Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)

Mesa Laboratories' (MLAB) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 in Q4 2025, down 2.26% year-on-year from 0.05 in Q4 2024, and down 60.35% quarter-over-quarter from 0.12 in Q3 2025.

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Mesa Laboratories has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.05 for Q4 2025.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.05, down 2.26% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.09 (up 14.86% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.08, down 1.74% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 for Q4 2025 at Mesa Laboratories, down from 0.12 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.99 in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.28 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.09 (2023), against an average of 0.13.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 401.12% in 2022 and soared 1027.39% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Mesa Laboratories' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.06 in 2021, then soared by 133.12% to 0.14 in 2022, then tumbled by 41.25% to 0.08 in 2023, then plunged by 39.41% to 0.05 in 2024, then dropped by 2.26% to 0.05 in 2025.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.05 (Q4 2025), 0.12 (Q3 2025), and 0.99 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Coherent 73.42 Bn 72.12 Bn 679.95 Mn -
2 Keysight Technologies 60.20 Bn 58.02 Bn 995.00 Mn -
3 Garmin 45.90 Bn 43.20 Bn 1.04 Bn 0.37
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.94 Bn 28.64 Bn 673.80 Mn -
5 Mks 24.00 Bn 23.43 Bn 507.00 Mn 0.61
6 Fortive 18.63 Bn 18.28 Bn 675.50 Mn 0.09
7 Trimble 11.82 Bn 11.59 Bn 646.30 Mn -
8 Cognex 10.60 Bn 10.31 Bn 190.94 Mn 0.34
9 Esco Technologies 8.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 131.32 Mn 0.04
10 Mesa Laboratories 580.67 Mn 550.20 Mn 41.80 Mn 0.05

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.05
Sep 30, 2025 0.12
Jun 30, 2025 0.99
Mar 31, 2025 0.07
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Sep 30, 2024 0.25
Jun 30, 2024 0.09
Mar 31, 2024 0.07
Dec 31, 2023 0.08
Sep 30, 2023 0.09
Jun 30, 2023 0.09
Mar 31, 2023 0.07
Dec 31, 2022 0.14
Sep 30, 2022 0.10
Jun 30, 2022 -0.28
Mar 31, 2022 0.10
Dec 31, 2021 0.06
Sep 30, 2021 0.24
Jun 30, 2021 0.09
Mar 31, 2021 0.07