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

MLAB POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where MLAB ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 93.17% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for MLAB is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• MLAB ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 16th percentile.

MLAB Stock Summary

• MLAB's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 925.48 -- higher than 96.84% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for MLAB is currently 36.54, higher than 88.12% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -17.5%, MESA LABORATORIES INC's debt growth rate surpasses only 16.24% of about US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to MESA LABORATORIES INC are SGHT, EKSO, NRDS, CXM, and VSAT.
• 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 68% higher, now standing at 4.2.
• MLAB's price/sales ratio has moved up 2 over the prior 243 months.

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.