Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 42.350-43.000 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 42.120. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.0 billion-$4.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.9 billion. Mettler-Toledo International also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 7.750-7.950 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

Mettler-Toledo International Price Performance

NYSE MTD opened at $1,356.78 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.58, a P/E/G ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 1.13. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $1,273.86 and a 200 day simple 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.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $11.76 by $0.65. Mettler-Toledo International had a net margin of 21.15% and a negative return on equity of 531.78%. Equities analysts expect that Mettler-Toledo International will post 40.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Mettler-Toledo International 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 transaction of $99,693.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 240 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $314,820. The trade was a 24.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of Mettler-Toledo International 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 transaction, the insider now directly owns 6 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,524.54. The trade was a 95.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.