NASDAQ:MEOH - Methanex Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Methanex announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View Methanex's Dividend History.

Methanex announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 6,590,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.27) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company earned $650 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $634.75 million. Methanex had a return on equity of 8.64% and a net margin of 7.73%. Methanex's quarterly revenue was down 37.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.92 EPS. View Methanex's Earnings History.

Methanex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Methanex.

Methanex will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Methanex's share price to reach $46.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.5% 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 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Methanex.

Media stories about MEOH stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Methanex.

Methanex saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,870,000 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the December 31st total of 1,700,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 359,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), NIC (EGOV), Allergan (AGN), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Micron Technology (MU), Workday (WDAY) and Transocean (RIG).

Methanex's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (16.46%), Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.24%), Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc. (0.14%), Winmill & CO. Inc. (0.07%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.01%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%).

MEOH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Winmill & CO. Inc. and Ingalls & Snyder LLC.

MEOH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co. and Hexavest Inc..

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 $37.08.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $2.83 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]