For the quarter ended December 2025, Mettler-Toledo (MTD) reported revenue of $1.13 billion, up 8.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $13.36, compared to $12.41 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.1 billion, representing a surprise of +2.53%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.67%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $12.76.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Mettler-Toledo performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Products: $856.96 million versus $839.62 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.9% change.
- Net Sales- Service (Point in Time+Over Time): $272.77 million versus $263.45 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.9% change.
- Net Sales- Retail: $54.41 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $49.53 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +24%.
- Net Sales- Industrial: $437.13 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $421.26 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.7%.
- Net Sales- Laboratory: $638.2 million versus $630.62 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.9% change.
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Shares of Mettler-Toledo have returned -5.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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