Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)
Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) posted Return on Capital Employed of 0.57% for Q4 2025, up 4557.48% sequentially from 0.01% in Q3 2025, and up 9222.0% YoY from 0.01% in Q4 2024.
Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.57% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 9222.0% year-over-year to 0.57% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.57% (up 9222.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.45%, up 5380.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed improved to 0.57% in Q4 2025 per MLAB's latest filing, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 2.13% in Q1 2021, with the low at 91.66% in Q4 2024.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 14.64%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 9109 bps in 2024 and surged 9222 bps in 2025.
- Mesa Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.47% in 2021, then plunged by 114 bps to 0.2% in 2022, then slumped by 180 bps to 0.57% in 2023, then tumbled by 15990 bps to 91.66% in 2024, then jumped by 101 bps to 0.57% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows MLAB's Return on Capital Employed at 0.57% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.44% in Q2 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |