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

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

Minerals Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, September 6th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 23rd. View Minerals Technologies' Dividend History.

Minerals Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Friday, September 22nd 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE:MTX) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $464.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $442.45 million. Minerals Technologies had a return on equity of 13.02% and a net margin of 11.50%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.23 earnings per share. View Minerals Technologies' Earnings History.

Minerals Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Minerals Technologies.

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

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

Media stories about MTX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Minerals Technologies earned a daily sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.08 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Minerals Technologies.

Minerals Technologies' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.09%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.52%), Royce & Associates LP (4.31%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.54%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.75%) and Voya Investment Management LLC (2.01%). Company insiders that own Minerals Technologies stock include Carolyn K Pittman, Dj Monagle III, Douglas W Mayger, Franklin Feder, John J Carmola, Jonathan J Hastings, Joseph C Breunig, Michael Cipolla and Patrick Carpenter. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Minerals Technologies.

MTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Millennium Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Chartwell Investment Partners LLC and Mutual of America Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Minerals Technologies company stock in the last year include Dj Monagle III and Douglas W Mayger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Minerals Technologies.

MTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Royce & Associates LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., WBI Investments Inc. and Boston Partners. Company insiders that have bought Minerals Technologies stock in the last two years include Carolyn K Pittman, Franklin Feder, John J Carmola and Joseph C Breunig. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.40.

Minerals Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.37 billion and generates $1.68 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $195.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.59 on an earnings per share basis. Minerals Technologies employs 3,657 workers across the globe.

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.