NYSE:MTD - Mettler-Toledo International Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The medical instruments supplier reported $5.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $5.71 by $0.06. The medical instruments supplier earned $753.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $751.34 million. Mettler-Toledo International had a return on equity of 105.34% and a net margin of 18.42%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $5.12 earnings per share. 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 updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $24.85-25.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $25.34. The company issued revenue guidance of $$3.20528-3.20528 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$3.17 billion.

5 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Mettler-Toledo International's shares. 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.4%. 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.

News articles about MTD stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mettler-Toledo International earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the medical instruments supplier a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Mettler-Toledo International.

Mettler-Toledo International saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 962,900 shares, a drop of 9.2% from the November 14th total of 1,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 193,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.0 days. Approximately 4.0% 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include WCM Investment Management LLC (4.77%), State Street Corp (4.32%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.07%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.72%), Barclays PLC (0.63%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.62%). 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 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, Barclays PLC, Man Group plc, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Meritage Portfolio Management. Company insiders that have sold Mettler-Toledo International company stock in the last year include Christian Magloth, Gerry Keller, La Guerroniere Marc De, Michael Heidingsfelder, Oliver A Filliol, Robert F Spoerry, Shawn Vadala, Simon Kirk, Thomas P Salice and Wah-Hui Chu. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mettler-Toledo International.

MTD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chilton Investment Co. LLC, Robecosam AG, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, California Public Employees Retirement System, Eventide Asset Management LLC and Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC. 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 $769.70.

Mettler-Toledo International has a market capitalization of $18.74 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]