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Mesa Laboratories MLAB
$ 137.4 7.91%
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Quarterly report 2027-Q2
added 11-09-2026

Mesa Laboratories Financial Ratios 2026-2010 | MLAB

Brief overview of Mesa Laboratories's multiples and efficiency

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2019–2023.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 760.16x (median 432.05x), EV/EBITDA 44.78x (median 33.76x), P/S 2.32x (median 3.23x). Current valuation broadly matches recent historical reference points; the difference from five-year medians is +8.8%.

At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 0.1%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.

End-period return metrics are ROE -1.2%, ROA -0.5%, ROCE 10.2%. Negative returns point to losses or poor capital efficiency. Valuation multiples are less informative in this setting.

Price, earnings and growth produce a PEG of 0.38x. A value below one indicates moderate pricing relative to expected growth.

The cash conversion cycle increased 25.7 days to 155 days, weakening working-capital efficiency.

Conclusion

Mesa Laboratories's valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.

Annual Financial Ratios Mesa Laboratories

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
84.3 -283.1 -1.8 760.2 370.1 432.1 741.0 121.4 -214.2 46.0 32.5 31.2 32.8 19.6 20.6 16.0 -

P/S

2.3 2.3 2.2 3.2 3.8 37.3 8.5 8.8 6.6 5.5 4.3 4.2 5.6 3.6 4.1 3.0 -

EPS

1.2 -0.4 -47.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.9 -0.8 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.9 0.4

EV (Enterprise Value)

781 M 805 M 741 M 942 M 957 M 1.35 B 1.12 B 944 M 694 M 582 M 434 M 341 M 323 M 175 M 163 M 110 M -10.5 M

EBITDA per Share

4.31 4.01 -49.7 6.98 5.71 6.03 4.96 7.11 6.76 6.81 6.52 6.11 4.54 4.93 4.58 3.62 -

EV/EBITDA

32.8 37.1 -2.8 25.4 32.1 44.8 50.8 33.8 26.5 22.5 17.1 15.0 19.6 10.0 10.4 8.7 -

PEG

-0.47 1.6 0.01 281.95 -194.23 8836.15 -8.86 0.35 1.7 -23.77 2.33 7.4 9.19 4.3 0.79 0.57 -

P/B

3.0 3.5 3.2 1.8 1.8 3.5 4.5 8.2 6.4 5.3 4.3 4.1 4.6 3.1 3.7 2.7 -

P/CF

13.2 11.9 10.6 25.3 17.7 38.2 39.9 31.0 28.8 -133.4 39.6 37.4 26.1 15.8 13.8 15.9 -

ROE %

3.60 -1.24 -174.87 0.24 0.48 0.81 0.61 6.72 -2.98 11.43 13.19 13.04 13.99 16.02 18.03 16.98 4.03

ROA %

1.57 -0.46 -56.90 0.14 0.26 0.54 0.32 4.77 -1.80 6.51 6.95 8.17 9.23 12.82 15.62 12.13 -

ROCE %

5.06 6.06 -67.60 0.54 0.71 2.17 1.99 13.41 10.90 10.51 11.93 15.45 13.50 21.39 27.62 24.03 -

Current Ratio

1.8 1.6 1.5 2.5 2.3 3.1 4.7 1.4 1.9 2.2 1.6 2.0 2.6 4.2 4.5 1.7 -

DSO

63.0 61.4 68.9 69.8 64.4 215.9 65.5 44.3 54.3 55.8 66.0 62.1 64.2 66.6 59.8 78.3 -

DIO

103.9 117.6 148.1 126.6 86.8 98.8 98.5 58.5 81.0 125.3 153.9 162.3 134.8 115.8 100.6 - -

DPO

21.4 23.9 26.8 30.0 30.0 30.7 23.6 25.1 20.9 19.6 31.0 32.7 35.0 21.0 13.0 19.9 -

Operating Cycle

167.0 178.9 217.0 196.4 151.2 314.8 164.0 102.8 135.3 181.1 219.9 224.4 199.1 182.4 160.3 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

145.5 155.0 190.2 166.4 121.2 284.1 140.4 77.8 114.4 161.5 188.9 191.7 164.0 161.4 147.4 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Mesa Laboratories

2027-Q2 2027-Q1 2026-Q4 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

0.77 0.5 - -2.33 0.66 0.45 0.87 -47.260000000000005 0.39 -0.23 -0.1 0.11000000000000001 0.08 0.25 -0.27 -0.33999999999999997 -0.39 0.71 0.39 0.76 0.7 1.1 0.76 -0.37 -0.89 0.52 0.27 0.36 0.22 0.26 1.11 1.08 -2.93 0.6 0.39 0.94 0.84 0.62 0.51 1.06 0.69 0.48 0.74 0.61 0.66 0.84 0.51 0.95 0.68 0.87 0.54 0.51 0.51 0.54 0.52 0.71 0.44 0.64 0.59 0.67 0.6 0.63 0.51

EBITDA per Share

2.25 2.02 - -74.5 2.25 1.68 1.39 -133 1.47 1.32 1.22 863 1.98 2.09 0.52 1.88 K 0.65 1.53 1.35 1.66 3.94 3.12 2.17 0.27 0.75 0.88 1.53 -4.23 K 0.91 0.93 1.89 1.32 -2.02 1.57 1.14 471 1.79 1.7 1.3 714 1.55 1.37 1.44 589 1.46 1.79 1.26 1.05 4.5 3.05 - 0.82 3.24 0.98 1.14 493 1 1.48 1.03 0.96 3.29 2.16 0.87

ROE %

-2.35 -3.19 -4.69 -1.94 -169.02 -170.44 -172.14 -175.03 0.22 -0.19 0.48 0.24 -0.37 -1.00 -0.42 0.46 1.88 3.31 2.88 2.88 1.21 -0.81 -0.62 -0.80 1.16 3.06 3.31 7.00 10.02 -2.52 -1.21 -3.72 -4.28 10.93 11.31 12.01 13.00 12.75 12.45 13.85 12.19 12.32 14.40 13.63 15.96 16.06 16.28 16.37 13.97 13.60 12.41 12.90 14.77 14.76 15.99 17.14 17.30 19.19 18.93 18.76 4.97 4.39 4.39

ROA %

-0.38 -0.87 -1.55 -0.46 -54.48 -55.03 -55.80 -56.97 0.10 -0.12 0.27 0.15 -0.19 -0.55 -0.14 0.40 1.30 2.19 1.90 1.91 0.88 -0.45 -0.32 -0.44 0.83 2.10 2.27 4.68 6.37 -0.78 -0.04 -1.76 -2.24 6.28 6.35 6.64 7.00 6.77 6.52 7.68 7.10 7.50 9.06 8.41 10.05 10.13 10.17 10.40 8.73 9.24 9.41 10.39 11.13 10.90 11.45 11.69 13.40 14.91 14.63 14.70 3.93 3.22 3.22

ROCE %

6.61 5.49 3.55 4.62 -63.00 -65.11 -66.35 -67.53 -0.05 0.51 1.17 0.57 0.46 -0.45 -0.38 0.87 0.45 2.03 3.14 2.56 3.01 2.59 0.75 1.39 3.35 4.31 4.33 6.96 9.56 2.02 3.50 1.52 0.44 9.97 10.46 11.02 11.85 11.75 11.25 12.90 12.72 13.45 16.13 15.75 15.91 29.08 36.11 37.78 48.32 35.68 23.70 28.73 30.35 19.69 21.29 21.47 21.86 40.60 50.52 51.60 22.86 15.64 6.29

Current Ratio

1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.7 7.1 7.1 6.8 7.4 4.7 4.0 3.2 7.5 - - 3.7

DSO

54.0 59.6 - 67.5 56.3 59.5 59.9 58.1 61.7 61.7 70.4 69.7 70.8 65.0 75.1 60.8 50.0 55.0 58.0 55.8 15.7 28.6 54.0 55.4 52.0 52.3 46.4 44.5 45.3 47.2 48.6 45.2 47.3 49.9 54.8 51.2 50.4 48.3 59.9 52.6 59.5 50.0 58.6 55.0 54.2 47.3 50.4 54.0 57.8 49.3 50.4 55.4 49.3 48.5 60.4 64.5 60.3 56.8 58.9 62.3 62.2 64.2 -

DIO

109.3 115.8 - 114.1 106.2 108.9 122.7 140.2 156.5 148.3 164.6 139.3 131.0 112.0 122.9 92.8 62.7 131.9 128.5 40.8 21.5 41.8 - 56.7 80.3 106.7 93.5 60.6 65.8 75.2 81.1 82.8 97.0 123.4 124.3 125.6 128.3 121.8 141.1 133.6 166.3 137.4 164.4 161.9 156.4 126.6 120.8 123.9 45.0 57.3 - 111.7 37.3 109.5 120.4 - - - - 127.5 - - -

DPO

24.9 26.8 - 24.2 20.2 22.1 24.9 21.6 21.3 22.5 27.5 25.3 29.7 31.2 36.9 30.2 21.5 30.6 30.6 15.6 7.5 15.3 - 17.5 18.9 20.1 27.1 22.4 19.5 22.9 23.9 18.6 16.9 20.5 20.6 22.5 28.4 26.6 28.0 27.3 36.1 28.1 31.4 34.6 37.5 29.4 27.8 31.9 10.4 13.2 - 22.9 8.2 26.6 27.1 - - - - 17.9 - - -

Operating Cycle

163.3 175.3 - 181.6 162.4 168.3 182.5 198.3 218.2 210.0 235.0 209.1 201.7 177.0 198.0 153.6 112.7 186.9 186.4 96.6 37.2 70.5 53.1 112.1 132.4 159.0 139.9 105.0 111.2 122.4 129.7 128.0 144.3 173.3 179.1 176.8 178.7 170.1 201.0 186.1 225.8 187.4 223.1 216.9 210.6 173.9 171.1 177.8 102.7 106.6 50.4 167.1 84.1 157.9 180.8 64.5 60.3 56.8 58.9 189.8 62.2 66.5 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

138.3 148.6 - 157.4 142.2 146.2 157.7 176.7 197.0 187.5 207.5 183.8 172.0 145.8 161.1 123.4 91.2 156.4 155.8 80.9 29.7 55.1 53.1 94.6 113.5 138.9 112.7 82.6 91.7 99.5 105.8 109.5 127.5 152.7 158.5 154.3 150.4 143.4 173.0 158.8 189.7 159.3 191.7 182.3 173.1 144.5 143.3 145.9 92.3 93.4 50.4 144.2 75.0 131.3 153.6 64.5 60.3 56.8 58.9 171.9 62.2 66.5 -

All numbers in USD currency

Multiples are an important financial analysis tool for the company Mesa Laboratories, allowing investors and analysts to quickly assess the company’s value and investment attractiveness based on the ratio of market indicators to the company’s financial performance. Essentially, multiples express how the market values the company relative to its earnings, revenue, equity, or other key metrics.

Advantages of Using Financial Ratios
  • Simplified Data Analysis
    Financial ratios transform large volumes of accounting data into compact and easily interpretable indicators, significantly simplifying the assessment of the company’s condition.
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    Multiples standardize financial metrics, enabling objective comparison of companies of different sizes, industries, and market capitalizations.
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    Regular analysis of ratios helps track the dynamics of financial health, identify strengths and weaknesses of the business, as well as potential risks.
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    Financial multiples serve as an important tool for investors, creditors, and company management in making investment, credit, and managerial decisions.
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    Ratios allow quick determination of key performance, liquidity, and financial stability indicators, facilitating prompt evaluation of companies’ attractiveness for investments.

Using multiples enables comparison between companies, even if they differ in size or industry, as they standardize financial data into ratios convenient for analysis. This is especially useful for evaluating companies where direct analysis of financial statements may be complex or require in-depth knowledge.

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