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Mesa Laboratories (Mesa Laboratories) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 13.18 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Mesa Laboratories's share price is $99.62. Mesa Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.56. Hence, Mesa Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 13.18.

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

MLAB' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.06   Med: 36.5   Max: 33342.5
Current: 13.17

During the past 13 years, Mesa Laboratories's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 33342.50. The lowest was 12.06. And the median was 36.50.

MLAB's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
58.92% of 1351 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 17.05 vs MLAB: 13.17

Mesa Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.93. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $7.56.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Mesa Laboratories was 98.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -5.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, Mesa Laboratories's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 58.30% per year. The lowest was -22.10% per year. And the median was 16.00% per year.


Mesa Laboratories Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mesa Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.

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Mesa Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 31.74 38.77 35.57 39.09 39.97

Mesa Laboratories Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 43.59 39.97 19.10 15.54 13.86

Competitive Comparison

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Mesa Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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

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



Mesa Laboratories Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Mesa Laboratories's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=99.62/7.561
=13.18

Mesa Laboratories's Share Price of today is $99.62.
Mesa Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.56.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Mesa Laboratories  (NAS:MLAB) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Mesa Laboratories (Mesa Laboratories) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
12100 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO, USA, 80228
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

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