Mettler Toledo (MTD)
Health Care · scientific and analytical instruments · NYSE
Mettler Toledo is a market-leading supplier of high-precision weighing and analytical instruments essential for research, quality control, and manufacturing across the life sciences and industrial sectors.
What Mettler Toledo does
Mettler Toledo is a global provider of precision instruments and services for laboratory, industrial, and food retailing applications. The company develops solutions for weighing, analytical measurement, and product inspection used in critical research, development, quality control, and manufacturing processes. It operates an extensive global sales and service network with a presence in over 140 countries.
Themes: laboratory instrumentation, industrial automation, food safety and inspection, quality control, pharmaceutical R&D manufacturing, precision measurement
Fundamentals
- Price$1,529.46 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$30.6B as of 2026-06-30 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+15.1% 2025-10-08 close $1,328.53 → 2026-10-08 close $1,529.46
- P/E34.42 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+21.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+59.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity164.70 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+6.9% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.00 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How MTD compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 185 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 25% 430 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 189 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 402 covered Health Care peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 494 covered Health Care peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Health Care companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How Mettler Toledo looks technically
Mettler Toledo (MTD) is trading 15.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 32 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 33, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 64, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 9 trading days ago. It is 3.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year).
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 15.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +15.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $1422.42 | $1422.42 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $1323.96 | $1323.96 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 28 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 28 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 1266.55. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 32 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 32 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 15.5% above | +15.5% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 33, with buyers in control | 33.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 64, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 63.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($1396.11 to $1585.72) — its "stochastic" reading is 70 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 70.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 16 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $1585.72 | $1585.72 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 3.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -3.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 49.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +49.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 3.5% below its highest point of the past year | 3.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $1714.75 (set on 2021-12-30) | $1714.75 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($1025.53 to $1545.26), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 3% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $1207.44 to $1224.07. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 3.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 10.8% below its all-time high | -10.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.6% above a support level at $1519.65 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-11-25, most recently on 2026-01-13. Since 2024-10-08 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $44.01 (set on 2009-03-13) | $44.01 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 3375.3% above its all-time low | +3,375% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 79% of it) | 79th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $43.82 between its high and its low — about 2.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $43.82 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $1296.35 and $1627.05 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $1296.35 – $1461.70 – $1627.05 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.9% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (15.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.7 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.32× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.0% since the prior reading | +0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has improved toward "buy" since the prior reading | 0.03 toward buy |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 3 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 3 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.8% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.8% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap up opened on 2026-07-28 has been "filled" 24 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 27 sessions to close | 24 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 14.3 percentage points (the stock gained 15.4% while the market gained 1.0%) | +14.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 18.6 percentage points (the stock gained 22.5% while the market gained 3.8%) | +18.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 3.3 percentage points (the stock gained 20.8% while the market gained 17.5%) | +3.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 0.1 percentage points (the stock gained 15.1% while the market gained 15.0%) | +0.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 8.3% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.3% of the share price. | +8.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 17% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $1312.83 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +16.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $1422.46 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 50 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +7.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
MTD last closed at $1529.46 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1519.65 | Support | 0.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-25 to 2026-01-13 |
| $1469.55 | Support | 3.9% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-10-15 to 2026-10-01 |
| $1426.17 | Support | 6.8% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-02-24 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $1266.55.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $1523.84 and $1682.85 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $1266.55.
This reading has stood for 16 trading days, since 2026-09-17.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud · Most technical signals bullish · Near a support level (sitting on a price it has bounced off before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.57 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 13 analysts
- Mean price target$1,458.08 range $1,200.00 – $1,600.00; median $1,500.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-03. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for MTD
- Consensus EPS estimate$12.09 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-03
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.02495 (-0.2%) from $12.11, on 2026-08-29, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward20% of 5 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant economic concentration and supply chain reliance on China.","Sensitivity of customer capital expenditure to global economic downturns in developed markets.","Currency volatility and geopolitical risks inherent in extensive international operations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of MTD's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-11-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Recent developments in Iran section (filed 2026-05-08): New disclosure about February 2026 Iran-U.S. armed conflict escalation affecting Middle East region, transportation restrictions, global energy markets, commodities pricing, and foreign currency exchange rates.
- Supreme Court decision on IEEPA tariffs (filed 2026-05-08): New disclosure about February 2026 U.S. Supreme Court invalidating tariffs under IEEPA, with $53 million refund claims submitted for 2025-2026 IEEPA tariffs.
- Replacement of IEEPA tariffs (filed 2026-05-08): New disclosure about U.S. government replacing IEEPA tariffs with 10% tariff on imports from most countries.
- Section 232 tariff update (filed 2026-05-08): New disclosure about April 2026 Section 232 tariff definition update.
- Specific China tariff rate for Q1 2026 (filed 2026-05-08): New disclosure showing 4% increase in China sales for three months ended March 31, 2026.
- Removed:
- Three and nine month period data (filed 2025-11-07): Older filing included nine-month results; newer filing shows only three-month period data.
- Comparison to 2024 results (filed 2025-11-07): Older filing included 2024 comparative data; newer filing compares only to 2025.
- Shipping delays reference (filed 2025-11-07): Disclosure about recovery of previously disclosed shipping delays during March 31, 2024 related to European logistics provider not present in newer filing.
- Specific tariff rate language (filed 2025-11-07): Older filing stated tariff rates "ranging from 10% to 145%" and Chinese tariff "reduced to 10%"; newer filing states specific current rates of 15%, 25%, 30%, 15%, and 10% for various countries.
- Geographic sales detail for Americas (filed 2025-11-07): Older filing included detail that Americas benefited approximately 1% from acquisitions; newer filing states local currency sales were flat in Americas excluding acquisition impact.
- Reworded:
- Period reference changed from "three and nine months ended September 30, 2025" to "three months ended March 31, 2026"
- Fiscal year reference changed from "full year ending December 31, 2025" to "full year ending December 31, 2026"
- Tariff language change: "has indicated it may make further changes" (2025) to "indicated certain tariff rates could increase in the future" (2026)
- Net sales impact language changed from "could have a greater impact" to potential adverse impact in future periods
- Geographic risk disclosure expanded to specifically reference "Iran and the Middle East" in addition to prior references to Ukraine
- Annual Report reference changed from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025
- Notes:
- The two filings cover different reporting periods (Q3 2025 vs Q1 2026) and are not directly comparable quarterly-to-quarterly.
- Financial data tables show different periods and cannot be directly compared due to different fiscal quarters.
- Tariff rate descriptions changed due to actual changes in U.S. tariff policy between the two filing dates, not filing restatement.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 5 sells ($6M) — 4 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 5 sells ($6M) — 4 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-27. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about MTD's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 6 matched disclosures for MTD from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding MTD as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 2,957,371
- Reported value $3,778,070,783
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
MTD had 697,792 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
MTD had 3.48% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.19 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 697,792
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.48%
- Prior settlement (shares) 634,397
- Reported change 9.99%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.19
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Sartorius (SRT.DE)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
- Danaher (DHR)
- Waters Corporation (WAT)
- PerkinElmer
- Ametek (AME)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Mettler Toledo (MTD) do?
Mettler Toledo is a global provider of precision instruments and services for laboratory, industrial, and food retailing applications. The company develops solutions for weighing, analytical measurement, and product inspection used in critical research, development, quality control, and manufacturing processes. It operates an extensive global sales and service network with a presence in over 140 countries.
What sector is Mettler Toledo (MTD) in?
Mettler Toledo (MTD) is classified in the Health Care sector. Its industry is scientific and analytical instruments. It trades on NYSE.
Who are Mettler Toledo's (MTD) competitors?
Notable peers of Mettler Toledo (MTD) include Sartorius, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Danaher, Waters Corporation and PerkinElmer. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in MTD?
Yes — we hold 6 matched STOCK Act disclosures for MTD from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Mettler Toledo (MTD) overbought or oversold right now?
Mettler Toledo (MTD) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 64, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on MTD come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.