How to buy Mesa Laboratories stock (MLAB)

Mesa Laboratories is a scientific & technical instruments business based in the US. Mesa Laboratories shares (MLAB) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $132.08 – an increase of 3.54% over the previous week. Mesa Laboratories employs 736 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $228.4 million.

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Mesa Laboratories stock price (NASDAQ: MLAB)

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Mesa Laboratories shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$132.08
52-week range	$83.47 - $140.81
50-day moving average more info button	$120.20
200-day moving average more info button	$113.47
Wall St. target price	$133.33
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$0.64 (0.49%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-45.62

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Mesa Laboratories price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $129.99 from 2024-12-18

1 week (2024-12-13)	1.90%
1 month (2024-11-21)	28.88%
3 months (2024-09-20)	1.10%
6 months (2024-06-20)	41.76%

1 year (2023-12-20)	27.19%
2 years (2022-12-20)	-19.04%
3 years (2021-12-20)	317.3269
5 years (2019-12-20)	244.2695

Is Mesa Laboratories stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Mesa Laboratories stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Mesa Laboratories's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Mesa Laboratories's EBITDA

Mesa Laboratories's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $41.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Mesa Laboratories's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Mesa Laboratories financials

Revenue TTM	$228.4 million
Operating margin TTM	6.85%
Gross profit TTM	$116.6 million
Return on assets TTM	1.69%
Return on equity TTM	-89.46%
Profit margin	-107.56%
Book value	$29.79
Market Capitalization more info button	$706 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Mesa Laboratories share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 11.51% of net profits

Recently Mesa Laboratories has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Mesa Laboratories shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Mesa Laboratories's case, that would currently equate to about $0.64 per share.

While Mesa Laboratories's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Mesa Laboratories is investing more in its future growth.

Mesa Laboratories's most recent dividend payout was on 15 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Mesa Laboratories share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Mesa Laboratories's shares have ranged in value from as little as $83.4672 up to $140.8111. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Mesa Laboratories's is 0.865. This would suggest that Mesa Laboratories's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Mesa Laboratories overview

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. The 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. The 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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Mesa Laboratories is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 5.748% of Mesa Laboratories shares are held by insiders and 91.879% by institutions. How many people work for Mesa Laboratories?
Latest data suggests 736 work at Mesa Laboratories. When does the fiscal year end for Mesa Laboratories?
Mesa Laboratories's fiscal year ends in March. Where is Mesa Laboratories based?
Mesa Laboratories's address is: 12100 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO, United States, 80228 What is Mesa Laboratories's ISIN number?
Mesa Laboratories's international securities identification number is: US59064R1095 What is Mesa Laboratories's CUSIP number?
Mesa Laboratories's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 59064R109