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 (WHO). Since then, MEOH shares have increased by 16.1% and is now trading at $20.22. 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $696 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $703.23 million. Methanex had a net margin of 2.59% and a return on equity of 1.39%. The company's revenue was down 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.73 EPS. View Methanex's earnings history.

Methanex declared 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 yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. View Methanex's dividend history.

16 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Methanex's share price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Methanex.

Media stories about MEOH stock have been trending negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Methanex.

Methanex saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,970,000 shares, a drop of 38.4% from the June 15th total of 4,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 940,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 3.9% 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."

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One share of MEOH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.22.

Methanex has a market capitalization of $1.54 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]