44M
- Book Value Per Share
- $34.77
- $3.26
- Tangible Book Value
- -$64.15M
- $11.04M
- Working Capital
- $46.67M
- $56.85M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$2.10M
- -$3.69M
- FCF Per Share
- $8.84
- -$0.01
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 0.88%
- -4.70%
- FCF Yield
- 6.54%
- 0.24%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.47%
- 0.80%
- Shareholder Yield
- 0.47%
- 1.05%
- Dividend Per Share
- $0.64
- $0.72
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 0.00%
- 4.88%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 0
- 0
- Payout Ratio
- 53.3%
- 24.3%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 7.18%
- 22.0%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $10.13M
- $5.33M
- Income Tax
- $6.73M
- $1.63M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 50.2%
- 18.3%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $30.00
- $38.11
- Graham Upside
- -77.8%
- -56.3%
- Altman Z-Score
- 2.48
- 2.44
- Piotroski F-Score
- 8
- 5
- Lynch Fair Value
- $15.62
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -88.4%
- -45.1%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | MLAB | S&P 500 | Difference | MLAB per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +5.6% | -2.7% | +8.3 pts | ||
| 3 months | +20.0% | -1.7% | +21.8 pts | ||
| Year to date | +73.0% | +11.9% | +61.1 pts | ||
| 1 year | +70.3% | +12.0% | +58.3 pts | ||
| 3 years | +62.0% | +78.2% | −16.2 pts | +17.4% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | -55.7% | +73.2% | −129.0 pts | -15.0% | +11.6% |
| 10 years | +13.3% | +309.6% | −296.3 pts | +1.3% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
0M MLAB shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 3.4% from the previous report, or 6.99% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 4.7 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 58.3% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 377,163 | -3.4% | 80,558 | 4.7 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 390,561 | -12.6% | 102,044 | 3.8 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 447,048 | +10.8% | 120,938 | 3.7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 403,559 | -7.0% | 133,817 | 3.0 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 433,982 | +28.5% | 159,824 | 2.7 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 337,738 | +4.2% | 170,033 | 2.0 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 324,102 | +18.2% | 129,676 | 2.5 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 274,176 | -0.7% | 227,097 | 1.2 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 276,170 | +15.5% | 208,767 | 1.3 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 239,181 | -14.5% | 267,779 | 1.0 |
| May 29, 2026 | 279,822 | +20.5% | 210,603 | 1.3 |
| May 15, 2026 | 232,139 | +16.9% | 137,968 | 1.7 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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