Minerals Technologies Inc.

MTX Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Minerals Technologies Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.1 billion, down 2.17% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.23%
EPS
+2.80%
Free cash flow
+19.0%
Total debt
−0.67%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

62.53 3.30 −5.01%
Market cap
$1.9B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−30.2×
Dividend yield
0.78%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.52
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
49/100

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) Gross margin

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Minerals Technologies Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 23.9%, down 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.9% (fiscal 2022) to 28.1% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 25.0% (0.86)
FY2024 25.9% 2.48
FY2023 23.4% 1.49
FY2022 21.9% (2.15)
FY2021 24.0% (1.39)
FY2020 25.4% 0.82
FY2019 24.6% (0.93)
FY2018 25.5% (2.35)
FY2017 27.9% (0.23)
FY2016 28.1% 1.91

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 23.3% (1.12)
Jun 2026 24.4% 0.43
Mar 2026 24.0% 0.00
Dec 2025 24.0% (1.76)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 21.9% High 28.1%
Ten-year median 25.4%
Current reading's percentile 21

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 55.3%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 41.1%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 35.8%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 32.3%
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 27.7%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. 23.9%
CC The Chemours Company compare 15.1%
SCL Stepan Company compare 12.0%
STDN Standard Nuclear Inc compare —
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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