MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/ financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
MLAB on Nasdaq
Location
Lakewood, CO
Fiscal year end
31 March
Latest financial report
03 Feb 2026

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MLAB - MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/ Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 2.2%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Latest metrics period Q4 2025
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  • Current latest metrics period: Q4 2025.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date on this page: 31 Jan 2026.
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New fact period available

Latest financial period: Q4 2025. Reopen this facts page to verify the newest reported period against the prior baseline.

Update date

03 Feb 2026

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Latest period

Q4 2025

SEC-backed company facts were refreshed from filings filed on 03 Feb 2026.

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Benchmark Context

How Return On Equity compares

Return On Equity is down about 102% versus the comparable prior period. It sits inside the middle range of the current industry benchmark sample.

Compared with

Compared with MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/'s recent history and the latest same-industry benchmark sample for the same metric.

Why this is notable

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  • Latest comparable period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Current industry benchmark sample: 19 companies.
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Plain-English Guide

How to read Revenue on this page

Revenue is the sales a company reports from customers before most expenses are subtracted.

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Quick Takeaways

  • MLAB - MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/ financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 2.2%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: -102%.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
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Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 2.2%, Return On Assets 0.9%, and Operating Margin 7.0%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

40.3/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

2.2%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

0.86%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.94x
Quick Ratio
1.27x
Debt to Equity
1.49x

Strengths

Current Ratio and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

2.2%

YoY: -102%

Industry median: 2.1% (n=19)

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Return On Assets

0.86%

YoY: -102%

Industry median: 0.86% (n=19)

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Operating Margin

7%

YoY: -106%

Industry median: 11% (n=16)

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Current Ratio

1.94x

YoY: +210%

Industry median: 2.15x (n=19)

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Quick Ratio

1.27x

YoY: +201%

Industry median: 1.33x (n=18)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 2.2% -102%
Return On Assets 0.86% -102%
Operating Margin 7% -106%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.94x +210%
Quick Ratio 1.27x +201%
Debt-to-equity 1.49x -21%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 4.1%
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent $3,734,000

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 5,524,813 +1.7%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 5,524,813 +1.3%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $368,555,000 +2.8%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 5,532,000 +1.9%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 5,565,000 +2.5%

Supporting Metrics

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Metric Latest value YoY change
Accounts Payable, Current $5,253,000 -8.6%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $40,233,000 -4.1%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $15,549,000 -37%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $1,137,000 +88%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $19,675,000 +9.5%
Assets $434,849,000 +0.35%
Assets, Current $105,632,000 +2.9%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $28,975,000 +6.1%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 25,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 5,524,813 +1.3%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $19,219,000
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $14,558,000 -1%
Cost of Revenue $93,064,000 +4.9%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $1,474,000 +7.5%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $21,831,000 +8.2%
Depreciation $5,343,000 -0.35%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0.67
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0.65
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 0.21 0%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $13,879,000 -22%
General and Administrative Expense $75,105,000 +6.4%
Goodwill $189,303,000 +4.2%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $14,068,000
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $10,334,000
Inventory, Net $26,559,000 +4.7%
Liabilities $248,158,000 -9.3%
Liabilities and Equity $434,849,000 +0.35%
Liabilities, Current $54,395,000 -67%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $3,164,000 +76%
Operating Income (Loss) $17,232,000 +38%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $3,891,000 +10%
Other Assets, Current $3,934,000 +38%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $17,195,000 -6.2%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $10,961,000 -12%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $31,599,000 -2.3%
Research and Development Expense $20,157,000 +2.7%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $180,727,000 +4.3%
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $247,541,000 +4.1%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $186,691,000 +20%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY