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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Mesa Laboratories Inc.MLAB · business equipment | |
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| Grade |  Cmiddle fifth of 497 graded peers; percentile 57.7, sampling error 2.2 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 287 of 497 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 44.8 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 57.6 |
| Growth and financing | Cpercentile 49.8 |
| Reliability | 0.87 AUCfailure model, filers with $120M to $591M assets; 95% interval 0.83 to 0.90; 206 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.03% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $120M to $591M assetstotal assets $427.7M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 12 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Jun 3, 2026128 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $126.922026-10-08; market equity $710.2M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Jun 3, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
In this annual report, Mesa Laboratories, Inc., a Colorado corporation, together with its subsidiaries is collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “Mesa.” Mesa was organized in 1982 as a Colorado corporation. We are a global leader in the design and manufacture of life sciences tools and critical quality control solutions for regulated applications in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical device industries. We offer products and services to help our customers ensure product integrity, increase patient and worker safety, and improve the quality of life throughout the world.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 44.8 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 37.0% | [1,3] | 28.5% | 32.0 | 558 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | 4.8% | [4-12] | 10.9% | 66.7 | 136 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | (8.4%) | [1,13-15] | (7.4%) | 48.9 | 621 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 1.5 pts | [2-3,16-23] | 2.4 pts | 31.8 | 429 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 57.6 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| four consecutive discrete net-income quarters are required; found 4 | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 0.37 | [1,4,8,24-27] | 2.18 | 55.8 | 566 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.71x | [4,7,9,28] | 1.11x | 60.3 | 147 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Interest coverage | not computable | 3.77x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-03-31; latest annual assets end 2026-03-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.72x | [24-25] | 2.02x | 56.8 | 666 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 49.8 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 4.4% | [2,17,19,21] | 6.4% | 55.1 | 538 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 19.1% | [14,29-35] | 17.2% | 47.6 | 268 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | 1,002.2% | [4-6,24-25,28-29,36-37] | 14.3% | 1.3 | 226 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | (13.5%) | [1,15,38-39] | 5.0% | 87.2 | 563 | 2026-03-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 1.3% | [40-41] | 0.5% | 57.9 | 407 | 2026-05-21 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.017; sampling error 2.2 percentile points on 497 peers.
Among 497 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282 | Rapid7, Inc. (RPD) Rapid7, Inc. (RPD) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.7 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $873.5M; last close $12.96 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 56.7 | C | |
| 283 | Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP) Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 56.9 Nasdaq · Communications Equipment, NEC market equity $972,967; last close $0.64 Warnings: short runway, fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 56.9 | C | short runway, fortress balance sheet |
| 284 | Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 57.1 NYSE · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment market equity $74.0B; last close $447.00 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 10 of 14 inputs | 57.1 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 285 | Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR) Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 57.3 NYSE · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies market equity $1.5B; last close $21.43 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 57.3 | C | |
| 286 | Atkore Inc. (ATKR) Atkore Inc. (ATKR) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 57.5 NYSE · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies market equity $3.2B; last close $94.86 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 57.5 | C | |
| 287 | Mesa Laboratories Inc. (MLAB) Mesa Laboratories Inc. (MLAB) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 57.7 Nasdaq · Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control market equity $705.4M; last close $126.92 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 57.7 | C | |
| 288 | Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV) Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV) C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 57.9 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $10.9B; last close $44.09 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 10 of 14 inputs | 57.9 | C/D | fortress balance sheet |
| 289 | Ss&C Technologies Holdings Inc. (SSNC) Ss&C Technologies Holdings Inc. (SSNC) C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 58.1 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $18.9B; last close $80.69 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 58.1 | C/D | |
| 290 | Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE) Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE) C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 58.3 Nasdaq · Printed Circuit Boards market equity $690.0M; last close $28.84 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 58.3 | C/D | |
| 291 | Q2 Holdings, Inc. (QTWO) Q2 Holdings, Inc. (QTWO) C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 58.5 NYSE · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $3.7B; last close $58.78 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 58.5 | C/D | |
| 292 | Expensify, Inc. (EXFY) Expensify, Inc. (EXFY) C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 58.7 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software last close $2.30 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 58.7 | C/D | fortress balance sheet |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | C | 43.0 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | C | 57.7 | 497 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | C | 42.4 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | C | 54.0 | 497 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 497 graded peers, about 99 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 91.8% | 2.2% | 90 | hotter than 90 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (11.4%) | (30.0%) | 77 | closer to its high than 77 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 2.5% | 1.5% | 59 | pricier than 41 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.6% | 2.7% | 71 | pricier than 29 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.27 | 0.23 | 55 | pricier than 45 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.35 | 0.30 | 54 | pricier than 46 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 5.9% | 3.9% | 54 | more equity-funded than 54 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.37 | (0.26) | 90 | ahead of 90 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $705.4M; EBIT $18.5M; free cash flow $39.6M; book equity $188.8M; sales $249.1M; debt $66.1M; cash $30.7M[42].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 8 of 9, period end 2026-03-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 1.5% | ✓ pass[13,15] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $42.8M | ✓ pass[14] |
| Return on assets improved | 2.0 pts | ✓ pass[13,15,38,43] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $36.1M | ✓ pass[13-14] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (0.5 pts) | ✓ pass[1,7,10,15,38] |
| Current ratio improved | 109.1 pts | ✓ pass[24-25,36-37] |
| No new shares issued | 1.3% | ✗ fail[40-41] |
| Gross margin improved | 0.9 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,16-17] |
| Asset turnover improved | 3.6 pts | ✓ pass[2,15,17,38] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $30.7M[44] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $55.7M[14,44-48] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 60 |
| 10-Q received Aug 10, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $15.8M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 128 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $427.7M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $249.1M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $158.3M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $18.5M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $12.0M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $5.3M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $67.5M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $186.2M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $26.9M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $71.2M | 2025-03-31 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $159.8M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $27.3M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $6.7M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $42.8M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $433.3M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $150.9M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $241.0M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $133.2M | 2024-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $216.2M | 2024-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $133.7M | 2023-03-31 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $219.1M | 2023-03-31 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $109.1M | 2022-03-31 | 2024-06-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $184.3M | 2022-03-31 | 2024-06-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $106.3M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $61.9M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | -$185.7M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $241.5M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:Depreciation | $5.3M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $3.2M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $46.8M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $4.2M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $44.1M | 2024-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $2.6M | 2024-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $28.0M | 2023-03-31 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $4.5M | 2023-03-31 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $102.7M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $164.0M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $446.8M | 2024-03-31 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $661.8M | 2023-03-31 | 2024-06-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 5,524,931 | 2026-05-21 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 5,455,437 | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 5,595,869 | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$2.0M | 2025-03-31 | 2026-06-03 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $30.7M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 45 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $14.7M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 46 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $28.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-03 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 47 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $10.1M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 48 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.9M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 57.7 is 2.3 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.2 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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