Methanex Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:MEOH)

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

Methanex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.96%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 13th. View Methanex's Dividend History.

Methanex declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 6,590,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.16. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $734 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $719.86 million. Methanex had a return on equity of 18.33% and a net margin of 10.81%. Methanex's revenue for the quarter was down 22.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.75 earnings per share. View Methanex's Earnings History.

Methanex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Methanex.

Methanex will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Methanex's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Methanex's stock price to reach $51.57 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Methanex.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Methanex in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 5 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 negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a media sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Methanex.

Methanex saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,390,000 shares, an increase of 29.9% from the August 30th total of 1,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 438,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Methanex's Current Options Chain.

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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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MEOH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.37.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $2.77 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 1,426 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Methanex.

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]