Mesa Labs Announces Second Quarter Results

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB), a global leader in the design and manufacture of life science tools and critical quality control solutions, today announced results for its second fiscal quarter (“2Q25”) ended September 30, 2024 (amounts in thousands).

Second quarter FY 2025 compared to second quarter FY 2024:

  • Revenues increased 8.8%

  • Non-GAAP core organic revenues¹ decline was 2.8%

  • Operating income increased 5,947% to $3,508

  • Non-GAAP adjusted operating income excluding unusual items² increased 18.9% and was 24.8% as a percentage of revenues

We operate our business in four divisions: Sterilization and Disinfection Control (“SDC”), Clinical Genomics (“CG”), Biopharmaceutical Development (“BPD”), and Calibration Solutions (“CS”).

Effective 4Q24 we changed our definition of non-GAAP adjusted operating income³ (“AOI”) and non-GAAP adjusted operating income excluding unusual items to also exclude depreciation expense. Please see the reconciliation of those measures to GAAP operating income (loss) below. All prior periods have been restated to exclude depreciation expense from these non-GAAP measures.

Executive Commentary (amounts in thousands)

“The business continued its positive momentum in 2Q25 with sequential growth in orders and reductions in inventory and debt levels. Despite solid sequential order growth, sequential total revenues growth contracted by 0.6% primarily due to an increase in past due backlog in SDC which we expect to reduce over the next two quarters. Year over year core organic growth contracted by 2.8% due to shipment timing in SDC as well as year over year headwinds in China which started to impact our CG division in 3Q24. Profitability in our preferred metric of AOI margin percentage excluding unusual items of 24.8% reflected our ongoing leverage of the Mesa Way, our Lean approach to process improvement and productivity growth. From a balance sheet perspective, solid profitability and another step up in inventory turns enabled us to repay $7,438 in debt during the second quarter which reduced our total Net Leverage Ratio* to 3.26. We remain committed to drive this ratio down below 3.0x” said Gary Owens, Chief Executive Officer of Mesa.

“Overall revenues of $57,833 increased 8.8% compared to 2Q24 primarily due to 11% growth from the acquisition of GKE, partially offset by an organic decline of 2.2% and currency exchange impacts of 0.6%. The acquisition of GKE closed partially on October 16th of 2023 and completely on December 31st of 2023 and continues to deliver revenues higher than initial expectations at acquisition close. Biopharmaceutical capital spending in BPD continued to be strong for the third consecutive quarter and sales funnels remain solid. CG again delivered sequential growth as the core business has stabilized despite ongoing headwinds from China’s economic slowdown and the impact of its healthcare corruption campaign, coupled with the disruption to the U.S. Laboratory Developed Test (“LDT”) market highlighted in previous quarters. Both SDC and CS showed strong sequential orders growth that will benefit 3Q25 sequential growth” added Mr. Owens.