Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $11.76 by $0.65, Zacks reports. Mettler-Toledo International had a negative return on equity of 531.78% and a net margin of 21.15%. Mettler-Toledo International updated its FY 2025 guidance to 42.350-43.000 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 7.750-7.950 EPS.

Mettler-Toledo International Trading Down 0.5 %

NYSE:MTD traded down $6.78 on Thursday, hitting $1,356.78. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 142,553 shares, compared to its average volume of 118,636. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 1.13. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $1,273.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $1,343.14. Mettler-Toledo International has a one year low of $1,133.46 and a one year high of $1,546.93.

Insider Transactions at Mettler-Toledo International

In related news, Director Elisha W. Finney sold 76 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,311.75, for a total transaction of $99,693.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 240 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $314,820. This represents a 24.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,254.09, for a total transaction of $175,572.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 6 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,524.54. This represents a 95.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently commented on MTD shares. Citigroup upgraded shares of Mettler-Toledo International from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,400.00 to $1,350.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,550.00 to $1,450.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Evercore ISI upgraded Mettler-Toledo International from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,375.00 to $1,310.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $1,351.25.

About Mettler-Toledo International

Mettler-Toledo International Inc manufactures and supplies precision instruments and services in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through five segments: U.S. Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations, and Other. The company’s laboratory instruments include laboratory balances, liquid pipetting solutions, automated laboratory reactors, real-time analytics, titrators, pH meters, process analytics sensors and analyzer technologies, physical value analyzers, density and refractometry, thermal analysis systems, and other analytical instruments; and LabX, a laboratory software platform to manage and analyze data generated from its instruments.