Growth Metrics

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) has disclosed Research & Development for 16 consecutive years, with $5.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Research & Development changed 0.47% to $5.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $20.2 million through Dec 2025, up 2.72% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $19.5 million for FY2025, 1.13% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development hit $5.0 million in Q4 2025 for 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.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $4.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $5.0 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: surged 102.77% in 2022 and later decreased 15.6% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $5.2 million in 2021, then fell by 7.11% to $4.8 million in 2022, then fell by 10.49% to $4.3 million in 2023, then increased by 17.68% to $5.1 million in 2024, then dropped by 0.47% to $5.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Research & Development for MLAB at $5.0 million in Q4 2025, $5.0 million in Q3 2025, and $5.0 million in Q2 2025.