The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-23), Mettler-Toledo International's share price is $1242.72. Mettler-Toledo International's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.97. Hence, Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio of today is .
The historical rank and industry rank for Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, Mettler-Toledo International's highest PB Ratio was 4223.22. The lowest was 7.08. And the median was 28.67.
MTD's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 2.08 * Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.
During the past 12 months, Mettler-Toledo International's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -721.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Mettler-Toledo International was 89.90% per year. The lowest was -60.00% per year. And the median was 3.80% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Mettler-Toledo International PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Mettler-Toledo International PB Ratio Distribution
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio falls into.
Mettler-Toledo International PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Mettler-Toledo International's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) PB Ratio Explanation
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Mettler-Toledo International PB Ratio Related Terms
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Mettler-Toledo International (Mettler-Toledo International) Business Description
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%.
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