MTD
METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/
Next earnings Jul 29, 2026 (after close) · consensus $10.89 EPS, $1.04B rev
Last earnings -0.6% on 2026-05-07
$1,308.43
▲ +3.94%$1,308.43▲ +10.46%
over 1Y
L $1,025.53H $1,506.02
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+3.9%
1W+5.2%
1M+11.8%
3M+3.8%
YTD-7.3%
1Y+10.5%
Hold
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 20 analysts
Buy
Elite-margin instrument compounder firing on buybacks, but full price and China/end-market headwinds cap near-term upside.
Revenue $4.03B · FY2025
The read
Middling fundamentals and a rich price (~59% above fair value) leave little margin of safety — a wait-and-see.
Mettler-Toledo is a textbook quality business: 59.4% gross margin, 21.6% net margin, and $956M of operating cash flow on $4.03B of revenue. Net income has compounded steadily but slowly — from $769M (FY2021) to $869M (FY2025), with FY2025 net income up just 0.7% and revenue up 4.0%. Management spent $800M on buybacks in FY2025, shrinking the share count 2.8%, which is why diluted EPS ($42.05) grew 3.9% — faster than net income. This is a cash-generative compounder, not a fast grower.
The scary-looking balance sheet is an artifact, not distress. Stockholders' equity is -$23.6M and ROE prints -3677%, but that is the mechanical result of years of buybacks ($800M in FY2025 alone) drawing equity down even as retained earnings sit at $9.24B. With long-term debt of $2.09B against $956M annual operating cash flow and only $66.9M cash, leverage is real but comfortably serviceable for a business this profitable; the negative book value should not be read as solvency risk. Current assets ($1.36B) exceed current liabilities ($1.20B).
Is MTD a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →
The options angle
model · matches our verdictCovered call~90d expiry
- Long 100 shares @ ~1308.43
- Short call 1370 @ ~68.00 est
debit $124,043max +$12,957max −$124,042BE 1240.43
HOLD means own it, don't chase it — harvesting premium against the position matches the verdict.
Educational template, not a trade recommendation. Strikes and premiums are Black-Scholes model estimates from the last close and 30-day realized volatility — real chains, spreads and IV will differ. Options involve substantial risk.
Financials · annual, by fiscal year
| Line item | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.72B | $3.92B | $3.79B | $3.87B | $4.03B |
| Gross profit | $2.17B | $2.31B | $2.24B | $2.33B | $2.39B |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $769M | $873M | $789M | $863M | $869M |
| Diluted EPS | $32.78 | $38.41 | $35.90 | $40.48 | $42.05 |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 22.3% | 20.8% | 22.3% | 21.6% |
10-year statements — income, cash flow, balance sheet & CSV export →
Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.
Key statistics
Valuation
Enterprise value$28.5B
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales7.1
EV / FCF33.6
P / FCF31.2
PEG (trailing)44.37
Earnings yield3.3%
FCF yield3.2%
Quality & risk
ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow$849M
Total debt$2.15B
Net cash-$2.09B
Piotroski F-Score6/9
Capital returns
Buyback yield3.0%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield3.0%
Shares Δ YoY-2.8%
Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.
Disclosure timeline
SEC · 8-Ks + reportsSome governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
Recent filings
all on EDGAR ↗11-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-06-26open ↗SDFiling2026-05-29open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-122026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-122026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-122026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-122026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-122026-05-14open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-122026-05-14open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-072026-05-13open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-08open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-072026-05-07open ↗
Frequently asked
- Is METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/ (MTD) a buy?
- MTD currently carries a Hold rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Elite-margin instrument compounder firing on buybacks, but full price and China/end-market headwinds cap near-term upside.
- What is MTD's fair value?
- A Modified-Graham model based on MTD's SEC fundamentals estimates a fair value of about $530.24. It is an estimate from reported earnings, not a price target.
- Is MTD overvalued or undervalued?
- Against a Modified-Graham fair-value estimate, MTD currently appears overvalued relative to its SEC-grounded earnings power.
- What is METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/'s quality score?
- MTD scores 60.25661338155307/100 (grade C+) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.
Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001037646, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-08) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 6/21/2026, 7:08:51 PM.
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