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Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)

Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Lakewood, United States | NasdaqGS
101.99 USD +3.24 (3.281%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 2:22 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:16 p.m. EDT

MLAB has shown mixed signals in the short term with recent price fluctuations, but the recent breakout above the 200-day moving average suggests potential for a bullish trend. However, the forecasting model indicates a slight downward adjustment in the next 45 days, which may indicate caution. Long-term, the stock's fundamentals are weak with high debt-to-equity and low profit margins, which may hinder growth. The dividend is consistent but low, which might not appeal to income-focused investors. Overall, the stock is not ideal for aggressive short-term trading or long-term holding due to its weak fundamentals and uncertain outlook.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.074222
AutoETS0.093252
AutoARIMA0.093252
MSTL0.097624

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.75
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.136
Excess Kurtosis -0.85
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-28
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 91.069
Revenue per Share 45.096
Market Cap 563,475,648
Trailing P/E 156.91
Forward P/E 18.92
Beta 0.89
Profit Margins 1.51%
Website https://www.mesalabs.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.17% 0.76% 0.63% 0.50%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-27 0.16 0.165683
2025-11-28 0.16 0.199836
2025-08-29 0.16 0.237029
2025-05-30 0.16 0.159978
2025-02-28 0.16 0.115667
2024-11-29 0.16 0.137790
2024-08-30 0.16 0.120896
2024-05-31 0.16 0.169089
2024-02-28 0.16 0.151169
2023-11-29 0.16 0.184719
2023-08-30 0.16 0.115296
2023-05-30 0.16 0.122518
2023-02-27 0.16 0.092362
2022-11-29 0.16 0.098858
2022-08-30 0.16 0.094071
2022-05-27 0.16 0.075242
2022-02-25 0.16 0.063638
2021-11-29 0.16 0.052231
2021-08-30 0.16 0.060749
2021-05-27 0.16 0.066650
2021-02-25 0.16 0.059393
2020-11-27 0.16 0.059728
2020-08-28 0.16 0.066992
2020-05-28 0.16 0.063307
2020-02-27 0.16 0.066529
2019-11-27 0.16 0.069913
2019-08-29 0.16 0.075164
2019-05-30 0.16 0.065868
2019-02-27 0.16 0.070752
2018-11-29 0.16 0.074590
2018-08-30 0.16 0.081974
2018-05-30 0.16 0.103214
2018-02-27 0.16 0.122405
2017-11-29 0.16 0.122775
2017-08-29 0.16 0.124118
2017-05-26 0.16 0.109220
2017-02-24 0.16 0.131332
2016-11-28 0.16 0.128900
2016-08-29 0.16 0.150800
2016-05-26 0.16 0.165095
2016-02-25 0.16 0.185859
2015-11-25 0.16 0.154327
2015-08-27 0.16 0.149668
2015-05-27 0.16 0.188691
2015-02-25 0.16 0.223521
2014-11-25 0.16 0.231948
2014-08-27 0.15 0.221959
2014-05-28 0.15 0.199433
2014-02-26 0.15 0.181547
2013-11-26 0.15 0.202136
2013-08-28 0.14 0.228242
2013-05-22 0.14 0.287066
2013-02-25 0.14 0.283512
2012-11-28 0.14 0.308533
2012-08-27 0.13 0.297741
2012-05-25 0.13 0.292258
2012-02-23 0.13 0.272998
2011-11-23 0.13 0.344838
2011-08-24 0.12 0.388261
2011-05-26 0.12 0.423185
2011-02-23 0.12 0.458383
2010-11-24 0.12 0.500448
2010-08-27 0.11 0.564825
2010-05-26 0.11 0.518414
2010-02-24 0.11 0.473954
2009-11-25 0.11 0.502701
2009-08-26 0.10 0.492881
2009-05-29 0.10 0.564852
2009-02-25 0.10 0.645918
2008-11-24 0.10 0.689758
2008-08-26 0.10 0.553510
2008-05-22 0.10 0.555774
2008-02-21 0.10 0.475321
2007-11-21 0.10 0.473112
2007-08-21 0.08 0.470113
2007-05-17 0.08 0.500160
2007-02-27 0.08 0.471689
2006-11-29 0.18 1.092885
2006-08-30 0.07 0.506965
2006-05-30 0.07 0.560128
2006-02-27 0.07 0.562589
2005-11-29 0.32 2.437635
2005-08-30 0.06 0.617967
2005-05-27 0.06 0.589626
2005-02-25 0.06 0.603404
2004-11-29 0.26 2.794240
2004-08-30 0.05 0.600247
2004-05-27 0.05 0.659294
2004-02-26 0.05 0.720134
2003-11-26 0.20 2.862033
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.64
dividendYield 0.65
exDividendDate 2026-05-29
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.64
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0064810123
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2026-02-27
dividendDate 2026-03-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.094202876
Address1 12,100 West Sixth Avenue
All Time High 333.42
All Time Low 0.25
Ask 130.12
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 103,560
Average Daily Volume3 Month 108,763
Average Volume 108,763
Average Volume10Days 103,560
Beta 0.894
Bid 74.31
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 4
Book Value 33.791
City Lakewood
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 101.99
Current Ratio 1.942
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 103.805
Day Low 100.6
Debt To Equity 91.069
Display Name Mesa Laboratories
Dividend Date 1,773,619,200
Dividend Rate 0.64
Dividend Yield 0.65
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,125,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,779,971,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,779,971,400
Ebitda 42,250,000
Ebitda Margins 0.17068
Enterprise To Ebitda 16.216
Enterprise To Revenue 2.768
Enterprise Value 685,123,264
Eps Current Year 7.35
Eps Forward 5.39
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.65
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,012,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 89.1144
Fifty Day Average Change 12.875595
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.14448388
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -9.420288
Fifty Two Week High 131.2
Fifty Two Week High Change -29.21
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.22263719
Fifty Two Week Low 55.45
Fifty Two Week Low Change 46.539997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.83931464
Fifty Two Week Range 55.45 - 131.2
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 446,913,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.5
Float Shares 5,034,928
Forward Eps 5.39
Forward P E 18.922077
Free Cashflow 36,833,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 730
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.62404996
Gross Profits 154,476,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.05435
Held Percent Institutions 0.95723
Implied Shares Outstanding 5,524,813
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 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,772,150,400
Last Dividend Value 0.16
Last Fiscal Year End 1,743,379,200
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 testing and laboratory services to the dental and pharmaceutical industries. 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 inherited genetic disease testing, pharmacogenetics, oncology testing, infectious disease testing, doping and toxicology testing, and other differentiated applications for use in 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; PurePep Chorus and Symphony instruments for peptide synthesis; and PurePep EasyClean products for purifying peptides. Its Calibration Solutions segment offers quality control products to measure and calibrate critical parameters in applications, such as environmental and process monitoring, dialysis, gas flow, air quality, and torque testing in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing, laboratory, and hospital environments. This segment's products include continuous monitoring systems, dialysate meters and consumables, data loggers, gas flow calibration and air sampling equipment, and torque testing systems under DialyGuard, ViewPoint, DataTrace, DryCal, and BGI brands. Mesa Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.
Long Name Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 563,475,648
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_287550
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 3,734,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 545,575,283
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 100.6
Operating Cashflow 41,534,000
Operating Margins 0.12245
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.9846
Phone 303 987 8000
Previous Close 98.75
Price Eps Current Year 13.87619
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.0182593
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.2762923
Profit Margins 0.01508
Quick Ratio 1.3
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.2399979
Regular Market Change Percent 3.2810104
Regular Market Day High 103.805
Regular Market Day Low 100.6
Regular Market Day Range 100.6 - 103.805
Regular Market Open 100.6
Regular Market Previous Close 98.75
Regular Market Price 101.99
Regular Market Time 1,776,450,140
Regular Market Volume 74,010
Return On Assets 0.0247
Return On Equity 0.02184
Revenue Growth 0.036
Revenue Per Share 45.096
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 5,524,813
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.04
Shares Short 220,739
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 223,687
Short Name Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0582
Short Ratio 1.64
Source Interval 15
State CO
Symbol MLAB
Target High Price 115.0
Target Low Price 94.0
Target Mean Price 104.5
Target Median Price 104.5
Total Cash 30,470,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.515
Total Debt 170,018,000
Total Revenue 247,540,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.64
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0064810123
Trailing Eps 0.65
Trailing P E 156.9077
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 78.87855
Two Hundred Day Average Change 23.11145
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.29300046
Type Disp Equity
Volume 74,010
Website https://www.mesalabs.com
Zip 80,228