Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD)Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | Greifensee, Switzerland | NYSE
1,598.03 USD
+35.02
(2.241%)
⇧
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m. EDT
This is a high-quality compounder with exceptional operating margins and a nine-year price trajectory that has nearly tripled, yet it trades at a steep premium with no dividend yield. The recent earnings beat and strong momentum keep the short-term outlook constructive, with price action holding near the fifty-two-week high. However, the balance sheet carries significant leverage relative to book value, and the valuation leaves little room for error. While the business fundamentals are world-class, the lack of income and high cost of capital make it a pure growth play rather than a defensive hold. Investors should expect continued volatility as the market balances the company's superior profitability against its expensive valuation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.035380 |
| MSTL | 0.036067 |
| AutoTheta | 0.049725 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.104902 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 44% |
| H-stat | 22.29 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.867 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.21 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 16668.447 |
| Revenue per Share | 203.408 |
| Market Cap | 32,019,023,872 |
| Trailing P/E | 35.23 |
| Forward P/E | 30.87 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Profit Margins | 21.91% |
| Website | https://www.mt.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are displaying a divided stance. November 2026 calls show heavy out-of-the-money positioning, indicating a bullish bias for the coming months. Conversely, October 2026 puts reveal significant out-of-the-money buying, suggesting investors are hedging against a potential pullback. The ATM implied volatility is elevated in the October expiration for puts, highlighting defensive positioning despite the broader call-side optimism.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.19862735 |
| Address1 | Im Langacher 44 |
| All Time High | 1,714.75 |
| All Time Low | 14.0625 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 20 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.6 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 181,850 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 189,700 |
| Average Volume | 189,700 |
| Average Volume10Days | 181,850 |
| Beta | 1.187 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 20 |
| 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 | 1,598.03 |
| Current Ratio | 1.122 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 1,604.3875 |
| Day Low | 1,561.0 |
| Debt To Equity | 16,668.447 |
| Display Name | Mettler-Toledo |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,995,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,995,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.183 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.151 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,908,800 |
| 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 | 26.734 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 8.25 |
| Enterprise Value | 34,105,034,752 |
| Eps Current Year | 47.3544 |
| Eps Forward | 51.76548 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 45.36 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1,428.7458 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 169.28418 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.11848446 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 19.862736 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1,604.3875 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.357422 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.003962523 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1,023.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 574.98004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.56202537 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1,023.05 - 1604.3875 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 879,517,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 19,926,959 |
| Forward Eps | 51.76548 |
| Forward P E | 30.870573 |
| Free Cashflow | 693,589,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 16,600 |
| Fullday Change | 32.23999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.0626862 |
| Fullday Price | 1,598.0 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.60256 |
| Gross Profits | 2,490,925,056 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00438 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.0534201 |
| 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 | 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 | 32,019,023,872 |
| Market State | PRE |
| 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 | 29,869,700,694 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 13 |
| Open | 1,587.74 |
| Operating Cashflow | 975,166,976 |
| Operating Margins | 0.312 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.9 |
| Phone | 41 44 944 2211 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.030029297 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -0.0018791447 |
| Pre Market Price | 1,598.0 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,791,968,875 |
| Previous Close | 1,563.01 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 33.746178 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2,496.9219 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 7.745523 |
| Profit Margins | 0.21907 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.66 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.57143 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 35.02 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.24055 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1,604.3875 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1,561.0 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1,561.0 - 1604.3875 |
| Regular Market Open | 1,587.74 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1,563.01 |
| Regular Market Price | 1,598.03 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,602 |
| Regular Market Volume | 245,361 |
| Return On Assets | 0.21098 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.045 |
| Revenue Per Share | 203.408 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 20,036,559 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0354 |
| Shares Short | 708,446 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 634,397 |
| Short Name | Mettler-Toledo International, I |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.040599998 |
| Short Ratio | 3.35 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | MTD |
| Target High Price | 1,700.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1,200.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 1,517.9231 |
| Target Median Price | 1,575.0 |
| 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 | 45.36 |
| Trailing P E | 35.22994 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.7682 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1,322.9069 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 275.12317 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.20796867 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 245,361 |
| Website | https://www.mt.com |
| Zip | 8,606 |