Mesa Laboratories (Mesa Laboratories) Cash-to-Debt : 0.12 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Mesa Laboratories Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Mesa Laboratories's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.12.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Mesa Laboratories couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

MLAB' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.18 Max: 1.8
Current: 0.12

During the past 13 years, Mesa Laboratories's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 1.80. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.18.

MLAB's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
93.44% of 2470 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.38 vs MLAB: 0.12

Mesa Laboratories Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Mesa Laboratories Cash-to-Debt Chart

Mesa Laboratories Annual Data

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Mar23

Cash-to-Debt

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0.45

0.58

1.80

0.22

0.18

Mesa Laboratories Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.14	0.18	0.18	0.21	0.12

Competitive Comparison of Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mesa Laboratories's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Mesa Laboratories Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Mesa Laboratories's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	32.91	/	(2.868	+	183.272)
	=	0.18

Mesa Laboratories's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	28.224	/	(3.135	+	232.965)
	=	0.12

Mesa Laboratories (NAS:MLAB) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Mesa Laboratories (Mesa Laboratories) Business Description

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Address

12100 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO, USA, 80228

Website

https://www.mesalabs.com

Mesa Laboratories Inc manufactures life sciences tools and critical quality control products. It operates in 4 divisions: Sterilization and Disinfection Control, which manufactures and sells biological, cleaning, and chemical indicators. It also provides testing and laboratory services, mainly to the dental industry; Biopharmaceutical Development segment develops, manufactures, and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions; Calibration Solutions division develops, manufactures, and sells quality control and calibration products used to measure or calibrate temperature, pressure, pH, humidity, and other such parameters for health and safety purposes; and Clinical Genomics. Its geographical segments include United States and Foreign.

Executives

Brian David Archbold	officer: SVP of Continuous Improvement	12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
John Bradley Schmieder	director	C/O MESA LABORATORIES, INC., 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Gary M Owens	officer: COO	12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
John V Sakys	officer: VP Finance, CFO	MESA LABORATORIES, INC., 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Shannon Hall	director	1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Evan Guillemin	director	380 LAFAYETTE STREET, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
R Tony Tripeny	director	ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Gregory Dinoia	officer: SVP Commercial Operations	12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Mesa Laboratories Inc /co/	director	12100 W 6TH AVE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
John James Sullivan	officer: VP Sales & Marketing	12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
David M Kelly	director
Shiraz Shabanali Ladiwala	director	C/O THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., 168 THIRD AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Robert V Dwyer	director	12100 W 6TH AVE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Jennifer Sadie Alltoft	director	12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
David Brian Perez	director	12100 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228