NASDAQ:MEOHMethanex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Methanex's stock was trading at $17.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MEOH shares have increased by 39.3% and is now trading at $24.26. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Methanex in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Methanex.

Methanex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Methanex.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $696 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $703.23 million. Methanex had a net margin of 2.59% and a return on equity of 1.39%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.73 earnings per share. View Methanex's earnings history.

Methanex declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.0375 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.62%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. View Methanex's dividend history.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Methanex's stock price to reach $28.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Methanex.

Press coverage about MEOH stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a media sentiment score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutMethanex.

Methanex saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,520,000 shares, an increase of 10.7% from the April 30th total of 3,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 852,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Methanex's Current Options Chain.

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

Methanex's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (18.78%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.61%), Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. (1.19%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.06%), Invesco Ltd. (0.98%) and Morgan Stanley (0.97%).

MEOH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Guardian Capital LP, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Mackenzie Financial Corp, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Invesco Ltd., Wellington Management Group LLP, Fiera Capital Corp, and CIBC World Markets Inc..

MEOH stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Intact Investment Management Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, Squarepoint Ops LLC, and Forsta AP Fonden.

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 $24.26.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $1.85 billion and generates $2.78 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $87.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.93 on an earnings per share basis. Methanex employs 1,544 workers across the globe.

The official website for Methanex is 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]