---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037646-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTD"
cik: "0001037646"
company_name: "METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/"
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T05:10:34.577983+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mettler-Toledo Q4 GAAP EPS $8.52, adj EPS $9.40; sales down 12%; guides FY24 above prior

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $8.52 vs $11.86 YoY; Adjusted EPS $9.40 vs $12.10; sales $935M, -12% reported.
- Full-year 2023 GAAP EPS $35.90 vs $38.41; Adjusted EPS $38.03 vs $39.65; sales $3.788B, -3%.
- Q4 results hit by ~$58M shipping delays from European logistics provider; expects recovery in Q1 2024.
- Q1 2024 guidance: local currency sales -4% to -6%; Adjusted EPS $7.35-$7.75, down 11-15% YoY.
- Full-year 2024 guidance raised: local currency sales +1% to +2%; Adjusted EPS $39.60-$40.30 vs prior $39.10-$39.80.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037646-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTD
- cik: 0001037646
- company_name: METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764624000005/0001037646-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764624000005/mtd-20240208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-24-000005
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-24-000005.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037646-24-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/ reported three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue total reported sales declined 12% to $935.0 million, EPS Net earnings per diluted share as reported (EPS) were $8.52.
  - Period: three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: total reported sales declined 12% to $935.0 million
  - EPS: Net earnings per diluted share as reported (EPS) were $8.52
  - Result: reported results
  source text: METTLER-TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC. REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2023 RESULTS COLUMBUS, Ohio, USA – February 8, 2024 – Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) today announced fourth quarter results for 2023. Provided below are the highlights: • Reported sales declined 12% compared with the prior year. In local currency, sales decreased 13% in the quarter as currency increased sales growth by 1%. • Net earnings per diluted share as reported (EPS) were $8.52, compared with $11.86 in the prior-year period.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037646/000103764624000005/0001037646-24-000005-index.htm

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