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 given 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 of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.60. The specialty chemicals company earned $977 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $986.13 million. Methanex had a return on equity of 31.00% and a net margin of 14.48%. The business's revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Methanex's stock. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate Methanex's share 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.

News headlines about MEOH stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Methanex's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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]