Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Updates 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. 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. Evercore ISI raised Mettler-Toledo International from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Wolfe Research began coverage on Mettler-Toledo International in a research note on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,375.00 to $1,310.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective 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 report on Monday, November 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $1,351.25.

Mettler-Toledo International Price Performance

MTD stock opened at $1,390.00 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $29.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.80 and a beta of 1.13. Mettler-Toledo International has a 12 month low of $1,133.46 and a 12 month high of $1,546.93. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $1,276.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1,343.24.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $11.76 by $0.65. Mettler-Toledo International had a net margin of 22.29% and a negative return on equity of 564.51%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Mettler-Toledo International will post 41.94 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related 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 completion of the transaction, the director now owns 240 shares in the company, valued at $314,820. The trade was a 24.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,254.09, for a total value of $175,572.60. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 6 shares in the company, valued at $7,524.54. This represents a 95.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.94% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.