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Precision measurement company Mettler-Toledo (NYSE:MTD) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Mettler-Toledo beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.05 billion, up 11.8% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates and a narrow beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Mettler-Toledo’s revenue to decline 5.5% year on year to $875.1 million, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $7.88 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Mettler-Toledo has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Mettler-Toledo’s peers in the research tools & consumables segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Danaher posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.7%, and Revvity reported revenues up 2.3%, topping estimates by 0.6%. Danaher traded up 6.2% following the results while Revvity’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Danaher’s results here and Revvity’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the research tools & consumables stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.6% on average over the last month. Mettler-Toledo is down 7.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $1,289 (compared to the current share price of $1,065).
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