Mettler-Toledo International (Mettler-Toledo International) Accounts Receivable

: $664 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Mettler-Toledo International's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $664 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. Mettler-Toledo International's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 64.79.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. Mettler-Toledo International's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-127.51.

Mettler-Toledo International Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mettler-Toledo International's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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Mettler-Toledo International Annual Data

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Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Accounts Receivable

566.26

593.81

647.34

709.32

663.89

Mettler-Toledo International Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Accounts Receivable																709.32	640.05	648.00	634.97	663.89

Mettler-Toledo International Accounts Receivable Calculation

Accounts Receivable is money owed to a business by customers and shown on its Balance Sheet as an asset.

Mettler-Toledo International Accounts Receivable Explanation

1. Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Days Sales Outstanding measures of the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's accounts receivables are being managed.

Mettler-Toledo International's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	663.893	/	934.992	*	91
=	64.79

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Mettler-Toledo International's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

Mettler-Toledo International's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(69.807	+	0.75 * 663.893	+	0.5 * 385.865	-	3505.493
-	0	-	0)	/	21.5262
=	-127.51

Be Aware

Net receivables tells us a great deal about the different competitors in the same industry. In competitive industries, some attempt to gain advantage by offering better credit terms, causing increase in sales and receivables.

If company consistently shows lower % Net receivables to gross sales than competitors, then it usually has some kind of competitive advantage which requires further digging.

Average Days Sales Outstanding is a good indicator for measuring a company's sales channel and customers. A company may book great revenue and earnings growth but never receive payment from their customers. This may force a write-off in the future and depress future earnings.

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Mettler-Toledo International (Mettler-Toledo International) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

MTD:Mexico MTO:Germany MTO:Germany M1TD34:Brazil

Address

1900 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH, USA, 43240

Website

https://www.mt.com

Mettler-Toledo supplies weighing and precision instruments to customers in the life sciences, industrial, and food retail industries. Its products include laboratory and retail scales, pipettes, pH meters, thermal analysis equipment, titrators, metal detectors, and X-ray analyzers. Mettler leads the market for weighing instrumentation and controls more than 50% of the market for lab balances. The business is geographically diversified, with sales distribution roughly as follows: United States around 30% of sales, Europe around 30%, China around 20%, and the rest of the world around 20%.

Executives

Roland D Diggelmann	director	3950 SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Wolfgang Wienand	director	IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Gerry Keller	officer: Head of Process Analytics	1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Wong Ann Ping Richard	officer: Head of Asia/Pac Market Orgs	IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Shawn Vadala	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Wah-hui Chu	director	IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Oliver A Filliol	director	METTLER TOLEDO INTL INC, IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Christian Magloth	officer: Head of Human Resources	IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 8608
Robert F Spoerry	director	METTLER TOLEDO INTL INC, IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 99999
Peter Aggersbjerg	officer: Head of Divisions & Operations	1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Ingrid Zhang	director	IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
De La Guerroniere Marc	officer: Head of Eur & NA Market Orgs	IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Elisha W Finney	director	C/O VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY M/S E-327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Michael A Kelly	director	1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Patrick Kaltenbach	officer: President and CEO	IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606