NASDAQ:MEOH - Methanex Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Methanex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MEOH."

Methanex declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 1st. Investors of record on Sunday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Sunday, March 31st. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View Methanex's Dividend History.

Methanex declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 6,590,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.60. The specialty chemicals company earned $977 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $986.13 million. Methanex had a net margin of 14.48% and a return on equity of 31.00%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. View Methanex's Earnings History.

Methanex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Methanex.

13 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Methanex's shares. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Methanex's share price to reach $77.1667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Methanex.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Methanex in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Methanex.

News articles about MEOH stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Methanex saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,349,855 shares, a decrease of 29.7% from the January 31st total of 1,919,957 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 452,832 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. View Methanex's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Methanex investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Micron Technology (MU), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), YY (YY) and Allergan (AGN).

Methanex's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Prudential PLC (16.51%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (3.79%), Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp (1.42%), Norges Bank (1.33%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (0.97%) and TD Asset Management Inc. (0.92%).

MEOH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Mackenzie Financial Corp, Strs Ohio, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Fiera Capital Corp, Brightline Capital Management LLC and Gotham Asset Management LLC.

MEOH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Millennium Management LLC, Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd., Addenda Capital Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Toronto Dominion Bank, Becker Capital Management Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

Shares of MEOH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MEOH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.72.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $4.46 billion and generates $3.93 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $568.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.86 on an earnings per share basis. Methanex employs 1,357 workers across the globe.

The official website for Methanex is http://www.methanex.com.

Methanex's mailing address is 1800 WATERFRONT CENTER 200 BURRARD STREET, VANCOUVER A1, V6C 3M1. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 604-661-2600 or via email at [email protected]thanex.com.