---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-026769"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLAB"
cik: "0000724004"
company_name: "MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/"
filed_at: "2026-08-10T20:03:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T20:04:12.161591+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mesa Labs Q1 revenue +1.0%; AOI up 19.5%; net income down on FX

## Summary
- Total revenues $60.1M, up 1.0% YoY; core organic growth 0.4%, first positive quarter.
- Operating income up 129% to $7.0M; non-GAAP AOI ex unusual items up 19.5% to $15.4M.
- Net income down 40.3% to $2.8M ($0.49 diluted) on FX losses vs prior-year gains.
- Repaid $8.7M debt; total net leverage ratio 1.85, below 2.0 target.
- CEO Siddhartha Kadia (joined ~100 days ago) to give full-year guidance in November.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-026769
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLAB
- cik: 0000724004
- company_name: MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T20:03:03+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774926026769/0001437749-26-026769-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774926026769/mlab20260807_8k.htm

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