Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Releases FY 2024 Earnings Guidance

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 40.350-40.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 40.380. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.9 billion-$3.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.8 billion. Mettler-Toledo International also updated its Q4 guidance to $11.63-11.78 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have commented on MTD shares. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,510.00 to $1,550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on shares of Mettler-Toledo International in a report on Tuesday, August 27th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $1,400.00 price target on the stock. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,300.00 to $1,400.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $1,363.75.

Mettler-Toledo International Trading Down 7.2 %

Shares of MTD stock traded down $101.49 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $1,310.03. The stock had a trading volume of 254,186 shares, compared to its average volume of 119,785. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $1,398.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1,401.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.80 billion, a PE ratio of 36.05, a PEG ratio of 4.09 and a beta of 1.16. Mettler-Toledo International has a 12 month low of $953.28 and a 12 month high of $1,546.93.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The medical instruments supplier reported $10.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $10.00 by $0.21. Mettler-Toledo International had a net margin of 20.95% and a negative return on equity of 575.61%. The firm had revenue of $954.54 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $941.93 million. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Mettler-Toledo International will post 40.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Christian Magloth sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,422.97, for a total value of $1,422,970.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 734 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,044,459.98. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.94% of the company’s stock.

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.