Minerals Technologies, Inc [MTX] stock is trading at $65.45, up 10.56%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MTX shares have gain 14.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 20.27%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Minerals Technologies, Inc [NYSE: MTX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 28, 2025, when Truist initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $103. Previously, Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to Buy on February 05, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $90. On October 19, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $65 on the stock. CL King upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $72 on July 31, 2023. Sidoti downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 13, 2022. In a note dated August 30, 2022, CL King downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
Minerals Technologies, Inc [MTX] stock has fluctuated between $49.54 and $89.60 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $92 within the next 12 months. Minerals Technologies, Inc [NYSE: MTX] shares were valued at $65.45 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 40.57% based on the average MTX price forecast.
Analyzing the MTX fundamentals
Minerals Technologies, Inc [NYSE:MTX] reported sales of 2.06B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -2.27%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.25% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.01%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.0%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.0, Equity is 0.0 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.59.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 62.28 points at the first support level, and at 59.11 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 67.39, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 69.32.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Minerals Technologies, Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.95. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.35, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.52. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.01, the price to book ratio is 1.24 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 1441.63.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Motwani Rocky, Director, that happened on Jun 16 ’25 when 370.0 shares were purchased. Director, JOHNSON KRISTINA M completed a deal on May 02 ’25 to buy 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP FINANCE AND TREASURY, CFO ALDAG ERIK bought 1000.0 shares on Apr 30 ’25.
