Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Research & Development (2010 - 2025)

Mesa Laboratories' (MLAB) quarterly Research & Development came in at $5.0 million in Q4 2025, little changed year-on-year from $5.1 million in Q4 2024, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $5.0 million in Q3 2025.

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Research & Development (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Mesa Laboratories has disclosed Research & Development across 16 years of filings, most recently posting $5.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 came in at $5.0 million, changed 0.47% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $20.2 million (up 2.72% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $19.5 million, up 1.13% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at $5.0 million for Q4 2025 at Mesa Laboratories, roughly flat from $5.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $5.7 million in Q2 2022 to a low of $2.6 million in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $5.0 million (2022), against an average of $4.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development soared 102.77% in 2022 and slipped 15.6% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Mesa Laboratories' Research & Development stood at $5.2 million in 2021, then retreated by 7.11% to $4.8 million in 2022, then dropped by 10.49% to $4.3 million in 2023, then rose by 17.68% to $5.1 million in 2024, then decreased by 0.47% to $5.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $5.0 million (Q4 2025), $5.0 million (Q3 2025), and $5.0 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Coherent 73.42 Bn 72.12 Bn 679.95 Mn 185.99 Mn
2 Keysight Technologies 60.20 Bn 58.02 Bn 995.00 Mn 303.00 Mn
3 Garmin 45.90 Bn 43.20 Bn 1.04 Bn 295.82 Mn
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.94 Bn 28.64 Bn 673.80 Mn 84.60 Mn
5 Mks 24.00 Bn 23.43 Bn 507.00 Mn 81.00 Mn
6 Fortive 18.63 Bn 18.28 Bn 675.50 Mn 66.50 Mn
7 Trimble 11.82 Bn 11.59 Bn 646.30 Mn 169.50 Mn
8 Cognex 10.60 Bn 10.31 Bn 190.94 Mn 37.03 Mn
9 Esco Technologies 8.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 131.32 Mn -
10 Mesa Laboratories 580.67 Mn 550.20 Mn 41.80 Mn 5.03 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 5.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 5.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 4.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 5.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 5.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 4.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 4.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 5.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 4.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 4.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 4.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 5.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 4.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 4.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 5.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 5.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 5.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 2.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 2.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 2.67 Mn