Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 7.750-7.950 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 7.820. The company issued revenue guidance of $888.9 million-$898.2 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $896.6 million. Mettler-Toledo International also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 42.350-43.000 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Mettler-Toledo International Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:MTD traded down $6.78 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $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 50 day moving average price of $1,273.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1,343.14. The firm 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 fifty-two week low of $1,133.46 and a fifty-two week high of $1,546.93.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $11.76 by $0.65. Mettler-Toledo International had a negative return on equity of 531.78% and a net margin of 21.15%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Mettler-Toledo International will post 40.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Mettler-Toledo International

In other news, Director Elisha W. Finney sold 76 shares of Mettler-Toledo International stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director now owns 240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $314,820. The trade was a 24.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of Mettler-Toledo International stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was 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. The trade was 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 owned by corporate insiders.

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.