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. Investors of record on Sunday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Sunday, March 31st. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. 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 typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Methanex Co. (NASDAQ:MEOH) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.60. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $977 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $986.13 million. Methanex had a net margin of 14.48% and a return on equity of 31.00%. Methanex's revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Methanex's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect 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 articles about MEOH stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Methanex earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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Methanex's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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]