Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

NYSE:MTD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$26.0b

Mettler-Toledo International Valuation

Is MTD undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MTD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MTD ($1234.39) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($1318.43)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MTD is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MTD?

Key metric: As MTD is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MTD. This is calculated by dividing MTD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MTD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.7x
EarningsUS$795.63m
Market CapUS$25.97b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MTD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MTD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.6x
WST West Pharmaceutical Services
47.8x12.2%US$24.0b
WAT Waters
35.3x8.6%US$21.9b
IQV IQVIA Holdings
25.7x13.5%US$35.8b
A Agilent Technologies
29.8x8.2%US$38.4b
MTD Mettler-Toledo International
32.7x7.4%US$26.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MTD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.7x) compared to the peer average (34.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MTD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Life Sciences Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
REPC.F RepliCel Life Sciences
0.3xn/aUS$325.01k
No more companies available in this PE range
MTD 32.7xIndustry Avg. 36.2xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MTD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.7x) compared to the Global Life Sciences industry average (36.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MTD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MTD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.7x
Fair PE Ratio26.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MTD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MTD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1,234.39
US$1,334.18
+8.1%
8.1%US$1,500.00US$1,150.00n/a12
Dec ’25US$1,251.20
US$1,327.93
+6.1%
8.4%US$1,500.00US$1,175.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$1,342.09
US$1,382.51
+3.0%
9.9%US$1,600.00US$1,200.00n/a12
Oct ’25US$1,477.64
US$1,380.43
-6.6%
9.6%US$1,580.00US$1,200.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$1,439.08
US$1,382.00
-4.0%
9.2%US$1,580.00US$1,200.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$1,515.35
US$1,365.82
-9.9%
9.7%US$1,590.00US$1,200.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$1,366.84
US$1,350.82
-1.2%
10.8%US$1,590.00US$1,150.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$1,404.09
US$1,317.00
-6.2%
15.6%US$1,590.00US$880.00n/a10
May ’25US$1,249.75
US$1,188.73
-4.9%
12.3%US$1,360.00US$880.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$1,341.20
US$1,177.82
-12.2%
12.0%US$1,360.00US$880.00n/a11
Mar ’25US$1,267.98
US$1,177.82
-7.1%
12.0%US$1,360.00US$880.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$1,224.00
US$1,148.04
-6.2%
14.2%US$1,491.40US$880.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$1,212.96
US$1,121.20
-7.6%
14.8%US$1,491.40US$880.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$1,104.47
US$1,114.00
+0.9%
13.6%US$1,450.00US$880.00US$1,251.2012
Nov ’24US$969.48
US$1,243.00
+28.2%
16.1%US$1,521.00US$880.00US$1,342.0912
Oct ’24US$1,108.07
US$1,323.50
+19.4%
12.5%US$1,521.00US$880.00US$1,477.6412
Sep ’24US$1,222.50
US$1,323.50
+8.3%
12.5%US$1,521.00US$880.00US$1,439.0812
Aug ’24US$1,284.43
US$1,323.50
+3.0%
12.5%US$1,521.00US$880.00US$1,515.3512
Jul ’24US$1,311.64
US$1,449.67
+10.5%
13.1%US$1,660.00US$880.00US$1,366.8412
Jun ’24US$1,329.32
US$1,449.67
+9.1%
13.1%US$1,660.00US$880.00US$1,404.0912
May ’24US$1,519.30
US$1,498.83
-1.3%
14.9%US$1,700.00US$830.00US$1,249.7512
Apr ’24US$1,530.21
US$1,484.83
-3.0%
14.5%US$1,700.00US$830.00US$1,341.2012
Mar ’24US$1,417.97
US$1,484.83
+4.7%
14.5%US$1,700.00US$830.00US$1,267.9812
Feb ’24US$1,560.54
US$1,394.25
-10.7%
15.5%US$1,700.00US$830.00US$1,224.0012
Jan ’24US$1,445.45
US$1,318.00
-8.8%
12.7%US$1,500.00US$830.00US$1,212.9612
Dec ’23US$1,490.33
US$1,279.18
-14.2%
13.7%US$1,500.00US$830.00US$1,104.4711

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 23:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. is covered by 32 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Catherine Ramsey SchulteBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Derik de BruinBofA Global Research