Minerals Technologies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:MTX)

Minerals Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MTX."

Minerals Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, September 5th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 22nd. View Minerals Technologies' Dividend History.

Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE:MTX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $463.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $458.47 million. Minerals Technologies had a return on equity of 11.82% and a net margin of 8.40%. The business's revenue was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.28 earnings per share. View Minerals Technologies' Earnings History.

Minerals Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Minerals Technologies.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Minerals Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Minerals Technologies' share price to reach $65.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Minerals Technologies.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Minerals Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Minerals Technologies.

News headlines about MTX stock have been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Minerals Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Minerals Technologies.

Minerals Technologies saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 354,000 shares, a decrease of 13.1% from the August 30th total of 407,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 177,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Minerals Technologies' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Minerals Technologies include JSR CORP/ADR (JSCPY), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tronox (TROX), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Hydrogenics (HYGS), Venator Materials (VNTR), NL Industries (NL), LSB Industries (LXU), TOR Minerals International (TORM) and Polydex Pharmaceuticals (POLXF).

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Minerals Technologies' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Skyline Asset Management LP (0.44%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.11%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Winmill & CO. Inc. (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Minerals Technologies stock include Andrew M Jones, Carolyn K Pittman, Dj Monagle III, Douglas T Dietrich, Douglas W Mayger, Franklin Feder, John J Carmola, Joseph C Breunig, Robert L Clark and Thomas J Meek. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Minerals Technologies.

MTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Minerals Technologies company stock in the last year include Andrew M Jones, Dj Monagle III and Thomas J Meek. View Insider Buying and Selling for Minerals Technologies.

MTX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Denali Advisors LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Skyline Asset Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Minerals Technologies stock in the last two years include Carolyn K Pittman, Douglas T Dietrich, Franklin Feder, John J Carmola, Joseph C Breunig and Robert L Clark. View Insider Buying and Selling for Minerals Technologies.

Shares of MTX 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 MTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.63.

Minerals Technologies has a market capitalization of $1.81 billion and generates $1.81 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $169 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.84 on an earnings per share basis. Minerals Technologies employs 1,995 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Minerals Technologies.

The official website for Minerals Technologies is http://www.mineralstech.com/.

Minerals Technologies' mailing address is 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10017. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 212-878-1800.