Mesa Laboratories's dividends per share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.16. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.64. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.41. As of today, Mesa Laboratories's Dividend Yield % is 0.60%.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Mesa Laboratories Inc is 3.76, which seems too high.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.20% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Mesa Laboratories was 44.20% per year. The lowest was 1.10% per year. And the median was 8.25% per year.
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Mesa Laboratories Dividends per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Mesa Laboratories's Dividends per Share 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.
Competitive Comparison of Mesa Laboratories's Dividends per Share
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Mesa Laboratories's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mesa Laboratories's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mesa Laboratories's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Mesa Laboratories Dividends per Share Calculation
Dividends paid to per common share.
Mesa Laboratories (NAS:MLAB) Dividends per Share Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
Mesa Laboratories's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Mesa Laboratories was 3.77. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.26.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Mesa Laboratories Inc is 3.76, which seems too high.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Mesa Laboratories Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.160000
2024-02-28
2024-02-29
2024-03-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.160000
2023-11-29
2023-11-30
2023-12-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.160000
2023-08-30
2023-08-31
2023-09-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.160000
2023-05-30
2023-05-31
2023-06-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Mesa Laboratories's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $106.60.
Mesa Laboratories's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.64.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Mesa Laboratories was 1.05%. The lowest was 0.19%. And the median was 0.45%.
* 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.
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Mesa Laboratories (Mesa Laboratories) Business Description
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.
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