Minerals Technologies (MTX) Competitors $60.74 +0.19 (+0.31%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$60.81 +0.07 (+0.12%) As of 04:11 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MTX vs. IOSP, AVNT, CBT, EMN, ESI, FUL, ITT, PPG, SCL, and TKRShould you be buying Minerals Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minerals Technologies include Innospec (IOSP), Avient (AVNT), Cabot (CBT), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Element Solutions (ESI), H. B. Fuller (FUL), ITT (ITT), PPG Industries (PPG), Stepan (SCL), and Timken (TKR). Minerals Technologies vs. Its Competitors Innospec Avient Cabot Eastman Chemical Element Solutions H. B. Fuller ITT PPG Industries Stepan Timken Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) and Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends. Does the media refer more to MTX or IOSP? In the previous week, Innospec had 1 more articles in the media than Minerals Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Innospec and 5 mentions for Minerals Technologies. Minerals Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Innospec's score of 1.18 indicating that Minerals Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Minerals Technologies 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Innospec 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTX or IOSP? Minerals Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Innospec. Innospec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Minerals Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMinerals Technologies$2.12B0.90$167.10M$0.061,012.33Innospec$1.85B1.06$35.60M$0.78100.64 Is MTX or IOSP a better dividend stock? Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Minerals Technologies pays out 733.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Innospec pays out 215.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Minerals Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Innospec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do analysts recommend MTX or IOSP? Minerals Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $84.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.29%. Given Minerals Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than Innospec.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Minerals Technologies 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Innospec 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTX or IOSP? 97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Innospec shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Innospec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, MTX or IOSP? Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innospec has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is MTX or IOSP more profitable? Innospec has a net margin of 1.08% compared to Minerals Technologies' net margin of 0.10%. Innospec's return on equity of 10.89% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Minerals Technologies0.10% 10.64% 5.34% Innospec 1.08%10.89%7.70% SummaryInnospec beats Minerals Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Minerals Technologies News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MTX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MTX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMinerals TechnologiesCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.91B$15.23B$3.79B$22.06BDividend Yield0.72%1.94%5.05%3.57%P/E Ratio1,012.5051.21159.1629.87Price / Sales0.903.0224,222.9688.68Price / Cash6.6613.0126.4324.65Price / Book1.093.147.284.65Net Income$167.10M$424.10M$148.88M$1.01B7 Day Performance-2.11%0.70%4.26%0.53%1 Month Performance-5.19%-4.23%13.97%3.13%1 Year Performance-19.43%4.58%70.15%15.33% Minerals Technologies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MTXMinerals Technologies3.1958 of 5 stars$60.74+0.3%$84.00+38.3%-19.8%$1.91B$2.12B1,012.503,891Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastIOSPInnospec3.524 of 5 stars$77.06-0.6%N/A-29.7%$1.93B$1.85B98.792,450News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst UpgradeAVNTAvient4.5675 of 5 stars$32.55-0.9%$46.00+41.3%-34.6%$3.01B$3.24B25.439,200Analyst ForecastCBTCabot4.5212 of 5 stars$76.15-1.4%$92.33+21.3%-33.9%$4.11B$3.99B9.954,200News CoverageAnalyst ForecastEMNEastman Chemical4.7694 of 5 stars$62.62-0.1%$87.77+40.2%-42.9%$7.20B$9.38B8.8014,000Analyst ForecastESIElement Solutions4.3408 of 5 stars$24.98+0.0%$27.38+9.6%+3.4%$6.03B$2.46B24.985,300Analyst ForecastFULH. B. Fuller4.5501 of 5 stars$58.46+0.6%$65.75+12.5%-24.5%$3.14B$3.57B31.607,500Dividend AnnouncementITTITT4.3397 of 5 stars$176.85+0.0%$188.11+6.4%+19.9%$13.79B$3.63B27.8111,700Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPPGPPG Industries4.7487 of 5 stars$103.94+0.3%$129.82+24.9%-21.0%$23.39B$15.85B23.5746,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastSCLStepan4.0046 of 5 stars$47.30+0.1%N/A-37.2%$1.07B$2.18B18.622,396Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradeTKRTimken4.4732 of 5 stars$75.23-0.4%$80.73+7.3%-8.7%$5.26B$4.57B17.1019,000Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Innospec Competitors Avient Competitors Cabot Competitors Eastman Chemical Competitors Element Solutions Competitors H. B. 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