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Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)

Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Lakewood, United States | NasdaqGS
127.56 USD -0.51 (-0.398%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is neutral to slightly bearish due to a weak statistical forecast and recent price volatility, though the stock sits above its 200-day average. However, the long-term investment case is severely compromised by a catastrophic multi-year decline; despite a single recovery year, the asset has lost nearly half its value over the last nine years, signaling deep structural deterioration rather than a temporary setback. The dividend, while consistent in amount, offers a yield that fails to compensate for the massive capital destruction and carries a high payout ratio relative to the company's shrinking earnings base.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.167761
AutoARIMA0.171373
MSTL0.180741
AutoTheta0.189682

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 43.17
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.082
Excess Kurtosis -1.58
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-11-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 85.479
Revenue per Share 44.898
Market Cap 713,809,024
Trailing P/E 150.07
Forward P/E 12.42
Beta 1.05
Profit Margins 1.92%
Website https://www.mesalabs.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.13% 0.65% 0.64% 0.52%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-31 0.16 0.125127
2026-05-29 0.16 0.156832
2026-02-27 0.16 0.165683
2025-11-28 0.16 0.199501
2025-08-29 0.16 0.236162
2025-05-30 0.16 0.159014
2025-02-28 0.16 0.114794
2024-11-29 0.16 0.136589
2024-08-30 0.16 0.119680
2024-05-31 0.16 0.167189
2024-02-28 0.16 0.149254
2023-11-29 0.16 0.182108
2023-08-30 0.16 0.113459
2023-05-30 0.16 0.120428
2023-02-27 0.16 0.090682
2022-11-29 0.16 0.096970
2022-08-30 0.16 0.092187
2022-05-27 0.16 0.073668
2022-02-25 0.16 0.062259
2021-11-29 0.16 0.051068
2021-08-30 0.16 0.059365
2021-05-27 0.16 0.065094
2021-02-25 0.16 0.057969
2020-11-27 0.16 0.058262
2020-08-28 0.16 0.065309
2020-05-28 0.16 0.061676
2020-02-27 0.16 0.064775
2019-11-27 0.16 0.068027
2019-08-29 0.16 0.073086
2019-05-30 0.16 0.064000
2019-02-27 0.16 0.068702
2018-11-29 0.16 0.072379
2018-08-30 0.16 0.079483
2018-05-30 0.16 0.100000
2018-02-27 0.16 0.118475
2017-11-29 0.16 0.118694
2017-08-29 0.16 0.119850
2017-05-26 0.16 0.105339
2017-02-24 0.16 0.126532
2016-11-28 0.16 0.124031
2016-08-29 0.16 0.144928
2016-05-26 0.16 0.158432
2016-02-25 0.16 0.178075
2015-11-25 0.16 0.147601
2015-08-27 0.16 0.142934
2015-05-27 0.16 0.179937
2015-02-25 0.16 0.212766
2014-11-25 0.16 0.220325
2014-08-27 0.15 0.210379
2014-05-28 0.15 0.188632
2014-02-26 0.15 0.171389
2013-11-26 0.15 0.190500
2013-08-28 0.14 0.214691
2013-05-22 0.14 0.269438
2013-02-25 0.14 0.265403
2012-11-28 0.14 0.288066
2012-08-27 0.13 0.277185
2012-05-25 0.13 0.271342
2012-02-23 0.13 0.252771
2011-11-23 0.13 0.318471
2011-08-24 0.12 0.357462
2011-05-26 0.12 0.388224
2011-02-23 0.12 0.418848
2010-11-24 0.12 0.455408
2010-08-27 0.11 0.511628
2010-05-26 0.11 0.467091
2010-02-24 0.11 0.425039
2009-11-25 0.11 0.448980
2009-08-26 0.10 0.438212
2009-05-29 0.10 0.500000
2009-02-25 0.10 0.568828
2008-11-24 0.10 0.603865
2008-08-26 0.10 0.481928
2008-05-22 0.10 0.481696
2008-02-21 0.10 0.410004
2007-11-21 0.10 0.406339
2007-08-21 0.08 0.402010
2007-05-17 0.08 0.425985
2007-02-27 0.08 0.400000
2006-11-29 0.18 0.923077
2006-08-30 0.07 0.424242
2006-05-30 0.07 0.466667
2006-02-27 0.07 0.466667
2005-11-29 0.32 2.012579
2005-08-30 0.06 0.500000
2005-05-27 0.06 0.474684
2005-02-25 0.06 0.483481
2004-11-29 0.26 2.227935
2004-08-30 0.05 0.468165
2004-05-27 0.05 0.511771
2004-02-26 0.05 0.556174
2003-11-26 0.20 2.197802
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.5
exDividendDate 2026-11-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.64
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.004997267
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2026-08-31
dividendDate 2026-09-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.803223
Address1 12,100 West Sixth Avenue
All Time High 333.42
All Time Low 0.25
Ask 162.56
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 106,800
Average Daily Volume3 Month 139,421
Average Volume 139,421
Average Volume10Days 106,800
Beta 1.054
Bid 91.44
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 33.733
City Lakewood
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 127.56
Current Ratio 1.794
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 129.685
Day Low 126.95
Debt To Equity 85.479
Display Name Mesa Laboratories
Dividend Date 1,789,430,400
Dividend Yield 0.5
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,393,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,393,800
Earnings Growth -0.424
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.403
Earnings Timestamp 1,794,254,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,254,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,254,400
Ebitda 45,437,000
Ebitda Margins 0.18195
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.551
Enterprise To Revenue 3.375
Enterprise Value 842,923,072
Eps Current Year 9.95
Eps Forward 10.27
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.85
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,795,996,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 123.3934
Fifty Day Average Change 4.1665955
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03376676
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 80.3223
Fifty Two Week High 144.35
Fifty Two Week High Change -16.790009
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11631457
Fifty Two Week Low 69.43
Fifty Two Week Low Change 58.129997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.8372461
Fifty Two Week Range 69.43 - 144.35
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 446,913,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.45
Float Shares 4,945,461
Forward Eps 10.27
Forward P E 12.420642
Free Cashflow 53,380,124
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 717
Fullday Change -0.51000977
Fullday Change Percent -0.39822733
Fullday Price 127.56
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.64208
Gross Profits 160,343,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.056199998
Held Percent Institutions 1.0076799
Implied Shares Outstanding 5,595,869
Industry Scientific & Technical Instruments
Industry Disp Scientific & Technical Instruments
Industry Key scientific-technical-instruments
Ir Website http://www.mesalabs.com/corporate/investor.html
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,788,134,400
Last Dividend Value 0.16
Last Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Long Business Summary Mesa Laboratories, Inc. develops, designs, manufactures, sells, and services life sciences tools and quality control products and services in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The Sterilization and Disinfection Control segment offers biological, chemical, and cleaning indicators, used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization, decontamination, disinfection, and cleaning processes in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare industries. This segment also provides sterility assurance testing and laboratory services to the dental and pharmaceutical industries. The Biopharmaceutical Development segment develops, manufactures, sells, and services automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. Its Clinical Genomics segment offers MassARRAY, a genetic analysis tool system, and related consumables, including chips, panels, and chemical reagent solutions used by clinical labs to analyze DNA samples for hereditary disease screenings, pharmacogenetics, oncology related applications, and toxicology research. The Biopharmaceutical Development segment provides automated systems, such as Gyrolab xPand and Gyrolab xPlore hardware and software, Gyrolab Bioaffy consumable microfluidic disks, Gyrolab kits and Rexxip buffers for protein analysis; and PurePep Symphony and Chorus instruments for peptide synthesis. Its Calibration Solutions segment offers quality control products to measure and calibrate critical parameters in applications, such as renal care, gas flow, environmental and process monitoring, and torque testing in pharmaceutical, laboratory, medical device, manufacturing, industrial, and environmental applications. This segment's products include continuous monitoring systems, data loggers, and torque testing systems under the DialyGuard, DryCal, DataTrace, and ViewPoint brands. Mesa Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.
Long Name Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 713,809,024
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_287550
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 4,800,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 753,427,802
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 127.99
Operating Cashflow 55,674,000
Operating Margins 0.11691
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.7529
Phone 303 987 8000
Previous Close 128.07
Price Eps Current Year 12.820101
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.78146
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.8583803
Profit Margins 0.01922
Quick Ratio 1.163
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.51001
Regular Market Change Percent -0.398227
Regular Market Day High 129.685
Regular Market Day Low 126.95
Regular Market Day Range 126.95 - 129.685
Regular Market Open 127.99
Regular Market Previous Close 128.07
Regular Market Price 127.56
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 107,537
Return On Assets 0.03286
Return On Equity 0.02657
Revenue Growth 0.01
Revenue Per Share 44.898
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 5,595,869
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0799
Shares Short 447,048
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 433,982
Short Name Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.082200006
Short Ratio 3.41
Source Interval 15
State CO
Symbol MLAB
Target High Price 125.0
Target Low Price 125.0
Target Mean Price 125.0
Target Median Price 125.0
Total Cash 32,237,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.761
Total Debt 161,351,008
Total Revenue 249,724,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.64
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.004997267
Trailing Eps 0.85
Trailing P E 150.07059
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 101.2631
Two Hundred Day Average Change 26.296898
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.25968885
Type Disp Equity
Volume 107,537
Website https://www.mesalabs.com
Zip 80,228