The historical rank and industry rank for Mesa Laboratories's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
MLAB'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -127.5 Med: 2.61 Max: 21.52
Current: -116.33
MLAB's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than 95.42% of 2444
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.37
vs MLAB: -116.33
Mesa Laboratories Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Mesa Laboratories's Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin %
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Mesa Laboratories's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mesa Laboratories's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mesa Laboratories's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Mesa Laboratories Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Mesa Laboratories's Pretax Margin 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.
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
Mesa Laboratories Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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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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