Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2025)

Mesa Laboratories' (MLAB) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$180.7 million in Q4 2025, down 1748.87% year-on-year from $11.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 1.5% quarter-over-quarter from -$183.5 million in Q3 2025.

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Mesa Laboratories has disclosed Retained Earnings across 14 years of filings, most recently posting -$180.7 million for Q4 2025.

  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 came in at -$180.7 million, down 1748.87% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$180.7 million (down 1748.87% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$188.9 million, down 2.97% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$180.7 million for Q4 2025 at Mesa Laboratories, up from -$183.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $82.2 million in Q3 2021 to a low of -$188.9 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$66000.0 (2022), against an average of -$15.0 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings soared 41208.85% in 2021 and tumbled 1748.87% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Mesa Laboratories' Retained Earnings stood at $79.3 million in 2021, then declined by 6.13% to $74.4 million in 2022, then dropped by 3.35% to $72.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 113.59% to -$9.8 million in 2024, then sank by 1748.87% to -$180.7 million in 2025.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$180.7 million (Q4 2025), -$183.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$3.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Coherent 73.42 Bn 72.12 Bn 679.95 Mn 1.11 Bn
2 Keysight Technologies 60.20 Bn 58.02 Bn 995.00 Mn 7.36 Bn
3 Garmin 45.90 Bn 43.20 Bn 1.04 Bn -42.96 Mn
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.94 Bn 28.64 Bn 673.80 Mn -487.60 Mn
5 Mks 24.00 Bn 23.43 Bn 507.00 Mn 778.00 Mn
6 Fortive 18.63 Bn 18.28 Bn 675.50 Mn 5.55 Bn
7 Trimble 11.82 Bn 11.59 Bn 646.30 Mn 3.22 Bn
8 Cognex 10.60 Bn 10.31 Bn 190.94 Mn -60.73 Mn
9 Esco Technologies 8.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 131.32 Mn -13.31 Mn
10 Mesa Laboratories 580.67 Mn 550.20 Mn 41.80 Mn -180.73 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -180.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -183.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -188.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -9.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -178.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -14.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -183.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 71.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 70.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 72.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -12.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 74.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -25.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 74.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 3.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 79.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 82.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 79.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 72.46 Mn