Mesa Laboratories's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $29.79.
During the past 12 months, Mesa Laboratories's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -58.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -30.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Mesa Laboratories was 44.60% per year. The lowest was -30.10% per year. And the median was 14.75% per year.
Mesa Laboratories's current price is $127.16. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $29.79. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Mesa Laboratories is 4.27.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Mesa Laboratories was 8.95. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 4.25.
Mesa Laboratories Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Mesa Laboratories's Book Value 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 Book Value per Share
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio falls into.
Mesa Laboratories Book Value per Share Calculation
Mesa Laboratories's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:
* 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.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Mesa Laboratories (NAS:MLAB) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
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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, chemical, and cleaning indicators used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization, decontamination, disinfection, and cleaning processes. Clinical Genomics division develops, manufactures, and sells highly sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools and related consumables. The Biopharmaceutical Development division develops, manufactures, and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. The Calibration Solutions division develops, manufactures, sells, and services quality control products.
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