MTD
Mettler-Toledo International Inc.Evidence as of 2026-10-09The desk's Snapshot
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Moneyta sentiment
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−0.5 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
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Editor's note
Written after the debate settled. The rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The desk’s evidence balance is Cautious ( -0.5 of a possible +2; confidence high). Reported revenue rose from $ 947,127,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-03-31) to $ 1,027,314,000 in fiscal Q2 2024 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-06-30), an increase of $ 80,187,000; gross profit rose from $ 555,816,000 to $ 650,218,000 and gross margin moved from about 58.7% to about 63.3% across those quarters. Net income increased $ 63,445,000 quarter‑over‑quarter to $ 232,899,000 and diluted EPS moved from $ 8.33 to $ 11.55, while diluted weighted average shares declined from 20,338,274 to 20,166,298 and point-in-time shares fell from 20,207,601 to 20,036,559, indicating share-count reduction.
Balance-sheet and market facts are upheld: long-term debt has fluctuated around $ 2.0–2.16 billion, cash stabilized near $ 51,383,000 as of 2026-06-30, and stockholders’ equity swung from negative $ 249,198,000 (2025-09-30) to positive $ 12,823,000 (2026-06-30). The market picture shows recent momentum of + 18.0% (3 months), price above the 50‑ and 200‑day SMAs (price vs SMA50 + 7.5%, vs SMA200 + 15.7%) with a golden cross, trailing P/FCF of 51.22, trailing P/E of 38.04, implied FCF growth of 33.67% in the valuation model, market cap $ 30,645,115,528 and enterprise value $ 32,638,405,528 on the 2026-10-08 price date.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else (no outside knowledge, no browsing), so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC (revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter) and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenue was $947,127,000 for fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) and $1,027,314,000 for fiscal Q2 2024 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo); the quarter-to-quarter change between those reported quarters is an increase of $80,187,000.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001037646-26-000021weakened in debateGross profit was $555,816,000 for fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) and $650,218,000 for fiscal Q2 2024 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo); gross profit margin (gross profit divided by revenue) increased from about 58.7% in fiscal Q1 2026 to about 63.3% in fiscal Q2 2024.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001037646-26-000021weakened in debateReads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full: its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet; its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
The company states China accounted for 16% of sales to external customers, 29% of total segment profit, and approximately 29% of global production during 2025.
Item 1A risk-factor diff · 0001037646-26-000011 vs 0001037646-25-000012At December 31, 2025, the company reported $19.2 million of cash held in its Chinese subsidiaries and disclosed that nationalization or confiscation of assets in certain jurisdictions is a risk it monitors.
Item 1A risk-factor diff · 0001037646-26-000011 vs 0001037646-25-000012Reads the signal panel above (momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta) and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Momentum over the past 3 months is +18.0%.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-10-08weakened in debateMomentum over the past 6 months is +14.6% and ranks in the 72th percentile of a 881-stock research universe.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-10-08weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
Institutional 13F-reported holdings as of 2026-06-30 show total reported value of "$24.92B" with 810 reporting holders and a net holder_count change of -19 quarter-over-quarter.
13F holdings · 810 filers · as of 2026-06-30Major institutional holders reported include BlackRock, Inc. at "$2.40B", Capital International Investors at "$1.94B", and VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC at "$1.69B" in the 13F data as of 2026-06-30.
13F holdings · 810 filers · as of 2026-06-30Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Several recent headlines focus on valuation and share-price moves for Mettler-Toledo, asking whether the current price is supported by cash flows and highlighting recent share-price increases.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-09-29Coverage on multiple outlets notes a Q2 2026 earnings beat with 4.5% revenue growth, adjusted EPS above expectations, and a management raise to full-year adjusted EPS guidance.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-09-16Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5: who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Insiders reported aggregate sales of "$6.1M" over the 180-day window ending 2026-10-09 (net_shares "-4254").
Form 4 · Vadala Shawn (Chief Financial Officer) · $1.3M code M · 2026-08-03Patrick Kaltenbach (President and CEO) sold 942 shares for "$1.3M" on 2026-08-27 (filing also shows a related "code M" entry valued "$965k" the same date); the filing does not indicate a trading plan.
Form 4 · Kaltenbach Patrick (President and CEO) · $965k code M · 2026-08-27Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The valuation model shows an implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate of 33.67% that today’s price would justify under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice-to-free-cash-flow (P/FCF) on a trailing twelve-month basis is 51.22.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score. The argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
The set of fundamentals and market signals collectively support a constructive read: reported quarterly revenue, gross profit, net income, and diluted EPS show material quarter-to-quarter improvement alongside a declining share count, which amplifies per-share metrics. Market momentum, the price trading above 50- and 200-day SMAs with a golden cross, and endorsements via large institutional positioning provide corroborating market-level validation. While headline valuation multiples are rich on a trailing basis, trailing free cash flow and enterprise-value context supply evidence that cash-generation is substantial relative to the firm’s size. In rebuttal to downside points, the operational and earnings data are recent and directly reported, and institutional ownership breadth and earnings-beat headlines temper concerns raised by episodic insider sales and stated geopolitical/cyber risks.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.35
41 surviving claims rest on 18 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 20% of them, and 93% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The evidence set is moderately concentrated: 41 surviving claims draw on 18 distinct sources, with one analyst contributing a fifth of the claims and a high 93% survival rate from the desk debate. This pattern means the read is fairly coherent but not deeply diversified — the heaviest contributor and the high survival rate increase confidence in internal consistency while the limited source breadth and analyst concentration limit how much weight to place on any single line of evidence.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 9th of 10 in Diagnostics & Research (as of 2026-10-08).
6-month relative strength ranks 8th of 10 in Diagnostics & Research (as of 2026-10-08).
90-day volatility ranks 9th of 10 in Diagnostics & Research (as of 2026-10-08).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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9 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data, not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.5 to the score
13 documents· 1 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes−0.7 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash+0.2 to the score
3 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.5 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
12 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state, with stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.7 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
Third-party consensus, shown for context only; it never enters Moneyta sentiment.
Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal; the gap is shown rather than hidden.
Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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