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 EPS guidance of 42.350-43.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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.

Mettler-Toledo International Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MTD opened at $1,356.78 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.63 billion, a PE ratio of 36.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 1.13. Mettler-Toledo International has a 52 week low of $1,133.46 and a 52 week high of $1,546.93. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $1,273.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $1,343.14.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Mettler-Toledo International will post 40.42 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on MTD shares. Evercore ISI raised Mettler-Toledo International from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Mettler-Toledo International in a report on Friday, December 13th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Citigroup upgraded shares of Mettler-Toledo International from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price 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. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $1,351.25.

Insider Activity at Mettler-Toledo International

In other news, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of the company’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 transaction of $175,572.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 6 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,524.54. This represents a 95.89 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Elisha W. Finney sold 76 shares of Mettler-Toledo International stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,311.75, for a total transaction of $99,693.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 240 shares in the company, valued at $314,820. This trade represents a 24.05 % 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.

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.