What does gross margin mean?

Gross profit (revenue minus cost of revenue) as a percentage of revenue, on a trailing-twelve-month basis. Measures how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of producing the goods or services sold.

Mesa Laboratories MLAB Gross margin

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '18

Gross margin at other companies

3MMMM

39.7%-1.4pp

DanaherDHR

58.9%-0.8pp

STERISSTE

44.2%+0.2pp

Bio-Rad LaboratoriesBIO

51.9%-1.6pp

FortiveFTV

57.3%-0.7pp

Personalis, Inc.PSNL

13.7%-19.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$63.7M+2.6%

Gross profit$31.2M-0.5%

Operating income-$664.0K+85.5%

Net income$3.6M+317%

EPS (diluted)-$0.10+63.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$26.9M-1.4%

Total debt$78.7M-53.1%

Total equity$186.2M+16.5%

Total assets$427.7M-1.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$14.0M+10.2%

CapEx$417.0K-44.9%

Free cash flow$13.5M+13.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$542.27M+3.7%

Enterprise value$594.05M-10.4%

P/S2.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Operating margin2.3%—

Net margin1.5%+0.8pp

FCF margin15.9%-1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity2.2%+1.1pp

Debt / equity0.4×-0.6×

Current ratio1.7×+1.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Mesa Laboratories’s reported figures.

gross profit/total revenue=56.8%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Mesa Laboratories’s 10-Q, filed November 6, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does gross margin mean?: Gross profit (revenue minus cost of revenue) as a percentage of revenue, on a trailing-twelve-month basis. Measures how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of producing the goods or services sold.