Company Analysis

Mettler-Toledo International (MTD)

NYSE: MTD · Laboratory Analytical Instruments · Columbus, OH · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade6.6
◀ Past 7.7● Present 6.5▶ Future 5.6

The grade of Mettler-Toledo International

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past7.730% of the headline
● Present6.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.4 billion in fiscal 2013 to $4.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.5% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.5%bottom 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.4%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.1% a year. 88% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Mettler-Toledo International's diluted share count shrank about 3.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 88% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 2% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 101%: owes 101¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Mettler-Toledo International's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 64 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 101 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 2% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 3% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 21 in its family; net margin 21.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 17% by size; a net margin of 21.6% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 0.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.03Btop 17% of its family
  • net margin21.6%top 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.9%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 46% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kaltenbach, Patrick (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-04-05, 5.6 years (top 34% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.1 years (bottom 45%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 18 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.1 yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.6 yearstop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $67 million against debt of $2.1 billion leaves -54.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 2% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 21.1% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 59.4% (top 14%); research spending of 5% of revenue (bottom 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-54.4%bottom 2% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue21.1%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin59.4%top 14% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.0%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 32% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.9% a year over the last three filed years against 4.5% over all 10, slowing (top 32% of its family); the newest year grew 4% (top 36%); research spending grew 4% a year (top 27%); capital spending grew -4% a year (top 32%) (its annual reports). Mettler-Toledo International reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $3.0 billion (75%), Service at $1.0 billion (25%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.6 points a yeartop 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.0%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.0%top 27% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.0%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 41% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mettler-Toledo International's newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.6% above the $3.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $869 million against a prior three-year average of $841 million (top 47%); a net margin of 21.6% against 21.8% before (top 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.6%top 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+3%top 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.2 pointstop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MTD · research, not advice