NASDAQ:MEOH - Methanex Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Methanex declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.20%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. View Methanex's Dividend History.

Methanex declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $659 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $666.88 million. Methanex had a net margin of 3.15% and a return on equity of 4.18%. The business's revenue was down 32.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.15 EPS. View Methanex's Earnings History.

Methanex is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Methanex.

12 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect Methanex's stock price to reach $45.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 63.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Methanex.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Methanex in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Methanex.

News stories about MEOH stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Methanex.

Methanex saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,500,000 shares, a drop of 15.7% from the January 30th total of 1,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 402,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (16.46%), FIL Ltd (4.23%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (2.48%), Guardian Capital LP (2.33%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.85%) and Alberta Investment Management Corp (1.32%).

MEOH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Becker Capital Management Inc., UBS Group AG, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Bank of America Corp DE, Fiera Capital Corp and Guardian Capital LP.

MEOH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., FIL Ltd, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Cidel Asset Management Inc. and Franklin Resources 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 $27.70.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $2.11 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 1,426 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]