MLAB

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY Technology DELAYED
Last price
136.06
▼ 6.17 (4.34%)
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Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
142.23
Prev close
142.23
Day high
144.35
Day low
135.05
Volume
103.26K
Market cap
$761.37M
P/E (TTM)
160.07
52W range
66.56 – 144.35

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.00%
Prior close 142.23
VWAP
138.40
-1.69% from price
Relative volume
0.60×
Quiet session
Session range
6.89%
135.05 – 144.35
Position in range
11%
Near session low
ATR (14D)
5.37
3.94% of price
Prior day high
143.43
PDH
Prior day low
133.34
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
92.43K
Avg 155.00K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+3.88% +1.9%
1M
+6.48% +5.3%
3M
+48.93% +44.4%
6M
+44.50% +26.3%
YTD
+73.32% +59.1%
1Y
+85.70% +69.3%
3Y
+29.49% -52.8%
5Y
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Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+27.77K
Net buying
Buy transactions
16
43.14K shares
Sell transactions
7
15.37K shares
Net transactions
+23
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.4 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
314.49K
Total on file
Bought 43.14KSold 15.37K

Insider transactions

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DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 14, 26
SULLIVAN JOHN JAMES
Director
— 2.78K — Direct
Aug 14, 26
TRIPENY R TONY
Director
— 2.78K — Direct
Aug 14, 26
CAPONE MARK CHRISTOPHER
Director
— 2.78K — Direct
Aug 14, 26
HALL SHANNON
Director
— 2.78K — Direct
Aug 14, 26
LADIWALA SHIRAZ SHABANALI
Director
— 3.81K — Direct
Aug 14, 26
ALLTOFT JENNIFER SADIE
Director
— 2.78K — Direct
Aug 13, 26
SULLIVAN JOHN JAMES
Director
SELL 7.09K $800.09K Direct
Aug 13, 26
TRIPENY R TONY
Director
BUY 900 $102.32K Direct
Aug 13, 26
KADIA SIDDHARTHA
Chief Executive Officer
BUY 7.09K $800.09K Indirect
Jun 22, 26
SAKYS JOHN V
Chief Financial Officer
SELL 2.83K $253.02K Direct
Jun 22, 26
ARCHBOLD BRIAN DAVID
Officer
SELL 2.52K $225.19K Direct
Jun 22, 26
CRENNEN LYNDSEY ELIZABETH
Officer
SELL 442 $39.56K Direct
Jun 18, 26
SAKYS JOHN V
Chief Financial Officer
STOCK 2.28K $217.02K Direct
Jun 18, 26
SAKYS JOHN V
Chief Financial Officer
— 3.79K — Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
ALLTOFT JENNIFER SADIE
Director 7.66K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
ARCHBOLD BRIAN DAVID
Officer 6.38K Sale
CAPONE MARK CHRISTOPHER
Director 6.21K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
HALL SHANNON
Director 6.97K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
KADIA SIDDHARTHA
Chief Executive Officer — Purchase
LADIWALA SHIRAZ SHABANALI
Director 12.33K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
OWENS GARY M
Chief Executive Officer 64.14K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SAKYS JOHN V
Chief Financial Officer 19.84K Sale
SULLIVAN JOHN JAMES
Director 65.73K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
TRIPENY R TONY
Director 9.08K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$761.37M
Enterprise value$890.49M
Revenue (TTM)$249.72M
Gross profit$160.34M
EBITDA$45.44M
Net income$4.80M
EPS (TTM)$0.85
Free cash flow$53.38M
Total cash$32.24M
Total debt$161.35M
Book value / share$33.73
Shares outstanding5.60M
Float4.95M
Short % of float7.42%
Dividend yield0.47%
Beta (5Y)1.05

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E160.07
Forward P/E13.25
PEG ratio—
Price / sales—
Price / book4.03
EV / revenue3.57
EV / EBITDA19.60
Gross margin64.21%
Operating margin11.69%
Profit margin1.92%
Return on equity2.66%
Return on assets3.29%
Debt / equity85.48
Current ratio1.79
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Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2026202520242023YoY
Total revenue $249.13M$240.98M$216.19M$219.08M +3.4%
Operating revenue $249.13M$240.98M$216.19M$219.08M +3.4%
Cost of revenue $90.86M$90.11M$82.94M$85.39M +0.8%
Gross profit $158.27M$150.87M$133.25M$133.69M +4.9%
Research & development $20.31M$19.52M$19.30M$20.49M +4.0%
Selling, general & admin $119.45M$115.02M$111.49M$109.88M +3.9%
Total operating expense $139.76M$134.53M$130.79M$130.37M +3.9%
Operating income $18.51M$16.34M$2.46M$3.32M +13.3%
Net interest income -$10.69M-$11.86M-$5.70M-$4.77M +9.8%
Pre-tax income $12.01M$5.96M-$275.65M-$389.00K +101.5%
Tax provision $5.30M$7.93M-$21.40M-$1.32M -33.2%
Net income $6.71M-$1.97M-$254.25M$930.00K +440.0%
Net income to common $6.71M-$1.97M-$254.25M$930.00K +440.0%
Basic EPS 1.22-0.36-47.200.17 +438.9%
Diluted EPS 1.21-0.36-47.200.17 +436.1%
EBIT $22.71M$17.82M-$269.95M$4.38M +27.4%
EBITDA $45.98M$42.35M-$238.38M$37.52M +8.6%
Basic shares 5.51M5.42M5.39M5.32M +1.7%
Diluted shares 5.57M5.42M5.39M5.36M +2.7%

Options analytics

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Put / call volume
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Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
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ATM implied vol
—
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
—
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Call volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
—
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Heaviest put OI
—
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Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

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Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 2.551.30 -49.1%
Mar 2026 1.391.83 +31.5%
Dec 2025 1.471.76 +19.9%
Sep 2025 1.562.11 +35.2%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 2.24 1 $62.20M +2.4%
Next quarter 2.71 1 $65.95M +1.3%
Current year 9.95 1 $254.45M +2.1%
Next year 10.27 1 $270.85M +6.5%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$125.00
High target$125.00
Low target$125.00
Implied upside-8.13%
Analyst count1
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy0 / 1
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders5.62%
Held by institutions95.50%
Institutions holding237
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
133.86
+1.64% from price
SMA 20
129.92
+4.73% from price
SMA 50
120.75
+12.68% from price
SMA 100
110.61
+23.01% from price
SMA 200
100.09
+35.94% from price
EMA 12
133.06
+2.26% from price
EMA 26
128.98
+5.49% from price
EMA 50
122.57
+11.01% from price
RSI (14)
59.2
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
4.08
Hist 0.03
ATR (14)
5.37
3.94% of price
Realised vol 30D
40.0%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
141.20
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
118.64
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
120.75 vs 100.09
Trend bias
Above 200
+35.94%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 136.06
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
1.20
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.29
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
40.0%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-24.2%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-82.7%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
5.37
3.94% of price
Beta (reported)
1.05
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
403.56K
Prior 337.74K
Change vs prior
+19.5%
Shorts adding
% of float
7.42%
Normal
% of shares out
7.21%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
2.7
Liquid
Float
4.95M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

18 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 14, 26 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Feb 4, 26 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Dec 15, 25 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Aug 8, 25 Wells Fargo UPGRADE Underweight Equal-Weight
May 30, 25 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Underweight Underweight
Oct 1, 24 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Aug 27, 24 Wells Fargo INITIATED — Underweight
Aug 6, 24 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jul 2, 24 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Apr 4, 24 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jan 4, 24 Evercore ISI Group UPGRADE In-Line Outperform
Jan 4, 21 Evercore ISI Group DOWNGRADE Outperform In-Line

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$0.64 / yr
Forward yield0.47%
5-year avg yield0.45%
Payout ratio75.29%
Ex-dividend dateAug 31, 2026
Next pay dateSep 15, 2026
Last split—
Split date—

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