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In the latest session, Minerals Technologies, Inc (NYSE: MTX) closed at $59.1 up 0.25% from its previous closing price of $58.95. In other words, the price has increased by $0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.12 million shares were traded. MTX stock price reached its highest trading level at $59.365 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $58.73.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Minerals Technologies, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.01 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 22.12. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.31 and its Current Ratio is at 1.89. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.62 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.60.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Truist on January 28, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $103.
On February 05, 2024, Seaport Research Partners Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $90.
Sidoti Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on October 19, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $65.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 16 ’25 when Motwani Rocky bought 370 shares for $54.31 per share. The transaction valued at 20,094 led to the insider holds 1,192 shares of the business.
JOHNSON KRISTINA M bought 1,000 shares of MTX for $53,785 on May 02 ’25. The Director now owns 1,400 shares after completing the transaction at $53.79 per share. On Apr 30 ’25, another insider, ALDAG ERIK, who serves as the SVP FINANCE AND TREASURY, CFO of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $50.37 each. As a result, the insider paid 50,370 and bolstered with 4,245 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MTX now has a Market Capitalization of 1875372928 and an Enterprise Value of 2458290432. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.90 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.17. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.184 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.711.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MTX is 1.21, which has changed by -0.27395576 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MTX has reached a high of $90.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $49.54. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.38%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, MTX has traded an average of 274.62K shares per day and 287690 over the past ten days. A total of 31.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 31.32M. Insiders hold about 1.31% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.11% stake in the company. Shares short for MTX as of 1749772800 were 669256 with a Short Ratio of 2.44, compared to 1747267200 on 478480. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 669256 and a Short% of Float of 3.06.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for MTX is 0.43, from 0.42 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0071246815The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.39. The current Payout Ratio is 7.93% for MTX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1748563200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2012-12-12 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
