Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Mesa Laboratories' (MLAB) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.57% in Q4 2025, up 9222.0% year-on-year from 0.01% in Q4 2024, and up 4557.48% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01% in Q3 2025.

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Mesa Laboratories has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 0.57% for Q4 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 0.57%, up 9222.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.57% (up 9222.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.45%, up 5380.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.57% for Q4 2025 at Mesa Laboratories, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 2.13% in Q1 2021 to a low of 91.66% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.02% (2023), against an average of 14.64%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 9109 bps in 2024 and jumped 9222 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Mesa Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.47% in 2021, then tumbled by 114 bps to 0.2% in 2022, then sank by 180 bps to 0.57% in 2023, then slumped by 15990 bps to 91.66% in 2024, then jumped by 101 bps to 0.57% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.57% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.44% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Coherent 73.42 Bn 72.12 Bn 679.95 Mn -26.06%
2 Keysight Technologies 60.20 Bn 58.02 Bn 995.00 Mn 9.45%
3 Garmin 45.90 Bn 43.20 Bn 1.04 Bn 20.58%
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.94 Bn 28.64 Bn 673.80 Mn 8.78%
5 Mks 24.00 Bn 23.43 Bn 507.00 Mn 8.73%
6 Fortive 18.63 Bn 18.28 Bn 675.50 Mn 7.88%
7 Trimble 11.82 Bn 11.59 Bn 646.30 Mn 8.21%
8 Cognex 10.60 Bn 10.31 Bn 190.94 Mn 10.78%
9 Esco Technologies 8.14 Bn 8.05 Bn 131.32 Mn 8.76%
10 Mesa Laboratories 580.67 Mn 550.20 Mn 41.80 Mn 0.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.57%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.44%
Mar 31, 2025 0.46%
Dec 31, 2024 -91.66%
Sep 30, 2024 -89.21%
Jun 30, 2024 -68.39%
Mar 31, 2024 -49.47%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.57%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.03%
Jun 30, 2023 0.63%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.20%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.14%
Jun 30, 2022 -1.07%
Mar 31, 2022 0.11%
Dec 31, 2021 1.47%
Sep 30, 2021 2.00%
Jun 30, 2021 2.08%
Mar 31, 2021 2.13%