NASDAQ:MEOHMethanex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Methanex's stock was trading at $17.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MEOH shares have decreased by 2.2% and is now trading at $17.03. 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, 12 hold ratings and 3 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 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $696 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $703.23 million. Methanex had a return on equity of 1.39% and a net margin of 2.59%. The business's revenue was down 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.73 EPS. View Methanex's earnings history.

Methanex declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Stockholders 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 yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. View Methanex's dividend history.

16 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Methanex's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate Methanex's share price to reach $28.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 65.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Methanex.

Media coverage about MEOH stock has trended extremely positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a media sentiment score of 4.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutMethanex.

Methanex saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 852,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $17.03.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $1.30 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]