Minerals Technologies, Inc. (MTX) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

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Comparison

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Quality

Valuation

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Why is Minerals Technologies, Inc. ?

Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 6.83% of over the last 5 years

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

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

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

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Minerals Technologies, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

-3.99%

-0.79

34.04%

S&P 500

14.9%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

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)

0.80

Tax Ratio

100.00%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

11.17%

ROE (avg)

11.21%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

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

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.87

EV to EBIT

13.36

EV to EBITDA

9.83

EV to Capital Employed

1.64

EV to Sales

1.85

PEG Ratio

0.46

Dividend Yield

0.34%

ROCE (Latest)

12.26%

ROE (Latest)

13.40%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

2What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 10.06%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.28

-9What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 193.7 MM

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at -1.07%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 6.66% (YoY

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 14.6 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 18.06 %

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 44.09 MM

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

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 5.28

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 10.06%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

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

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at USD 193.7 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Interest

Highest at USD 14.6 MM

in the last five periods and Increased by 5.8% (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at 18.06 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Net Profit

Lowest at USD 44.09 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 44.09 MM has Fallen at -25.99%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 59.57 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 6.66% (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