MTX Stock Analysis: Minerals Technologies | NYSE
Specialty Chemicals | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 2.312m USD | 12M Return: 21.6% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 15.3M
EPS Trend: 65.3%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: -75.7%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
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Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) is a specialty chemicals company that develops, produces, and markets mineral and mineral-based products through two operating segments: Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. The Consumer & Specialties segment includes household and personal care products such as cat litter sold under the SIVO brand, along with specialty additives-primarily precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and ground calcium carbonate (GCC)-that are widely used as fillers and coatings in the paper, paperboard, and fiber-based packaging industries, as well as in automotive, construction, and consumer applications. The Engineered Solutions segment provides custom-blended high-temperature products for industrial casting, geosynthetic and environmental infrastructure solutions, monolithic refractory products and systems, carbon composites and pyrolytic graphite (PYROID brand), and filtration and well testing services.
The company markets its products primarily through a direct sales force supplemented by regional distributors, and operates manufacturing or commercial operations across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. MTX is incorporated in 1968, headquartered in New York, New York, and has been listed on the NYSE since 1992. Within the GICS classification system, the company sits in the Materials sector under the Specialty Chemicals sub-industry, reflecting its focus on value-added, mineral-derived functional inputs sold business-to-business rather than as finished consumer goods.
- SIVO cat litter demand fuels Consumer Specialties segment growth
- Paperboard packaging volumes drive precipitated calcium carbonate pricing
- Auto and heavy truck production cycles lift refractory product sales
| Net Income: 161.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.03 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.92 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 28.77% < 20% (prev 25.84%; Δ 2.93% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 230.2m > Net Income 161.7m |
| Net Debt (644.9m) to EBITDA (368.4m): 1.75 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.13 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (31.0m) vs 12m ago -2.82% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 24.89% > 18% (prev 25.60%; Δ -0.71% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 61.97% > 50% (prev 61.03%; Δ 0.94% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.88 > 6 (EBIT TTM 268.0m / Interest Expense TTM 54.9m) |
| A: 0.18 (Total Current Assets 1.16b - Total Current Liabilities 543.4m) / Total Assets 3.47b |
| B: 0.73 (Retained Earnings 2.51b / Total Assets 3.47b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 268.0m / Avg Total Assets 3.43b) |
| D: 1.01 (Book Value of Equity 1.73b / Total Liabilities 1.70b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 5.11 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.99 (Receivables 412.7m/405.9m, Revenue 2.13b/2.08b) |
| GMI: 1.03 (GM 25.60% / 24.89%) |
| AQI: 0.99 (AQ_t 0.37 / AQ_t-1 0.37) |
| SGI: 1.03 (Revenue 2.13b / 2.08b) |
| TATA: -0.02 (NI 161.7m - CFO 230.2m) / TA 3.47b) |
| Beneish M = -3.00 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 74.00 with a total of 344,669 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.40%, over one month by -4.43%, over three months by +2.57% and over the past year by +21.63%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 69.50 (which is 6.1% or 2.3 ATR below the current price).
Minerals Technologies has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.67. Therefore, it is recommended to buy MTX.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 94.3 | 27.4% |
P/E Trailing = 14.6562
P/E Forward = 11.5075
P/S = 1.0727
P/B = 1.3137
P/EG = 2.2199
Revenue TTM = 2.13b USD
EBIT TTM = 268.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 368.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 954.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 12.2m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 966.2m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 644.9m USD (calculated: Debt 966.2m - CCE 321.3m)
Enterprise Value = 2.96b USD (2.31b + Debt 966.2m - CCE 321.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 4.88 (Ebit TTM 268.0m / Interest Expense TTM 54.9m)
EV/FCF = 25.00x (Enterprise Value 2.96b / FCF TTM 118.3m)
FCF Yield = 4.00% (FCF TTM 118.3m / Enterprise Value 2.96b)
FCF Margin = 5.56% (FCF TTM 118.3m / Revenue TTM 2.13b)
Net Margin = 7.60% (Net Income TTM 161.7m / Revenue TTM 2.13b)
Gross Margin = 24.89% ((Revenue TTM 2.13b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.60b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 23.97% (prev 23.97%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.85 (Enterprise Value 2.96b / Total Assets 3.47b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.68% (Interest Expense 54.9m / Debt 966.2m)
Taxrate = 22.01% (46.9m / 213.1m)
NOPAT = 209.0m (EBIT 268.0m * (1 - 22.01%))
Current Ratio = 2.13 (Total Current Assets 1.16b / Total Current Liabilities 543.4m)
Debt / Equity = 0.56 (Debt 966.2m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.73b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.75 (Net Debt 644.9m / EBITDA 368.4m)
Debt / FCF = 5.45 (Net Debt 644.9m / FCF TTM 118.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.69b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.71% (Net Income 161.7m / Total Assets 3.47b)
RoE = 9.55% (Net Income TTM 161.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.69b)
RoCE = 10.13% (EBIT 268.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.69b + L.T.Debt 954.0m))
RoIC = 7.39% (NOPAT 209.0m / Invested Capital 2.83b)
WACC = 7.48% (E(2.31b)/V(3.28b) * Re(8.75%) + D(966.2m)/V(3.28b) * Rd(5.68%) * (1-Tc(0.22)))
Discount Rate = 8.75% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -96.04 | Cagr: -2.08%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈104.9m ; Y1≈120.3m ; Y5≈177.0m
[DCF] Fair Price = 65.09 (EV 2.66b - Net Debt 644.9m = Equity 2.02b / Shares 31.0m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 65.26 | EPS CAGR: 7.45% | SUE: 1.52 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: -75.74 | Revenue CAGR: -1.52% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=1.64 | Chg30d=+0.31% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.77 | Chg30d=+1.77% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=6.28 | Chg30d=+0.97% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+13.7% | GrowthRev=+6.3%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=7.14 | Chg30d=+0.04% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+13.7% | GrowthRev=+4.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=3, down=3)