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 guidance of 1.150-1.200 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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 Minerals Technologies stock opened at $65.83 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $66.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $71.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.98, a PEG ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.15. Minerals Technologies has a 52 week low of $54.65 and a 52 week high of $84.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.45.

Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The basic materials company reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.09. Minerals Technologies had a positive return on equity of 10.73% and a negative net margin of 3.12%. The company had revenue of $554.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $552.20 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.55 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Minerals Technologies will post 5.69 EPS for the current year.

Minerals Technologies Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 5th will be paid a $0.13 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 5th. This is a positive change from Minerals Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. Minerals Technologies’s payout ratio is currently -22.12%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen lowered 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 note on Tuesday, October 27th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded shares of Minerals Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Minerals Technologies has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average 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.