Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information for Common Stock

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MTD.” The following table sets forth on a per share basis the high and low sales prices for consolidated trading in our common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape for the quarters indicated.

Holders

At January 29, 2016, there were 58 holders of record of common stock and 26,980,942 shares of common stock outstanding. We estimate we have approximately 39,794 beneficial owners of common stock.

Dividend Policy

Historically, we have not paid dividends on our common stock. However, we will evaluate this policy on a periodic basis taking into account our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, including potential acquisitions, our share repurchase program, the taxation of dividends to our shareholders, and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

Share Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative total returns (assuming reinvestment of dividends) on $100 invested on December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2015 in our common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Index (S&P 500 Index), and the SIC Code 3826 Index — Laboratory Analytical Instruments.

Comparison of Cumulative Total Return Among Mettler-Toledo International Inc., the

S&P 500 Index and SIC Code 3826 Index — Laboratory Analytical Instruments

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company has a share repurchase program of which there was $1.5 billion of remaining common shares authorized to be repurchased under the program as of December 31, 2015. This includes the Board of Directors authorization of an additional $1.5 billion to the program in November 2015. The share repurchases are expected to be funded from existing cash balances, borrowings, and cash generated from operating activities. Repurchases will be made through open market transactions, and the amount and timing of repurchases will depend on business and market conditions, stock price, trading restrictions, the level of acquisition activity, and other factors.

We have purchased 24.6 million common shares since the inception of the program through December 31, 2015, at a total cost of $3.0 billion. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we spent $495.0 million and $414.0 million on the repurchase of 1,556,797 shares and 1,617,499 shares at an average price per share of $317.92 and $255.93, respectively.