Minerals Technologies

US · MTX #2758 by market cap Listed 1970

65.11 -0.87 -1.32%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 450s ago · 2026-10-07 19:54

After-hours 65.11 0.00%

Market cap: 2.03B
P/E (TTM): -29.33
P/B: 1.31
EPS: -0.59
Div yield: 0.72%
52W pos: 38%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair

Altman Z-Score is 2.79, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year -2.17% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 24.99%
Operating margin: 13.85%
Net margin: -0.89%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 2.66B
Altman Z-Score: 2.79

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	1.81B	1.79B	1.59B	1.86B	2.13B	2.17B	2.12B	2.07B
Gross profit	461.40M	440.60M	405.40M	446.50M	465.00M	507.10M	547.70M	518.00M
Selling & admin expenses	178.60M	187.50M	176.50M	186.20M	192.10M	206.00M	209.20M	208.00M
Research & development	22.70M	20.30M	19.90M	19.50M	20.40M	21.20M	23.00M	22.90M
Operating profit	260.10M	232.80M	209.00M	240.80M	252.50M	279.90M	315.50M	287.10M
Pretax profit	204.10M	157.30M	138.00M	202.30M	156.70M	107.70M	223.60M	-14.00M
Tax	34.40M	22.80M	24.40M	36.60M	32.10M	23.70M	59.40M	4.90M
Net profit	173.20M	136.40M	115.80M	168.50M	126.30M	88.30M	170.90M	-14.00M
Basic EPS	5	4	3	5	4	3	5	-1
Diluted EPS	4.75	3.78	3.29	4.86	3.73	2.58	5.17	-0.59

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
Revenue	491.80M	528.90M	532.40M	519.50M	546.90M	548.40M
Gross profit	119.60M	136.90M	137.00M	124.50M	131.10M	133.80M
Selling & admin expenses	50.60M	52.20M	53.00M	52.20M	57.50M	53.30M
Research & development	5.80M	5.70M	5.60M	5.80M	6.10M	5.90M
Operating profit	63.20M	79.00M	78.40M	66.50M	67.50M	74.60M
Pretax profit	-176.30M	59.10M	56.60M	46.60M	45.90M	-231.30M
Tax	-32.10M	13.90M	13.50M	9.60M	9.90M	-46.20M
Net profit	-143.00M	46.30M	44.20M	38.50M	37.30M	-182.60M
Basic EPS	-5	1	1	1	1	-6
Diluted EPS	-4.51	1.44	1.37	1.19	1.17	-5.90

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	876.30M	919.20M	1.03B	1.03B	1.07B	1.10B	1.13B	1.16B
Cash & ST investments	212.60M	243.20M	371.80M	304.40M	252.80M	321.50M	337.10M	332.60M
Inventory	239.20M	253.30M	248.20M	297.70M	348.80M	325.40M	342.10M	350.20M
Total assets	3.09B	3.11B	3.21B	3.37B	3.40B	3.35B	3.39B	3.47B
Total current liabilities	381.90M	398.50M	295.80M	419.80M	502.60M	457.30M	397.70M	555.40M
Short-term debt	108.50M	103.30M	1.00M	80.80M	134.20M	103.40M	11.60M	6.70M
Long-term debt	907.80M	824.30M	933.20M	936.20M	928.10M	911.10M	959.60M	955.00M
Total liabilities	1,701,800,000.00	1,678,000,000.00	1,710,700,000.00	1,794,700,000.00	1,788,400,000.00	1,659,900,000.00	1,610,700,000.00	1,719,300,000.00
Total equity	1.39B	1.43B	1.50B	1.58B	1.61B	1.69B	1.78B	1.75B
Retained earnings	1.77B	1.91B	2.01B	2.17B	2.28B	2.36B	2.51B	2.48B

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
Total current assets	1.14B	1.17B	1.17B	1.16B	1.16B	1.18B
Cash & ST investments	312.20M	319.90M	328.30M	332.60M	321.30M	346.20M
Inventory	352.50M	359.60M	363.70M	350.20M	357.90M	355.60M
Total assets	3.40B	3.45B	3.46B	3.47B	3.47B	3.50B
Total current liabilities	599.90M	602.80M	591.50M	555.40M	543.40M	828.50M
Short-term debt	26.30M	24.30M	19.90M	6.70M	12.20M	12.00M
Long-term debt	960.10M	959.00M	957.80M	955.00M	954.00M	952.90M
Total liabilities	1,766,400,000.00	1,766,800,000.00	1,749,300,000.00	1,719,300,000.00	1,703,800,000.00	1,918,400,000.00
Total equity	1.63B	1.69B	1.71B	1.75B	1.76B	1.58B
Retained earnings	2.37B	2.41B	2.45B	2.48B	2.51B	2.33B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	203.60M	238.30M	240.60M	232.40M	105.70M	233.60M	236.40M	193.70M
Depreciation & amortization	94.30M	98.40M	93.90M	94.60M	94.20M	95.00M	94.90M	91.20M
Free cash flow	127.70M	173.30M	173.80M	146.40M	23.40M	140.10M	146.90M	86.60M
Dividends paid	-7.10M	-7.00M	-6.80M	-6.80M	-6.50M	-8.10M	-13.20M	-14.20M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-21.70M	-41.00M	-40.70M	-74.70M	-56.00M	-14.20M	-63.60M	-58.50M
Ending cash balance	208.80M	241.60M	367.70M	299.50M	247.20M	317.20M	333.10M	329.00M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
Operating cash flow	-4.40M	62.90M	70.90M	64.30M	32.10M	63.00M
Depreciation & amortization	23.50M	22.00M	22.40M	23.30M	24.90M	23.50M
Free cash flow	-22.70M	33.80M	43.60M	31.90M	9.00M	35.80M
Dividends paid	-3.60M	--	--	-3.80M	-3.70M	--
Stock buybacks / issuance	-11.50M	--	--	-11.00M	-5.40M	--
Ending cash balance	306.60M	313.80M	319.60M	329.00M	315.90M	342.20M

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	12.97	9.63	7.85	10.96	7.84	5.21	9.83	-1.06
ROA %	5.58	4.28	3.56	4.99	3.61	2.49	4.96	-0.54
ROIC %	9.02	7.22	6.09	7.87	6.04	4.91	7.74	0.82
5-year avg ROE %	13.43	13.19	12.33	11.74	9.85	8.30	8.34	6.55
EBIT margin %	13.83	11.19	11.05	12.89	9.44	7.69	13.22	1.95
FCF / sales %	7.06	9.68	10.90	7.88	1.10	6.46	6.93	4.18
Current ratio	2.29	2.31	3.49	2.45	2.13	2.40	2.84	2.08
Quick ratio	1.57	1.55	2.50	1.60	1.31	1.58	1.82	1.32
Debt / assets	32.92	29.80	29.11	30.14	31.23	30.31	28.62	27.72
LT debt / equity	67.07	58.77	63.88	60.82	58.76	55.15	54.93	55.74
Interest coverage	5.45	4.64	4.61	6.44	4.57	2.82	4.96	0.74
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	0.19	3.02	-1.64	0.93	5.87	10.81	4.47	-0.84
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	16.13	-0.18	-16.79	-0.92	-2.71	-9.22	0.54	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	-11.46	2.13	9.91	4.66	-48.70	-6.93	0.11	54.68

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-04	2026-07
ROE %	-1.45	0.13	-0.09	-1.06	9.73	-4.20
ROA %	-0.70	0.06	-0.05	-0.54	4.71	-1.93
ROIC %	0.68	1.61	1.45	0.82	7.70	-0.91
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	2.07	3.20	3.04	1.95	12.30	-1.40
FCF / sales %	4.09	4.30	4.68	4.18	5.56	5.60
Current ratio	1.89	1.95	1.98	2.08	2.13	1.43
Quick ratio	1.20	1.24	1.25	1.32	1.35	0.92
Debt / assets	29.00	28.46	28.27	27.72	27.88	27.61
LT debt / equity	60.07	57.98	57.18	55.74	55.21	61.68
Interest coverage	0.77	1.22	1.16	0.74	4.88	-0.58
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail

Consumer & Specialties is the largest reported line at 50.05% of revenue, across 2 reported segments.
Engineered Solutions follows at 49.95%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Consumer & Specialties50.05%

Engineered Solutions49.95%

Quote time 2026-10-07 19:54:59 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.