Methanex (MX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and is the world's largest supplier of methanol globally. Methanex shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol 'MX' and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States under the trading symbol 'MEOH'. Methanex can be visited online at www.methanex.com.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$73.00 to C$75.52
• 50-Day Range: C$62.25 to C$86.92
• 52-Week Range: C$44.57 to C$92.97
• Volume: 236,272 shs
• Average Volume: 310,760 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$5.74 billion
• P/E Ratio: 84.32
• Dividend Yield: 1.00%
• Price Target: C$60.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Methanex Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Methanex scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Methanex has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Methanex has a consensus price target of C$60.00, representing about 19.1% downside from its current price of C$74.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Methanex has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Methanex is 84.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Methanex is 84.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Methanex has a PEG Ratio of 0.44. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Methanex has a P/B Ratio of 2.00. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MX.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Methanex pays a meaningful dividend of 1.40%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Methanex does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Methanex is 84.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

Search Interest

14 people have searched for MX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 180% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net C$10,441,543.00 in company stock, which represents 0.1819% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Methanex insiders have bought 1,487.48% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$11,143,503.00 in company stock and sold C$701,960.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.35% of the stock of Methanex is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

51.89% of the stock of Methanex is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/29/2026
• Today: 8/08/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Commodity Chemicals
• Current Symbol: TSE:MX
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.methanex.com
• Phone: +1-604-6612600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 900
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Methanex: C$60.00
• High Price Target: C$60.00
• Low Price Target: C$60.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -19.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.88
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 84.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.47
• P/E Growth: 0.44
• Net Income: C$107.23 million
• Net Margins: 2.05%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.50%
• Return on Assets: 1.99%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 122.11
• Current Ratio: 2.07
• Quick Ratio: 1.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$4.27 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.35
• Cash Flow: C$20.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.64
• Book Value: C$37.12 per share
• Price / Book: 2.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 77,364,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$5.74 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.62