MTS Systems (MTSC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

MTS Systems Co. (NASDAQ:MTSC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, December, 14th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.67. The scientific and technical instruments company had revenue of $215.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $202.30 million. MTS Systems had a negative net margin of 32.83% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.35%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 4.3% on a year-over-year basis.

MTS Systems (NASDAQ:MTSC) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.05%. The dividend payout ratio is 59.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, MTSC will have a dividend payout ratio of 77.92% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for MTSC.

12 employees have rated MTS Systems Chief Executive Officer Randy J. Martinez on Glassdoor.com. Randy J. Martinez has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts Randy J. Martinez in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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