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, October 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, November 4th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 1st. View Minerals Technologies' Dividend History.

Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE:MTX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $449.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $449.43 million. Minerals Technologies had a return on equity of 11.08% and a net margin of 8.16%. Minerals Technologies's revenue for the quarter was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.27 earnings per share. View Minerals Technologies' Earnings History.

Minerals Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Minerals Technologies.

Minerals Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives 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 10.3% 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.

Media stories about MTX stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Minerals Technologies earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Minerals Technologies.

Minerals Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 707,500 shares, an increase of 23.7% from the November 28th total of 572,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 220,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Minerals Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Minerals Technologies' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.92%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.45%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.01%). 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, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 Boston Trust Walden Corp, Skyline Asset Management LP and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $58.91.

Minerals Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.05 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.