NASDAQ:MEOHMethanex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Methanex's stock was trading at $17.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MEOH shares have increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $19.43. 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 3 sell ratings, 9 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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.07 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $696 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $703.23 million. Methanex had a net margin of 2.59% and a return on equity of 1.39%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.73 EPS. View Methanex's earnings history.

Methanex announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 $55.00. On average, they expect Methanex's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Methanex.

News articles about MEOH stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Methanex.

Methanex saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,970,000 shares, a decrease of 38.4% from the June 15th total of 4,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 940,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 3.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Methanex's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of MEOH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.43.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $1.48 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]