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 guidance of 7.750-7.950 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MTD has been the topic of several research reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,400.00 to $1,350.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Wolfe Research started coverage on Mettler-Toledo International in a report on Friday, December 13th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. 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 research note on Monday, November 11th. Evercore ISI raised shares of Mettler-Toledo International from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,375.00 to $1,310.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $1,351.25.

Mettler-Toledo International Trading Up 2.4 %

NYSE:MTD opened at $1,390.00 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.33 billion, a PE ratio of 34.30, a P/E/G ratio of 4.80 and a beta of 1.13. Mettler-Toledo International has a 1-year low of $1,133.46 and a 1-year high of $1,546.93. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $1,276.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1,343.24.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The medical instruments supplier reported $12.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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%. On average, equities analysts predict that Mettler-Toledo International will post 41.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Mettler-Toledo International

In related news, Director Elisha W. Finney sold 76 shares of Mettler-Toledo International stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the director now 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 filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 6 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,524.54. This represents a 95.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 1.94% of the company’s stock.

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.