NYSE:MTX - Minerals Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Minerals Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, March 5th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Minerals Technologies' Dividend History.

Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE:MTX) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $440.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $431.47 million. Minerals Technologies had a return on equity of 10.39% and a net margin of 7.41%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.17 earnings per share. View Minerals Technologies' Earnings History.

Minerals Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Minerals Technologies.

Minerals Technologies issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Friday, January, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.90-0.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.00.

2 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Minerals Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Minerals Technologies' stock price to reach $65.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.9% 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 coverage about MTX stock has been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Minerals Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of 1.5 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Minerals Technologies.

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Minerals Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.30%), Franklin Resources Inc. (4.26%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.24%), State Street Corp (3.11%), Boston Partners (1.94%) and Royce & Associates LP (1.88%). 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, Michael Cipolla, 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 Royce & Associates LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., State Street Corp, Stifel Financial Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC and Credit Suisse AG. Company insiders that have sold Minerals Technologies company stock in the last year include Dj Monagle III, Michael Cipolla 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Man Group plc, Boston Trust Walden Corp and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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 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 $46.13.

Minerals Technologies has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $132.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.23 on an earnings per share basis. Minerals Technologies employs 1,950 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.