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

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. 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.

Mettler-Toledo International Stock Up 2.4 %

MTD opened at $1,390.00 on Friday. Mettler-Toledo International has a twelve month low of $1,133.46 and a twelve month high of $1,546.93. The company has a fifty day moving average of $1,276.13 and a 200-day moving average of $1,343.24. The stock has a market cap of $29.33 billion, a PE ratio of 34.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.80 and a beta of 1.13.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last issued its quarterly 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 negative return on equity of 564.51% and a net margin of 22.29%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Mettler-Toledo International will post 41.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on MTD. Citigroup upgraded shares of Mettler-Toledo International from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,550.00 to $1,450.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 11th. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Mettler-Toledo International in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,375.00 to $1,310.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded Mettler-Toledo International from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $1,375.00 to $1,450.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. One 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $1,351.25.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Elisha W. Finney sold 76 shares of the company’s 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 directly owns 240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $314,820. This represents a 24.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Gerry Keller sold 140 shares of the 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 transaction, the insider now owns 6 shares in the company, valued at $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 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.