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 3.89%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. View Methanex's Dividend History.

Methanex declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 6,590,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $650 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $634.75 million. Methanex had a net margin of 7.73% and a return on equity of 8.64%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 37.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.92 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Methanex's stock price to reach $46.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.7% 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.

News coverage about MEOH stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Methanex.

Methanex saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 359,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.2 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $37.04.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $2.82 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]