Mettler-Toledo International Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:MTD)

Mettler-Toledo International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MTD."

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The medical instruments supplier reported $5.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.71 by $0.06. The medical instruments supplier earned $753.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $751.34 million. Mettler-Toledo International had a net margin of 18.42% and a return on equity of 105.34%. Mettler-Toledo International's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $5.12 EPS. View Mettler-Toledo International's Earnings History.

Mettler-Toledo International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mettler-Toledo International.

Mettler-Toledo International issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.66-$7.71 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.73.

5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Mettler-Toledo International's stock. Their forecasts range from $640.00 to $790.00. On average, they expect Mettler-Toledo International's share price to reach $705.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mettler-Toledo International.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mettler-Toledo International in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Mettler-Toledo International.

Press coverage about MTD stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mettler-Toledo International earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the medical instruments supplier a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Mettler-Toledo International.

Mettler-Toledo International saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,080,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the September 30th total of 996,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 190,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.7 days. Approximately 4.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Mettler-Toledo International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Mettler-Toledo International include Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Illumina (ILMN), Agilent Technologies (A), Waters (WAT), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), PerkinElmer (PKI), BIO-TECHNE (TECH), Bruker (BRKR), Charles River Laboratories Intl. (CRL), Cambrex (CBM), Luminex (LMNX), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Fluidigm (FLDM), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) and aTyr Pharma (LIFE).

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Mettler-Toledo International's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include WCM Investment Management LLC (4.77%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.07%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.72%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.54%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.40%) and Welch & Forbes LLC (0.30%). Company insiders that own Mettler-Toledo International stock include Christian Magloth, Gerry Keller, Hans Ulrich Maerki, La Guerroniere Marc De, Michael A Kelly, Michael Heidingsfelder, Oliver A Filliol, Robert F Spoerry, Shawn Vadala, Simon Kirk, Thomas Caratsch, Thomas P Salice, Wah-Hui Chu, Waldemar Rauch and William P Donnelly. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mettler-Toledo International.

MTD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WCM Investment Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Boston Trust Walden Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Meritage Portfolio Management, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Decatur Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Mettler-Toledo International company stock in the last year include Christian Magloth, Gerry Keller, Hans Ulrich Maerki, La Guerroniere Marc De, Michael Heidingsfelder, Oliver A Filliol, Robert F Spoerry, Shawn Vadala, Thomas P Salice, Wah-Hui Chu and William P Donnelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mettler-Toledo International.

MTD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, California Public Employees Retirement System, Rhumbline Advisers, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Empowered Funds LLC and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mettler-Toledo International.

Shares of MTD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MTD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $717.70.

Mettler-Toledo International has a market capitalization of $17.48 billion and generates $2.94 billion in revenue each year. The medical instruments supplier earns $512.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $20.32 on an earnings per share basis. Mettler-Toledo International employs 16,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mettler-Toledo International.

The official website for Mettler-Toledo International is http://www.mt.com/.

Mettler-Toledo International's mailing address is 1900 POLARIS PARKWAY, COLUMBUS OH, 43240. The medical instruments supplier can be reached via phone at 614-438-4511 or via email at [email protected]