MLAB (Mesa Laboratories) General and Admin. Expense: $78.7 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)


MLAB Mesa Laboratories Inc MLAB
77 GF Score
Price $98.18
GF Value $116.05
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Mesa Laboratories General and Admin. Expense?

Mesa Laboratories MLAB +3.92% 77 General and Admin. Expense is $78.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates MLAB with a GF Score™ of 77/100 and a GF Value™ of $116.05 (Modestly Undervalued). The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review.

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. Mesa Laboratories's General and Admin. Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $24.1 Mil. Its General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $78.7 Mil.

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Mesa Laboratories General and Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Mesa Laboratories General and Admin. Expense Chart

Mesa Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25 Mar26
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Mesa Laboratories Quarterly Data
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Mesa Laboratories General and Admin. Expense Calculation

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company.

General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $78.7 Mil.

* 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.

What does a General and Admin. Expense of $78.7 Mil mean?
Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) has a General and Admin. Expense of $78.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Mesa Laboratories and its competitors.
Is Mesa Laboratories' General and Admin. Expense too high?
Mesa Laboratories' current General and Admin. Expense is $78.7 Mil. Overall, Mesa Laboratories has a GF Score™ of 77/100 and is considered Modestly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Mesa Laboratories' General and Admin. Expense compare to AERG and MVIS?
Mesa Laboratories' General and Admin. Expense of $78.7 Mil can be compared against companies in the Hardware industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good General and Admin. Expense for a Hardware company?
A good General and Admin. Expense depends on the Hardware industry context. However, General and Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high General and Admin. Expense mean?
A high General and Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Mesa Laboratories and its competitors. Mesa Laboratories's current General and Admin. Expense is $78.7 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Mesa Laboratories stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $116.05, compared to a current price of $98.18 — trading 15.4% below its estimated fair value. The current General and Admin. Expense is $78.7 Mil. Mesa Laboratories' overall GF Score™ is 77/100 with 7 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is General and Admin. Expense calculated?
General and Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), the current General and Admin. Expense is $78.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Mesa Laboratories (MLAB) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Mesa Laboratories stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $98.18 is trading 15.4% below its estimated GF Value™ of $116.05. GuruFocus considers Mesa Laboratories to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for MLAB:

  • General and Admin. Expense: $78.7 Mil
  • GF Value™: $116.05 vs. price of $98.18 (15.4% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 77/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the MLAB stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Mesa Laboratories Business Description

Address 12100 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO, USA, 80228
Mesa Laboratories Inc manufactures life sciences tools and critical quality control solutions. It operates in four divisions: i) 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. ii) Clinical Genomics division develops, manufactures, and sells sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools and related consumables. iii) The Biopharmaceutical Development division develops, manufactures, and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. iv) The Calibration Solutions division develops, manufactures, sells, and services quality control products.
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