Insider Sale: Director Elisha Finney Sells Shares of Mettler-Toledo International Inc (MTD)

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Nov 13, 2024
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Director Elisha Finney sold 76 shares of Mettler-Toledo International Inc (MTD, Financial) on November 11, 2024, as reported in a recent SEC Filing. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 240 shares of the company.

Mettler-Toledo International Inc is a global provider of precision instruments and services. The company offers weighing instruments for laboratory, industrial, and food retailing applications, analytical instruments for life sciences, and various other precision instruments and services. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Over the past year, Elisha Finney has sold a total of 327 shares and has not made any purchases of the company's stock. This recent transaction is part of a broader trend where there have been 12 insider sells and only 1 insider buy over the last year at Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

On the day of the sale, shares of Mettler-Toledo International Inc were priced at $1,311.75. The company has a market cap of approximately $26.55 billion. The price-earnings ratio of the company stands at 33.92, which is above the industry median of 29.91.

According to the GF Value, the intrinsic value of Mettler-Toledo International Inc is estimated at $1,409.29 per share, making the stock modestly undervalued with a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 0.93.

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The GF Value is calculated based on historical trading multiples such as the price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, adjusted by a GuruFocus factor which considers past returns and growth, and future business performance estimates from Morningstar analysts.

This insider sale might interest investors tracking insider behaviors as an indicator of the company's future performance and valuation adjustments.

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