Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) Insider Sells $9,976,000.00 in Stock

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

Mettler-Toledo International Stock Up 0.4%

MTD traded up $5.66 on Thursday, reaching $1,453.47. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 28,544 shares, compared to its average volume of 164,679. Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $946.69 and a fifty-two week high of $1,471.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $1,330.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $1,244.83. The company has a market capitalization of $29.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.88, a P/E/G ratio of 4.19 and a beta of 1.41.

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 the consensus estimate of $10.62 by $0.53. The business had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $997.36 million. Mettler-Toledo International had a net margin of 21.46% and a negative return on equity of 476.07%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $10.21 EPS. Mettler-Toledo International has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 12.680-12.880 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 42.050-42.250 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. will post 42.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Mettler-Toledo International

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in Mettler-Toledo International by 42.1% during the third quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 27 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 8 shares during the period. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its position in Mettler-Toledo International by 2,700.0% in the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 28 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mettler-Toledo International during the first quarter worth $41,000. NewSquare Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Mettler-Toledo International by 94.4% in the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 35 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the period. Finally, MV Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Mettler-Toledo International by 50.0% during the 2nd quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. now owns 36 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 12 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.07% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Barclays raised their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,350.00 to $1,600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,210.00 to $1,230.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Mettler-Toledo International from $1,200.00 to $1,285.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Mettler-Toledo International in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Mettler-Toledo International from $1,260.00 to $1,390.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Mettler-Toledo International presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $1,406.50.

Mettler-Toledo International Company Profile

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.