Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB): Price and Financial Metrics

MLAB POWR Grades

• MLAB scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 90.49% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for MLAB is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• MLAB's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 40.93% of US stocks).

MLAB Stock Summary

• MLAB's current price/earnings ratio is 334.31, which is higher than 98.39% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -18.97%, MESA LABORATORIES INC's debt growth rate surpasses just 16.69% of about US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, MESA LABORATORIES INC is reporting a growth rate of 972.38%; that's higher than 98.3% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to MLAB, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are SGHT, PLAB, LIQT, UTRS, and STIM.
• MLAB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit MESA LABORATORIES INC's official web site, go to www.mesalabs.com.

MLAB Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Technology stock, MLAB's price/sales ratio is 16.67% higher, now standing at 2.8.
• Over the past 243 months, MLAB's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MLAB.

MLAB Growth Metrics

The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 56.63%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -39.36%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 384.5%.

Over the past 34 months, MLAB's revenue has gone up $104,681,000.

The table below shows MLAB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	222.368	24.766	-1.465
2022-09-30	222.777	32.946	-3.976
2022-06-30	199.868	26.823	-1.562
2022-03-31	184.335	39.223	1.871
2021-12-31	163.42	43.441	7.575
2021-09-30	142.896	38.486	5.093

MLAB's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• MLAB has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 83.2% of graded US stocks.
• MLAB's asset turnover comes in at 0.229 -- ranking 64th of 76 Measuring and Control Equipment stocks.
• MSON, HURC, and BRKR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MLAB.

The table below shows MLAB's key quality metrics over time.