Head to Head Review: Minerals Technologies (MTX) versus Its Competitors

Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) is one of 295 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Minerals Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Dividends

Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Minerals Technologies pays out -22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 104.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Minerals Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Minerals Technologies and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minerals Technologies	$2.07 billion	-$18.40 million	-28.38
Minerals Technologies Competitors	$6.35 billion	$222.31 million	-0.87

Minerals Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Minerals Technologies. Minerals Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Minerals Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minerals Technologies	2	0	1	0	1.67
Minerals Technologies Competitors	3248	12209	14130	519	2.40

Minerals Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.12%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 8.72%. Given Minerals Technologies’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Minerals Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minerals Technologies	-3.12%	10.73%	5.15%
Minerals Technologies Competitors	-61.35%	1.23%	-1.42%

Volatility & Risk

Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minerals Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 0.92, meaning that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Minerals Technologies competitors beat Minerals Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Minerals Technologies

Minerals Technologies Inc. develops, produces, and markets various mineral, mineral-based, and related systems and services. The company operates through two segments, Consumer & Specialties, and Engineered Solutions segments. The Consumer & Specialties segment offers household and personal care products, such as pet litter, personal care, fabric care, edible oil and other fluid purification, animal health, and agricultural products; and specialty additives products, including precipitated calcium carbonate and ground calcium carbonate products that are used in the paper, paperboard, and fiber based packaging industries, as well as automotive, construction, and table and food applications. This segment produces limestone and dolomitic limestone used in construction, automotive, and consumer markets for packaging applications. The Engineered Solutions segment provides high-temperature technology products consisting of custom-blended mineral and non-mineral products for casting auto parts, farm and construction equipment, oil and gas production equipment, power generation turbine castings, and rail car components; and environmental and infrastructure products comprising geosynthetic clay lining systems, vapor intrusion mitigation products, sub surface waterproofing systems, green roofs, wastewater remediation, drinking water purification technologies, and drilling products. In addition, this segment provides chromite products; gunnable monolithic refractory products and application systems; monolithic refractory materials and pre-cast refractory shapes; refractory shapes and linings; carbon composite and pyrolitic graphite; and filtration and well testing services. It markets its products primarily through its direct sales force, as well as regional distributors. The company serves in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Minerals Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.