MLAB vs. FARO, DAKT, VPG, COHR, BMI, ITRI, CGNX, OSIS, VCYT, and ATEC
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), Veracyte (VCYT), and Alphatec (ATEC).
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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
FARO Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 19.30%. Mesa Laboratories has a consensus target price of $130.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.58%. Given Mesa Laboratories' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mesa Laboratories is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
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.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Mesa Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for FARO Technologies and 2 mentions for Mesa Laboratories. Mesa Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.38 indicating that Mesa Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Mesa Laboratories beats FARO Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MLAB) was last updated on 7/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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