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
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% |