---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037646-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTD"
cik: "0001037646"
company_name: "METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/"
filed_at: "2024-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:47:34.749194+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mettler-Toledo warns Q4 sales decline ~13% local currency, below guidance; withdraws EPS forecast

## Summary
- Preliminary Q4 2023 local currency sales decline ~13%, worse than prior guidance of -7% to -8%.
- Reported sales decline ~12%; currency tailwind of ~1%.
- Shipping delays with new European logistics provider caused shortfall; expects largely recover in Q1 2024.
- Withdrew previously-issued Adjusted EPS guidance while evaluating impact of delays.
- Will present at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Jan 10; full Q4 results on Feb 8.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037646-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTD
- cik: 0001037646
- company_name: METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/
- filed_at: 2024-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764624000002/0001037646-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764624000002/mtd-20240104.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/ updated its the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 guidance (lowered).
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) today announced that sales and Adjusted EPS for the fourth quarter of 2023 will be below its previously-issued guidance due to unexpected shipping delays with a new external European logistics service provider, which the Company expects to largely recover in the first quarter of 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764624000002/0001037646-24-000002-index.htm

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