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MLAB vs. FARO, DAKT, VPG, COHR, BMI, ITRI, CGNX, OSIS, ATEC, and AORT

Should you be buying Mesa Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mesa Laboratories include FARO Technologies (FARO), Daktronics (DAKT), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), Alphatec (ATEC), and Artivion (AORT).

Mesa Laboratories vs. Its Competitors

FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) are both small-cap electronic equipment & instruments companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

FARO Technologies has a net margin of -0.26% compared to Mesa Laboratories' net margin of -0.82%. Mesa Laboratories' return on equity of 27.51% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FARO Technologies-0.26% -0.35% -0.18%
Mesa Laboratories -0.82%27.51%9.78%

FARO Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential downside of 19.30%. Mesa Laboratories has a consensus target price of $130.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.90%. Given Mesa Laboratories' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mesa Laboratories is more favorable than FARO Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FARO Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Mesa Laboratories
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Mesa Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of FARO Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Mesa Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Laboratories has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mesa Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FARO Technologies. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FARO Technologies$342.43M2.48-$9.07M-$0.05-879.80
Mesa Laboratories$240.98M1.70-$1.97M-$0.37-200.89

In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Mesa Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FARO Technologies and 1 mentions for Mesa Laboratories. Mesa Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.26 indicating that Mesa Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FARO Technologies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Mesa Laboratories
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Mesa Laboratories beats FARO Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MLAB vs. The Competition

MetricMesa LaboratoriesMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$408.82M$6.86B$5.67B$9.50B
Dividend Yield0.90%1.30%4.05%4.00%
P/E Ratio-200.8925.4627.9219.98
Price / Sales1.7059.90397.1882.73
Price / Cash5.8220.2736.1958.45
Price / Book2.534.748.635.82
Net Income-$1.97M$176.14M$3.24B$258.42M
7 Day Performance-1.06%1.70%3.17%1.94%
1 Month Performance-24.61%3.79%10.73%12.08%
1 Year Performance-31.47%6.54%35.04%20.90%

Mesa Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
3.0876 of 5 stars
$74.33
-0.4%
$130.00
+74.9%
-34.2%$408.82M$240.98M-200.89680
FARO
FARO Technologies
2.1752 of 5 stars
$43.92
0.0%
$35.50
-19.2%
N/A$848.53M$342.43M-878.401,232
DAKT
Daktronics
4.7547 of 5 stars
$16.14
+0.1%
$26.00
+61.1%
+9.0%$792.64M$756.48M-36.682,702
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
2.5602 of 5 stars
$27.64
-3.1%
$28.50
+3.1%
-16.2%$366.41M$297.48M120.172,200Positive News
COHR
Coherent
3.4735 of 5 stars
$94.61
+1.4%
$103.60
+9.5%
+34.5%$14.71B$4.71B-411.3326,157Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BMI
Badger Meter
4.3429 of 5 stars
$239.56
+0.2%
$236.60
-1.2%
-6.0%$7.06B$852.49M52.772,210Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ITRI
Itron
4.1987 of 5 stars
$135.34
+0.6%
$130.18
-3.8%
+26.7%$6.17B$2.44B24.705,788Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CGNX
Cognex
4.6738 of 5 stars
$33.78
-1.6%
$41.62
+23.2%
-31.8%$5.67B$914.52M49.682,914Upcoming Earnings
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.713 of 5 stars
$212.30
-0.2%
$228.33
+7.6%
+51.2%$3.56B$1.69B25.836,681Positive News
ATEC
Alphatec
3.8934 of 5 stars
$10.91
-0.7%
$18.13
+66.1%
-1.7%$1.59B$642.27M-9.49700Upcoming Earnings
AORT
Artivion
2.9145 of 5 stars
$31.68
+0.7%
$32.40
+2.3%
+11.8%$1.35B$390.08M-63.361,600News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:MLAB) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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