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

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

Methanex announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Sunday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Sunday, March 31st. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View Methanex's Dividend History.

Methanex announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 6,590,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.15 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%. Methanex's revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Methanex's stock price to reach $77.1667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.8% 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.

Press coverage about MEOH stock has been trending neutral on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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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%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (0.97%), TD Asset Management Inc. (0.92%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.82%).

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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd., Addenda Capital Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Toronto Dominion Bank, Becker Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and State of Tennessee Treasury Department.

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 $57.23.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $4.42 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]