Methanex - MEOH Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Methanex in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MEOH shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MEOH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Methanex's stock. Their MEOH share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $46.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.9%.
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Methanex's stock was trading at $37.86 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MEOH stock has increased by 32.8% and is now trading at $50.29.
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Methanex saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,060,000 shares, an increase of 21.3% from the December 31st total of 873,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 326,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 3rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.27. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $986 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $878.55 million. Methanex had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.37% and a net margin of 8.21%. The company's revenue was down 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.43 earnings per share.

Methanex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 16th.
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Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.39%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 15.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MEOH will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.92% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Methanex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MEOH."

Methanex's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (20.13%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.26%), Addenda Capital Inc. (0.23%), National Bank of Canada FI (0.06%), Ritholtz Wealth Management (0.04%) and Pinnacle Associates Ltd. (0.03%).

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One share of MEOH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.29.

Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) has a market capitalization of $3.48 billion and generates $4.31 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $482.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,300 workers across the globe.

Methanex's mailing address is 1800 WATERFRONT CENTER 200 BURRARD STREET, VANCOUVER A1, V6C 3M1. The official website for the company is www.methanex.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (604) 661-2600, via email at invest@methanex.com, or via fax at 604-661-2676.