Minerals Technologies (MTX) Competitors $52.74 +1.15 (+2.23%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$52.64 -0.10 (-0.19%) As of 04:20 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. NEU, BCPC, CE, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, KWR, SCL, and FTKShould you be buying Minerals Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minerals Technologies include NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Celanese (CE), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Stepan (SCL), and Flotek Industries (FTK). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry. Minerals Technologies vs. NewMarket Balchem Celanese Sensient Technologies H.B. Fuller Ashland Innospec Quaker Chemical Stepan Flotek Industries NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) and Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk. Do analysts prefer NEU or MTX? Minerals Technologies has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.67%. Given Minerals Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than NewMarket.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score NewMarket 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Minerals Technologies 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has better valuation and earnings, NEU or MTX? NewMarket has higher revenue and earnings than Minerals Technologies. Minerals Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NewMarket, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNewMarket$2.79B2.11$462.41M$50.2412.34Minerals Technologies$2.08B0.81$167.10M-$0.77-68.95 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NEU or MTX? 61.1% of NewMarket shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of NewMarket shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is NEU or MTX a better dividend stock? NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NewMarket pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minerals Technologies pays out -57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Is NEU or MTX more profitable? NewMarket has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Minerals Technologies' net margin of 7.89%. NewMarket's return on equity of 35.48% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets NewMarket16.59% 35.48% 14.68% Minerals Technologies 7.89%11.49%5.90% Does the media prefer NEU or MTX? In the previous week, Minerals Technologies had 14 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Minerals Technologies and 13 mentions for NewMarket. NewMarket's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Minerals Technologies' score of 0.29 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment NewMarket 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Minerals Technologies 7 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 5 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, NEU or MTX? NewMarket has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor NEU or MTX? NewMarket received 2 more outperform votes than Minerals Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.17% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote while only 53.38% of users gave Minerals Technologies an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNewMarketOutperform Votes23164.17% Underperform Votes12935.83% Minerals TechnologiesOutperform Votes22953.38% Underperform Votes20046.62% SummaryNewMarket beats Minerals Technologies on 13 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. 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 TechnologiesIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.69B$23.31B$3.01B$18.91BDividend Yield0.83%3.48%5.18%4.02%P/E Ratio10.2610.3475.6732.86Price / Sales0.812.7325,549,533,275,650,500.0027.79Price / Cash8.7356.3524.3217.52Price / Book0.958.605.174.47Net Income$167.10M$731.97M$155.11M$1.02B7 Day Performance-9.67%0.32%-0.34%0.60%1 Month Performance-14.77%-8.48%1.79%-2.74%1 Year Performance-27.96%-23.55%16.63%4.48% Minerals Technologies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MTXMinerals Technologies4.2312 of 5 stars$52.74+2.2%$80.00+51.7%-29.3%$1.68B$2.08B10.184,070Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeNEUNewMarket1.7985 of 5 stars$607.09+1.0%N/A+17.1%$5.76B$2.79B12.592,060Dividend AnnouncementBCPCBalchem4.2242 of 5 stars$156.09+1.6%$190.00+21.7%+10.7%$5.08B$964.54M39.721,340Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionCECelanese4.5625 of 5 stars$43.80+0.6%$61.33+40.0%-71.0%$4.79B$10.28B-3.1413,300Upcoming EarningsEx-DividendShort Interest ↓SXTSensient Technologies2.7609 of 5 stars$90.37-0.7%$93.00+2.9%+28.4%$3.83B$1.56B30.744,090Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeFULH.B. Fuller3.8186 of 5 stars$54.23-0.6%$62.50+15.2%-27.7%$2.94B$3.55B23.487,000ASHAshland4.3756 of 5 stars$53.37+0.5%$73.20+37.2%-43.0%$2.52B$2.05B-80.863,900Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap DownIOSPInnospec3.4807 of 5 stars$89.80+0.0%N/A-25.4%$2.26B$1.85B63.242,100Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradePositive NewsKWRQuaker Chemical4.092 of 5 stars$105.29+0.2%$163.67+55.4%-43.3%$1.86B$1.84B15.444,600SCLStepan3.96 of 5 stars$48.10-0.3%N/A-39.0%$1.08B$2.18B21.762,450Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑News CoverageFTKFlotek Industries2.4025 of 5 stars$7.14+2.1%$7.50+5.0%+101.5%$212.97M$187.03M27.46130Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NewMarket Competitors Balchem Competitors Celanese Competitors Sensient Technologies Competitors H.B. 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