Mesa Laboratories Valuation

Is MLI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MLI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MLI (€107) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€184.61)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MLI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MLI?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

MLI key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA19.4x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does MLI's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for MLI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.1x
EVT Evotec
2x12.1%€1.5b
GXI Gerresheimer
1.3x10.2%€2.6b
1SXP SCHOTT Pharma KGaA
4.4x10.7%€4.2b
SRT3 Sartorius
4.7x9.4%€14.1b
MLI Mesa Laboratories
2.6x5.5%€610.5m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: MLI is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the peer average (3.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MLI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Life Sciences Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a26.4%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: MLI is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the European Life Sciences industry average (4.7x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MLI's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MLI PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.6x
Fair PS Ratio1.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: MLI is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MLI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€107.00
€131.40
+22.8%
10.1%€140.79€112.63n/a3
Nov ’25€104.00
€129.49
+24.5%
11.9%€144.54€108.41n/a3
Oct ’25€115.00
€129.49
+12.6%
11.9%€144.54€108.41n/a3
Sep ’25€120.00
€116.23
-3.1%
10.9%€134.12€107.29n/a3
Aug ’25€105.00
€109.81
+4.6%
10.2%€120.98€98.64n/a2
Jul ’25€79.50
€115.73
+45.6%
4.0%€120.35€111.10n/a2
Apr ’25€98.00
€116.00
+18.4%
2.4%€118.74€113.26n/a2
Mar ’25€99.50
€117.20
+17.8%
2.4%€119.96€114.43n/a2
Feb ’25€84.00
€116.48
+38.7%
2.0%€118.77€114.20n/a2
Jan ’25€94.50
€107.53
+13.8%
13.0%€121.55€93.50n/a2
Dec ’24€77.50
€107.53
+38.7%
13.0%€121.55€93.50n/a2
Nov ’24€87.50
€132.75
+51.7%
22.3%€162.35€103.14€104.002
Oct ’24€97.50
€138.58
+42.1%
11.5%€154.48€122.67€115.002
Sep ’24€131.00
€138.58
+5.8%
11.5%€154.48€122.67€120.002
Aug ’24€116.00
€140.07
+20.8%
14.8%€160.74€119.41€105.002
Jul ’24€122.00
€145.89
+19.6%
11.1%€162.10€129.68€79.502
Jun ’24€120.00
€165.45
+37.9%
21.1%€200.40€130.49€91.502
May ’24€148.00
€183.15
+23.7%
6.9%€196.23€166.11€97.503
Apr ’24€155.00
€189.58
+22.3%
7.4%€203.80€170.62€98.003
Mar ’24€165.00
€189.58
+14.9%
7.4%€203.80€170.62€99.503
Feb ’24€176.00
€187.90
+6.8%
8.6%€203.69€165.80€84.003
Jan ’24€153.00
€189.22
+23.7%
10.8%€208.27€160.80€94.503
Dec ’23€160.00
€189.22
+18.3%
10.8%€208.27€160.80€77.503
Nov ’23€132.00
€188.47
+42.8%
16.4%€215.15€145.10€87.503

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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