Mesa Laboratories MLAB
NASDAQ MLAB
$124.76 +5.61 (+4.71%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026)

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q4 2025, up 302.8% sequentially from 0.0% in Q3 2025, and up 2.0% YoY from 0.0% in Q4 2024.

Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mesa Laboratories has reported Return on Invested Capital for 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.0% (up 2.0% YoY) and the FY2021 annual result came in at 0.48%, up 25.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital advanced to 0.0% in Q4 2025 per MLAB's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.16% in Q4 2021 and troughed at 0.05% in Q3 2024.
  • A 3-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Return on Invested Capital increased 14 bps in 2021, then rose 2 bps in 2025.
  • Over 3 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.16% in 2021, then tumbled by 115 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then soared by 102 bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Garmin 56.90 Bn 54.24 Bn 1.26 Bn -
2 Keysight Technologies 53.99 Bn 51.57 Bn 1.18 Bn -
3 Coherent 51.17 Bn 49.18 Bn 787.08 Mn -0.13%
4 Teledyne Technologies 29.38 Bn 29.04 Bn 738.10 Mn 0.01%
5 Mks 18.84 Bn 18.23 Bn 595.00 Mn 0.00%
6 Fortive 18.30 Bn 17.93 Bn 695.30 Mn 0.00%
7 Trimble 14.04 Bn 13.83 Bn 674.90 Mn 3.28%
8 Cognex 10.12 Bn 9.71 Bn 205.77 Mn -
9 Esco Technologies 7.42 Bn 7.35 Bn 141.52 Mn 0.02%
10 Mesa Laboratories 703.70 Mn 671.47 Mn 39.01 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.00%
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.05%
Dec 31, 2021 0.16%
Sep 30, 2021 0.11%
Jun 30, 2021 0.10%
Mar 31, 2021 0.09%
Dec 31, 2020 0.01%
Sep 30, 2020 0.01%
Jun 30, 2020 0.01%
Mar 31, 2020 0.02%
Dec 31, 2019 0.01%
Sep 30, 2019 0.03%
Jun 30, 2019 0.03%
Mar 31, 2019 0.02%