R&D expense · 2011–2025

Mettler Toledo International R&D expense

$199M+5.3% · FY2025

Mettler Toledo International (MTD) reported $199M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.3% year on year.

$116M2011$113M2012$116M2013$123M2014$119M2015$119M2016$128M2017$141M2018$144M2019$140M2020$170M2021$177M2022$185M2023$189M2024$199M2025
Mettler Toledo International — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$199M+5.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$189M+2.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$185M+4.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$177M+4.3%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$170M+21.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$140M−2.7%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$144M+2.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$141M+9.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$128M+7.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$119M+0.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$119M−3.4%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$123M+6.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$116M+3.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$113M−3.1%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$116M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +3.9%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Mettler Toledo International R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/mettler-toledo-international/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001037646-26-000011 · February 6, 2026

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