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Mettler-Toledo International (FRA:MTO) Beta : 1.44 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Mettler-Toledo International Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-13), Mettler-Toledo International's Beta is 1.44.


Mettler-Toledo International Beta Historical Data

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

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Mettler-Toledo International Beta Chart

Mettler-Toledo International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.05 0.66 0.56 0.71 1.38

Mettler-Toledo International Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.88 1.38 1.44 1.39 1.32

Competitive Comparison of Mettler-Toledo International's Beta

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Mettler-Toledo International's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta 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's Beta Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Mettler-Toledo International's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mettler-Toledo International's Beta falls into.



Mettler-Toledo International Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


Mettler-Toledo International  (FRA:MTO) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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Mettler-Toledo International Business Description

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Address
1900 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH, USA, 43240
Mettler-Toledo supplies weighing and precision instruments to customers in the life sciences (around 55% of sales), industrial (around 39%), and food retail (around 6%) 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 the Americas accounting for about 37% of sales, Europe about 26%, China about 19% and the rest of the world about 18%.

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