Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Minerals Technologies Inc. MTX
$66.43 +1.92% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.06B
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-2.18, down 3733.3% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -0.3% from 14.3% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 8.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 48%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginBottom 49%
- Operating marginBottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverBottom 25%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 31%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 45%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 34%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.5% | 4.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 24.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 14.3% | -0.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.3% | 5.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.1% | 2.5% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -3733.3% | — | Bottom 1% | |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 25.4% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 14.3% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Net margin | -3.1% | 0.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.6% | 4.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.2% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.8% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.11×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.71%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.10%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.81%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 5, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $37.00
- Target vs current price
- -44.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 64%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -2.4% | -1.7% | +4.5% | -2.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +9.5% | +2.2% | +12.6% | +10.7% | +5.1% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | -0.8% | -1.5% | +8.0% | +7.3% | +8.4% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +5.4% | +1.6% | -9.0% | -4.9% | +9.0% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +8.4% | -1.5% | -2.7% | +0.9% | -1.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -1.7% | +2.2% | -10.4% | +1.1% | +2.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +7.9% | +0.5% | -3.5% | -10.2% | -30.1% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +0.7% | +1.0% | -0.8% | +3.5% | -1.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.60 | $1.64 | -2.4% | $548.4M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.38 | $1.26 | +9.5% | $546.9M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $1.27 | $1.28 | -0.8% | $519.5M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.47 | +5.4% | $532.4M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.43 | +8.4% | $528.9M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.14 | $1.16 | -1.7% | $491.8M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $1.50 | $1.39 | +7.9% | $518.1M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.51 | $1.50 | +0.7% | $524.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 11.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 34.9× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 1.25× | — | — | Top 31% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.84% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | -3.28% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.7× – 30.0× since Jul 4, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +7.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -3733.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -42.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.9%
- RSI (14)
- 38.9
- Relative volume
- 1.00×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 22.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 13th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.80
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2021 | Oct 13, 2023 | -44.6% | 597 days | 188 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Apr 28, 2025 | -42.7% | 191 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -11.5% | 15 days | 6 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.06B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.15B
- Dividend yield
- 0.72%
- 52-week range
- $53.94 – $84.34
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.86B | $2.13B | $2.17B | $2.12B | $2.07B |
| Gross profit | $435.9M | $452.3M | $494.4M | $535.6M | $506.6M |
| Operating income | $240.8M | $252.5M | $279.9M | $285.5M | $287.1M |
| Net income | $164.4M | $122.2M | $84.1M | $167.1M | -$18.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.86 | $3.73 | $2.58 | $5.17 | -$0.59 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $524.7M | $518.1M | $491.8M | $528.9M | $532.4M | $519.5M | $546.9M | $548.4M |
| Net income | $46.7M | $54.0M | -$144.0M | $45.4M | $43.0M | $37.1M | $36.2M | -$183.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.45 | $1.68 | -$4.51 | $1.44 | $1.37 | $1.19 | $1.17 | -$5.91 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $232.4M | $105.7M | $233.6M | $236.4M | $193.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$86.0M | -$82.3M | -$93.5M | -$89.5M | -$107.1M |
| Free cash flow | $146.4M | $23.4M | $140.1M | $146.9M | $86.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$6.8M | -$6.5M | -$8.1M | -$13.2M | -$14.2M |
| Net share buybacks | -$61.9M | -$50.3M | -$9.1M | -$47.9M | -$56.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $346.2M
- Total assets
- $3.50B
- Total liabilities
- $1.92B
- Total debt
- $964.9M
- Net debt
- $622.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.54B
As of Jul 5, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.12 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | $0.12 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.12 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.12 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.11 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.11 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.11 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.11 | Dec 5, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 899,926
- Days to cover
- 4.78
- Change vs previous report
- +11.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 12, 2012
- 2-for-1