Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD)Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | Greifensee, Switzerland | NYSE
1,398.58 USD
-8.85
(-0.629%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1,398.58 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT
Mettler-Toledo offers a compelling long-term investment case driven by exceptional capital efficiency and profitability, though the valuation premium requires patience. The business generates returns on equity exceeding 20 percent and maintains robust profit margins, validating its status as a high-quality compounder despite a modest 4.5 percent revenue growth pace. Over the past nine years, the stock has delivered a 223 percent cumulative gain, confirming the market's enduring confidence in the business model. However, the absence of a dividend payout removes a key income component for passive holders. In the near term, technicals remain supportive with price trading above key moving averages following a recent earnings beat, though options activity reveals a defensive undercurrent with significant put volume at lower strikes. The consensus targets imply upside, but the high valuation multiples suggest the market has already priced in much of the growth potential. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.086072 |
| AutoETS | 0.089326 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.089327 |
| AutoTheta | 0.129605 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 39% |
| H-stat | 25.51 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.298 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.13 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 16668.447 |
| Revenue per Share | 203.408 |
| Market Cap | 28,022,730,752 |
| Trailing P/E | 31.74 |
| Forward P/E | 27.06 |
| Beta | 1.22 |
| Profit Margins | 21.91% |
| Website | https://www.mt.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a wide range of outcomes. Call buyers are establishing significant walls at strikes above 1600 for late 2026 and 2027, suggesting a bullish thesis for a rally toward 1700 or higher. Conversely, put buyers are heavily concentrated at strikes below 1400, with deep out-of-the-money strikes showing inflated implied volatility, indicating a hedge against a significant drop to the 1000-1200 range.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.103001595 |
| Address1 | Im Langacher 44 |
| All Time High | 1,714.75 |
| All Time Low | 14.0625 |
| Ask | 1,400.6 |
| Ask Size | 10 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 186,630 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 191,808 |
| Average Volume | 191,808 |
| Average Volume10Days | 186,630 |
| Beta | 1.224 |
| Bid | 1,396.58 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 0.64 |
| City | Greifensee |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1,398.58 |
| Current Ratio | 1.122 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 1,406.925 |
| Day Low | 1,391.6171 |
| Debt To Equity | 16,668.447 |
| Display Name | Mettler-Toledo |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,497,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,497,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.183 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.151 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,441,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | 1,275,713,024 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.3086 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 23.602 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 7.283 |
| Enterprise Value | 30,108,743,680 |
| Eps Current Year | 47.34282 |
| Eps Forward | 51.69107 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 44.06 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1,336.4528 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 62.127197 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.04648664 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 10.300159 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1,525.17 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -126.59009 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.08300064 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1,023.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 375.52997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.36706904 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1,023.05 - 1525.17 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 879,517,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 19,926,959 |
| Forward Eps | 51.69107 |
| Forward P E | 27.056509 |
| Free Cashflow | 693,589,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 16,600 |
| Fullday Change | -8.8501 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.628813 |
| Fullday Price | 1,398.58 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.60256 |
| Gross Profits | 2,490,925,056 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00438 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.05586 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 20,036,559 |
| 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 | 1 |
| 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 | 28,022,730,752 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_31468 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 905,611,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 28,200,054,233 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 1,401.09 |
| Operating Cashflow | 975,166,976 |
| Operating Margins | 0.312 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.86 |
| Phone | 41 44 944 2211 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 1,398.58 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,960,805 |
| Previous Close | 1,407.43 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 29.541544 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2,185.2812 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 6.778805 |
| Profit Margins | 0.21907 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.66 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -8.8501 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.628813 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1,406.925 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1,391.6171 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1,391.6171 - 1406.925 |
| Regular Market Open | 1,401.09 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1,407.43 |
| Regular Market Price | 1,398.58 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 201,919 |
| Return On Assets | 0.21098 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.045 |
| Revenue Per Share | 203.408 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 20,036,559 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0359 |
| Shares Short | 719,935 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 786,539 |
| Short Name | Mettler-Toledo International, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.041300002 |
| Short Ratio | 4.3 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | MTD |
| Target High Price | 1,600.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1,200.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 1,468.909 |
| Target Median Price | 1,458.0 |
| Total Cash | 51,383,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.564 |
| Total Debt | 2,137,394,944 |
| Total Revenue | 4,133,874,944 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 44.06 |
| Trailing P E | 31.742622 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.8737 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1,320.8748 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 77.7052 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.058828592 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 201,919 |
| Website | https://www.mt.com |
| Zip | 8,606 |