Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.65 EPS

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE MTD traded down $6.78 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $1,356.78. The stock had a trading volume of 142,553 shares, compared to its average volume of 118,636. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $1,273.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $1,343.14. The company has a market capitalization of $28.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.58, a PEG ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 1.13. Mettler-Toledo International has a 1-year low of $1,133.46 and a 1-year high of $1,546.93.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Elisha W. Finney sold 76 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,311.75, for a total value of $99,693.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $314,820. The trade was a 24.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,254.09, for a total value of $175,572.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 6 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,524.54. This trade 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have commented on MTD shares. Citigroup upgraded Mettler-Toledo International from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Wolfe Research started coverage on Mettler-Toledo International in a report on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,550.00 to $1,450.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 11th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,400.00 to $1,350.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded Mettler-Toledo International from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Mettler-Toledo International presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $1,351.25.

Mettler-Toledo International Company Profile

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.