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MTX

Minerals Technologies Inc.

Basic Materials · ·

$75.32

$1.77 (-2.3%)

Market Cap

$2.34B

Day Range

$74.78 - $77.78

52-Week Range

$53.94 - $84.34

Beta

Next Earnings

21.10.2026

MTX is a stock from the Materials sectorMining, chemicals, and metals — the raw materials that feed other industries, sensitive to commodity prices.

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

+32.9% (1Y)

Investor Score
51/ 100C-
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈80A-Technical
💰37FFundamental
🚀26FGrowth
💎38FValuation
📰74BNews
🏦42DQuality
⚠️56CRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Current ratio: 2.08
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 RSI 54.3 — healthy positive momentum

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: $20.13 vs. price $75.32 (-73.3%)
  • 🔴 Net margin: -0.9% (negative)
  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
  • 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): -1.1% (negative)
  • 🔴 Revenue growth (last year): -2.2%

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Minerals Technologies Inc.. News trend score: 74. Reason: 5 of the last 9 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 252 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (9 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSIRSI 54.3 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🟡Stochastic%K 56.6 — neutral range
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength)ADX 15.4 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🟢Volume trendRising volume supports the price advance
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-8.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (85%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 3.4%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟢CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: 0.14

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markdown

The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Medium confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🔴Falling price trendA -2.9% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
  • 🟢Bar with selling-climax characteristicsOn 2026-08-03: volume 2.1x the average and a spread 1.7x wider, with a close suggesting counter-absorption.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟢 Uptrend

The price is above the 200-day average — per the market-structure method, this environment mainly favors looking for buying (Long) opportunities.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟢 Price in value zone

The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = support minusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$76.24

Stop-Loss

$67.78

Risk per Share

$8.46

Direction

Long

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$93.16

1:3 R

$101.61

1:5 R

$118.53

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

11 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

25.0%

Operating Margin

2.3%

Net Margin

-0.9%

EBITDA Margin

2.3%

Efficiency

ROE

-1.1%

ROA

-0.5%

ROIC

EPS

-$0.59

Balance Sheet

Cash

$329.00M

Total Debt

$961.30M

Current Ratio

2.08

Debt/Equity

0.56

Conclusions

  • 🟡Gross marginGross margin: 25.0% — reasonable
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: 2.3% — weak
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: -0.9% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): -1.1% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): -0.5% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 2.08
  • 🟡Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.56

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): -2.2%
  • 🔴Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: -111.4%
  • 🔴Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: -41.0%
  • 🔴Net income growthNet income growth: -111.0%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
2.6.2026$0.120
13.2.2026$0.120
30.10.2025$0.120
15.8.2025$0.110
30.5.2025$0.110
14.2.2025$0.110
31.10.2024$0.110
16.8.2024$0.100
31.5.2024$0.100
14.2.2024$0.100
31.10.2023$0.100
17.8.2023$0.050

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$75.32

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

$20.13

Gap

-73.3%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

-0.8%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
1-0.8%$85.89M$78.80M
20.0%$85.91M$72.30M
30.8%$86.63M$66.89M
41.7%$88.08M$62.40M
52.5%$90.28M$58.67M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$86.60M

Terminal Value

$1.42B

Present Value of Terminal Value

$925.26M

Enterprise Value

$1.26B

Net Debt

$632.30M

Equity Value

$632.03M

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$54.57

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$18.75

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: $20.13 vs. price $75.32 (-73.3%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $18.75
  • 🟡P/EP/E: -129.2

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 2 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
PITTMAN CAROLYN KGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202620,750+99
JOHNSON KRISTINA MGrant/Award from Employer18.6.20265,998+9
CARMOLA JOHN JGrant/Award from Employer18.6.202627,954+43
CLARK ROBERT LGrant/Award from Employer18.6.202633,702+51
Breunig Joseph C.Grant/Award from Employer18.6.202621,563+33
ROBINSON MARC EGrant/Award from Employer18.6.202626,915+41
PITTMAN CAROLYN KGrant/Award from Employer18.6.202620,651+31
Motwani RockyGrant/Award from Employer18.6.20268,105+12
JOHNSON KRISTINA MGrant/Award from Employer20.5.20265,989+1,908
CARMOLA JOHN JGrant/Award from Employer20.5.202627,912+1,908
CLARK ROBERT LGrant/Award from Employer20.5.202633,650+1,908
Breunig Joseph C.Grant/Award from Employer20.5.202621,531+1,908
ROBINSON MARC EGrant/Award from Employer20.5.202626,874+1,908
PITTMAN CAROLYN KGrant/Award from Employer20.5.202620,619+1,908
Motwani RockyGrant/Award from Employer20.5.20268,093+1,908
DIETRICH DOUGLAS TExercise of Derivative Securities14.5.2026197,541+21,568$78.03
DIETRICH DOUGLAS TOpen Market Sale14.5.2026175,973-21,568$81.53
DIETRICH DOUGLAS TExercise of Derivative Securities14.5.20260-21,568
JORDAN TIMOTHYOpen Market Sale11.5.20261,279-6,000$80.27
PITTMAN CAROLYN KGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202618,711+102
FEDER FRANKLINGrant/Award from Employer1.4.202623,223+239
JOHNSON KRISTINA MGrant/Award from Employer6.3.20264,081+7
CARMOLA JOHN JGrant/Award from Employer6.3.202626,004+46
Deans Alison AnnGrant/Award from Employer6.3.202615,439+27
CLARK ROBERT LGrant/Award from Employer6.3.202631,742+56

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+4.7%

759,244 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 725,414 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

-40.7%

48.2% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 81.2% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 5 positive, 3 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 9 articles.