Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD)Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | Greifensee, Switzerland | NYSE
1,340.58 USD
+49.74
(3.853%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1,339.02 -1.56 (-1.559%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:26 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:39 p.m. EDT
Despite solid long-term fundamentals, MTD is facing a near-term sentiment mismatch: aggressive institutional by-the-book valuation (robust earnings growth, 8.1% revenue expansion) is being dragged down by a sharp rise in short interest and options writers positioning heavy delta-neutral hedges against the upside. The stock is trading significantly below its 52-week high, suppressing momentum, though the long-term buy signal remains intact due to analyst upgrades and strong cash flows. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.084149 |
| AutoETS | 0.086237 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.090077 |
| AutoTheta | 0.092824 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 11.22 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.230 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.06 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Revenue per Share | 195.36 |
| Market Cap | 27,247,622,144 |
| Trailing P/E | 31.85 |
| Forward P/E | 26.19 |
| Beta | 1.44 |
| Profit Margins | 21.59% |
| Website | https://www.mt.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:39 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a bearish hedge bias. While call volume is significant and skewed OTM (suggesting ongoing upside speculation), put volume on the July and November expirations has surged, creating large OI concentrated ITM ($1000-$1360). Call premiums in the near term are showing muted volume (e.g., May 15), while put volume is distinctly higher in the July and Oct expirations. The IV surface shows a skew against downside protection in the OTM puts (high IV relative to calls at some strikes), but the massive OTM put positioning suggests speculators are fearing a counter-trend correction.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.3818276 |
| Address1 | Im Langacher 44 |
| All Time High | 1,714.75 |
| All Time Low | 14.0625 |
| Ask | 1,368.53 |
| Ask Size | 30 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.1 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 142,060 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 157,740 |
| Average Volume | 157,740 |
| Average Volume10Days | 142,060 |
| Beta | 1.435 |
| Bid | 1,310.67 |
| Bid Size | 40 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | -1.161 |
| City | Greifensee |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1,340.58 |
| Current Ratio | 1.137 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 1,342.2 |
| Day Low | 1,292.18 |
| Display Name | Mettler-Toledo |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,243,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,243,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.17 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.133 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 1,211,900,032 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.30099002 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 24.297 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 7.313 |
| Enterprise Value | 29,446,057,984 |
| Eps Current Year | 46.51088 |
| Eps Forward | 51.19539 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 42.09 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1,298.7914 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 41.788574 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.03217497 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 38.18276 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1,525.17 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -184.59009 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.12102918 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 962.54 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 378.03998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3927525 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 962.54 - 1525.17 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 879,517,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 20,217,526 |
| Forward Eps | 51.19539 |
| Forward P E | 26.18556 |
| Free Cashflow | 687,078,400 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 16,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.59374 |
| Gross Profits | 2,390,646,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00428 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.03047 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 20,325,250 |
| Industry | Diagnostics & Research |
| Industry Disp | Diagnostics & Research |
| Industry Key | diagnostics-research |
| Ir Website | http://investor.mt.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=116541&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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 Operations. The company offers laboratory instruments, such as laboratory balances, liquid pipetting solutions, real-time analytics, titrators, pH meters, process analytics sensors and analyzer technologies, density and refractometry instruments, and thermal analysis systems; and other analytical instruments, including UV/VIS spectrophotometers, moisture analyzers, and cell counters, as well as LabX, a laboratory software platform to manage and analyze data generated by its instruments and automate workflows. It also provides industrial instruments comprising industrial weighing instruments and related terminals, automatic dimensional measurement and data capture solutions, vehicle scale systems, industrial software, metal detectors, x-ray systems, checkweighers, and camera-based imaging equipment. In addition, the company offers retail weighing solutions consisting of weighing and software solutions, AI-driven image recognition solutions for fresh goods, and automated packaging and labeling solutions for the meat backroom. The company serves pharmaceutical and biotech companies, independent research organizations, and testing labs; food manufacturers and retailers; chemical, specialty chemicals, and cosmetics companies; transportation and logistics, metals, and electronics industries; and academic community through its direct sales force and indirect distribution channels. Mettler-Toledo International Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Greifensee, Switzerland. |
| Long Name | Mettler-Toledo International Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 27,247,622,144 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_31468 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 869,193,024 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 27,144,740,832 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 13 |
| Open | 1,301.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | 955,772,032 |
| Operating Margins | 0.30706 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.85 |
| Phone | 41 44 944 2211 |
| Post Market Change | -1.559082 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.11629907 |
| Post Market Price | 1,339.0209 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,761 |
| Previous Close | 1,290.84 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 28.822933 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -1,154.677 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 6.7672434 |
| Profit Margins | 0.21587 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.705 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.07143 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 49.74 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.8533 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1,342.2 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1,292.18 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1,292.18 - 1342.2 |
| Regular Market Open | 1,301.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1,290.84 |
| Regular Market Price | 1,340.58 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 88,508 |
| Return On Assets | 0.20354 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.081 |
| Revenue Per Share | 195.36 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 20,248,505 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.03 |
| Shares Short | 607,385 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 501,335 |
| Short Name | Mettler-Toledo International, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0344 |
| Short Ratio | 3.29 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | MTD |
| Target High Price | 1,700.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1,200.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 1,488.3077 |
| Target Median Price | 1,450.0 |
| Total Cash | 66,888,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.291 |
| Total Debt | 2,265,323,008 |
| Total Revenue | 4,026,398,976 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 42.09 |
| Trailing P E | 31.850319 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.8459 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1,331.7517 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 8.828247 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.006629049 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 88,508 |
| Website | https://www.mt.com |
| Zip | 8,606 |