Mettler-Toledo International, I — Earnings Quality Grade F
MTD · Healthcare
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 71 days, change +6 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 4.0%, CFFO -1.3%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 13.1% vs COGS 5.8%. Normal
CapEx growth 3.1% vs revenue 4.0%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 41.8%. Normal
Gross margin 59.4%, change -0.7pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.10. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.8B, FCF/NI = 0.98
Accruals ratio = -2.3%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 3% of debt $2.2B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.0B = -4308% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 1.7x. Healthy
Other assets grew 41.1% vs revenue 4.0%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 10% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.44 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09