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) Return on equity

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Minerals Technologies Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −7.75%, down 6.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−1.04%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.04% (fiscal 2025) to 16.9% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −1.04% (10.67)
FY2024 9.63% 4.53
FY2023 5.10% (2.55)
FY2022 7.65% (3.03)
FY2021 10.7% 3.02
FY2020 7.66% (1.75)
FY2019 9.41% (3.28)
FY2018 12.7% (4.20)
FY2017 16.9% 3.34
FY2016 13.6% 1.74

Against its own ten years

Low −1.04% High 16.9%
Ten-year median 9.63%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 64.4%
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 30.4%
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 10.5%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 9.58%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 6.98%
SCL Stepan Company compare 0.00%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. −7.75%
CC The Chemours Company compare −67.5%
STDN Standard Nuclear Inc compare —
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.34%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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