Analysts Set Expectations for MTX Q1 Earnings

Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE:MTX) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Minerals Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 27th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $1.36 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Minerals Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $6.62 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Minerals Technologies’ Q2 2026 earnings at $1.74 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.55 EPS.

Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 15th. The basic materials company reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter. Minerals Technologies had a negative net margin of 0.08% and a positive return on equity of 10.69%. The business had revenue of $557.00 million during the quarter.

MTX has been the subject of a number of other reports. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Minerals Technologies from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Minerals Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Minerals Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $84.00.

Minerals Technologies Trading Down 3.1%

NYSE:MTX opened at $54.84 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,740.53 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $61.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.97. Minerals Technologies has a 12 month low of $49.54 and a 12 month high of $86.49.

Minerals Technologies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 30th. This is an increase from Minerals Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. Minerals Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is currently -2,200.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Minerals Technologies

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Minerals Technologies by 161.1% in the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 590 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 364 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Minerals Technologies by 626.8% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 596 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 514 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp purchased a new position in Minerals Technologies in the third quarter worth about $35,000. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in Minerals Technologies by 44.6% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,011 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 312 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strs Ohio bought a new stake in shares of Minerals Technologies in the first quarter worth approximately $70,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.29% of the company’s stock.

About Minerals Technologies

Minerals Technologies Inc develops, produces, and markets various mineral, mineral-based, and related systems and services. The company operates through two segments, Consumer & Specialties, and Engineered Solutions segments. The Consumer & Specialties segment offers household and personal care products, such as pet litter, personal care, fabric care, edible oil and other fluid purification, animal health, and agricultural products; and specialty additives products, including precipitated calcium carbonate and ground calcium carbonate products that are used in the paper, paperboard, and fiber based packaging industries, as well as automotive, construction, and table and food applications.