Mettler-Toledo (MTD) Stock Concentration Calculator

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Quantify Mettler-Toledo concentration risk. Drawdown impact at 30 / 50 / 70%, with the tax-aware trade-off between selling down and hedging.

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Position & portfolio

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35%
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20%
10%

Tax

67%
Highly concentratedLong-term
If 30% drop
−$150,000
If 50% drop
−$250,000
If 70% drop
−$350,000

Most fee-only advisors target ≤10% in any single name. You're at 67%.

Estimates only. Not financial advice.

Most sensitive to: Expected market return (±10% on this input swings best-plan wealth by ±$190,508).

Cost of fully de-concentrating

All three plans sell to 0% (no hedge).

Tax
Wealth (3y)$956,485
+$33,417 vs.

Tax
Wealth (3y)$994,174
+$71,106 vs.

Tax
Wealth (3y)$1.04M
+$112,490 vs.

Sensitivity. If your expected position return drops below 19.6%/yr, lump-sum (sell everything today) beats every spread plan above.

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Sell over 1 yearSell over 2 yearsSell over 3 yearsCustom
$712,500$815,995$919,489$1,022,984$1,126,478Yr 0Yr 1Yr 2Yr 3
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Tax$200,753
Hedge cost$37,676
Wealth at Y3$1,046,371
Vs. best fixed plan+$10,813

Tech / Software single names hit a 50%+ peak-to-trough drawdown in roughly 1 of every 5 rolling 3-year windows over 2014–2024. Even mega-caps aren’t exempt.

Tax brackets: 2026 · Estimates only — not financial advice.

Estate note. Heirs receive a stepped-up basis at death (§1014), eliminating built-in gain on inherited shares. Older holders who plan to bequeath rather than sell may rationally never de-concentrate.

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About Mettler-Toledo

Mettler-Toledo (MTD) is a public Other company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Equity grants at Mettler-Toledo typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).

Mettler Toledo, stylized in all caps, is a multinational supplier of precision instruments and services. The company focuses on laboratory, industrial, product inspection, and food retailing applications. Its products are used in research, quality control, and manufacturing processes in life sciences, food, chemical, and many other industries. The company's business is geographically diversified, with sales in 2023 derived 41% from North and South America, 27% from Europe, and 32% from Asia and other countries. The company’s global workforce consists of 17,300 employees as of December 31, 2023.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The company traces to Swiss balance maker Erhard Mettler, founded 1945, and its 1989 merger with American scale maker Toledo. It makes precision weighing instruments and analytical equipment for laboratories, industrial process control, and retail food inspection, where accuracy is regulated rather than optional. Management is known for disciplined pricing and a decentralized field organization producing consistently high margins. The company is headquartered in Switzerland and listed in New York, with results following industrial and laboratory capital spending.

Sources: mt.com · en.wikipedia.org

Equity comp at Mettler-Toledo

  • RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.

Researched 2026-08-17.

OptionsAhoy is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mettler-Toledo.

If a meaningful share of your net worth sits in MTD, concentration risk is the question. This calculator quantifies drawdown impact at 30 / 50 / 70%, and the trade-off between selling down (tax cost now) versus hedging (option premium drag), auto-filled with MTD's option-implied volatility.

All Mettler-Toledo tools → · Use the generic Stock Concentration Calculator for any company. Diversifying multiple RSU lots? See the lot-by-lot sell order →

Mettler-Toledo equity questions

How much MTD stock is too much?
There is no single threshold, but the larger the share of your net worth in one stock, the more a single bad year can set back your plans. The calculator above quantifies the drawdown impact at 30, 50, and 70 percent for your MTD position and weighs selling down (which triggers capital-gains tax now) against hedging (which costs option premium).
Does Mettler-Toledo grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
Equity compensation at Mettler-Toledo typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
Do Mettler-Toledo RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
No. Mettler-Toledo restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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