Why is Minerals Technologies, Inc. ?
1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 6.83% of over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Jun 25
- ROCE(HY) Lowest at 0.13%
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 4.44 times
- DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 4.97 times
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Risky -
- The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -22.83%, its profits have risen by 4.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.2
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Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -22.83% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Minerals Technologies, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Minerals Technologies, Inc. for you?
Medium Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
46.23%
-0.79
34.04%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.38%
EBIT Growth (5y)
6.57%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
5.29
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.92
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.42
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.79
Tax Ratio
100.00%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
11.17%
ROE (avg)
11.21%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.90
EV to EBIT
13.60
EV to EBITDA
9.91
EV to Capital Employed
1.66
EV to Sales
1.88
PEG Ratio
0.46
Dividend Yield
0.33%
ROCE (Latest)
12.17%
ROE (Latest)
13.40%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
Technical Movement
7What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 9.72%
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 10.28%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by 1.5% (YoY
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at 37.32 %
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 5.2
NET SALES(Q)
Highest at USD 546.9 MM
-8What is not working for the Company
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Lowest at 17.64 %
NET PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at USD 43.1 MM
Here's what is working for Minerals Technologies, Inc.
Net Sales
Highest at USD 546.9 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive
Net Sales (USD MM)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 37.32 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.2
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 10.28%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.5% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Depreciation
Highest at USD 29 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (USD MM)
Here's what is not working for Minerals Technologies, Inc.
Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 17.64 %
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated
Operating Profit to Sales
Net Profit
Lowest at USD 43.1 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
Net Profit
At USD 43.1 MM has Fallen at -23.42%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 56.29 MMMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)






