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- Those investors looking for solid, “steady-eddies” must own the shares given Mettler’s exceptional management, consistent outperformance and long-term growth potential.
- A model for dependable results with EPS up double-digits essentially every year since the 2009 recession (when it slipped only 4%), EPS is projected up 16% in 2017 to a record $17.15 and at least 14% in 2018 to $19.57.
- Through pricing power and cost controls, operating margins have expanded from 19.0% in 2012 to 23.2% in 2016 to an estimated 24.0% in 2017, with Mettler noting even more ideas for margin improvement over the next five years than the previous five.
- Mettler is the leader for 80% of its precision instruments at more than 2x the size of its nearest competitor, but has only a 25% share in the majority of its fragmented markets, allowing for continued market share gains from cross-selling.
- Higher margin service and consumables account for 30% as a percentage of revenue.
Mettler-Toledo International is a supplier of precision instruments and services. The company manufactures weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial, packaging, logistics, and food retailing applications. The company also manufactures several related analytical instruments and provides automated chemistry solutions used in drug and chemical compound discovery and development. In addition, the company manufactures metal detection and other end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging and provides solutions for use in certain process analytics applications. The company has five segments: United States Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations, and Other.
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