Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) Announces Q4 2026 Earnings Guidance

Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) issued an update on its fourth quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.150-1.200 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.310. The company issued revenue guidance of $525.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $533.5 million.

Minerals Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of MTX traded up $0.53 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $65.36. The stock had a trading volume of 24,006 shares, compared to its average volume of 211,299. The company has a market cap of $2.03 billion, a PE ratio of -30.19 and a beta of 1.12. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $66.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $71.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. Minerals Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $54.65 and a fifty-two week high of $84.34.

Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The basic materials company reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $554.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $552.20 million. Minerals Technologies had a positive return on equity of 10.63% and a negative net margin of 3.13%. The business’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.55 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Minerals Technologies will post 5.70 earnings per share for the current year.

Minerals Technologies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 5th will be issued a $0.13 dividend. This is a boost from Minerals Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 5th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Minerals Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -22.12%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on MTX. Wall Street Zen downgraded Minerals Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Weiss Ratings cut Minerals Technologies from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 27th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Minerals Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $90.00.

About Minerals Technologies

Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE: MTX) is a global specialty minerals and materials company that develops, produces and markets mineral-based products and engineered solutions for industrial and consumer applications. Its products are used in industries including paper and packaging, construction, environmental services, agriculture, food, personal care and automotive manufacturing.

The company supplies materials such as precipitated calcium carbonate, talc, bentonite, perlite and other specialty minerals.