Minerals Technologies, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US6031581068
USD
75.32
-1.77 (-2.3%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
NewMarket Corp.
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Rogers Corp.
Cabot Corp.
Quaker Houghton
Celanese Corp.
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
The Chemours Co.
Avantor, Inc.
Tronox Holdings Plc
Livent Corp.

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
4
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
5
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
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Minerals Technologies, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. 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.
31.31%
-0.79
34.04%
S&P 500
21.51%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

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%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

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%
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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
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 846.28

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.12

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 548.4 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 111.3 MM

-5What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at -4.21%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 0%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.95% (YoY

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD -5.9

Here's what is working for Minerals Technologies, Inc.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 846.28
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Profit
At USD 111.3 MM has Grown at 135.62%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 47.24 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 548.4 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 111.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.12
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Here's what is not working for Minerals Technologies, Inc.

EPS
Lowest at USD -5.9
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 0%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 5.95% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales