Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Insider La Guerroniere Marc De Sells 6,880 Shares

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (NYSE:MTD) insider La Guerroniere Marc De sold 6,880 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,450.00, for a total value of $9,976,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 187 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $271,150. This trade represents a 97.35% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Mettler-Toledo International Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MTD opened at $1,411.00 on Friday. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $946.69 and a fifty-two week high of $1,471.06. The company has a market cap of $28.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.73, a PEG ratio of 4.19 and a beta of 1.41. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $1,332.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $1,245.99.

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The medical instruments supplier reported $11.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $10.62 by $0.53. Mettler-Toledo International had a net margin of 21.46% and a negative return on equity of 476.07%. The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $997.36 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $10.21 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. Mettler-Toledo International has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 12.680-12.880 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 42.050-42.250 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. will post 42.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Mettler-Toledo International

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Mettler-Toledo International by 71.3% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 904,264 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $1,062,257,000 after purchasing an additional 376,419 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Mettler-Toledo International during the 2nd quarter worth $360,126,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its position in Mettler-Toledo International by 21.6% during the 1st quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 709,328 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $837,653,000 after buying an additional 126,147 shares in the last quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Mettler-Toledo International by 41.9% in the second quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. now owns 334,349 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $392,766,000 after buying an additional 98,737 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rakuten Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Mettler-Toledo International during the third quarter worth about $121,021,000. 95.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MTD has been the subject of a number of research reports. Bank of America boosted their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,260.00 to $1,390.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Evercore ISI increased their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,275.00 to $1,400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,210.00 to $1,230.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,200.00 to $1,400.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Mettler-Toledo International in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $1,406.50.

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.