Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) Key Metrics
MTX valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $1.96B
- Enterprise value
- $2.70B
- P/E (TTM)
- — 10-yr median 15.2
- Forward P/E
- 9.4
- PEG ratio
- 2.22
- Price / sales
- 0.9 10-yr median 1.1
- Price / book
- 1.3 10-yr median 1.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 42.2 10-yr median 9.6
- Dividend yield
- 0.76% $0.48 a year
- Beta
- 1.12
MTX key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsMTX valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
MTX returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
MTX per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
MTX financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
MTX efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
MTX valuation history
MTX returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
MTX debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
MTX cash returned to shareholders
MTX price vs earnings per share
MTX key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.91B | $2.46B | $2.32B | $1.99B | $2.47B | $2.12B | $2.02B | $1.83B | $2.45B | $2.72B |
| Enterprise value | $2.63B | $3.15B | $3.07B | $2.86B | $3.24B | $2.75B | $2.76B | $2.63B | $3.21B | $3.61B |
| P/E ratio | — | 14.7 | 27.6 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 20.4 |
| Price / sales | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Price / book | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| Price / free cash flow | 22.1 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 85.1 | 16.9 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 18.7 | 16.7 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| EV / sales | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.9 | 8.0 | 17.9 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 11.3 |
| EV / free cash flow | 30.3 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 122.2 | 22.2 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 20.9 | 24.5 | 22.2 |
| Earnings yield | −1.0% | 6.8% | 3.6% | 6.1% | 6.6% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 4.9% |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.5% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 1.2% | 5.9% | 8.2% | 8.6% | 6.9% | 5.3% | 6.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.8% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $60.95 | $76.21 | $71.31 | $60.72 | $73.15 | $62.12 | $57.63 | $51.34 | $68.85 | $77.25 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $66.01 | $65.59 | $66.56 | $64.80 | $54.98 | $46.63 | $51.03 | $50.78 | $47.07 | $46.53 |
| Earnings per share | −$0.59 | $5.17 | $2.58 | $3.73 | $4.86 | $3.29 | $3.78 | $4.75 | $5.48 | $3.79 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $6.17 | $7.32 | $7.17 | $3.22 | $6.88 | $7.04 | $6.79 | $5.68 | $5.83 | $6.39 |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.76 | $4.55 | $4.30 | $0.71 | $4.33 | $5.08 | $4.94 | $3.54 | $3.68 | $4.62 |
| Cash per share | $10.59 | $10.44 | $9.86 | $7.71 | $9.01 | $10.87 | $6.93 | $5.97 | $6.04 | $5.41 |
| Book value per share | $54.57 | $54.09 | $50.67 | $48.16 | $45.54 | $42.71 | $39.96 | $38.02 | $35.16 | $28.59 |
| Tangible book value per share | $18.75 | $19.04 | $15.56 | $12.89 | $11.27 | $13.35 | $11.18 | $9.19 | $7.75 | $0.66 |
| Dividends per share | $0.45 | $0.41 | $0.25 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| Capex per share | $3.41 | $2.77 | $2.87 | $2.51 | $2.54 | $1.95 | $1.85 | $2.13 | $2.15 | $1.77 |
| Debt per share | $33.31 | $31.72 | $32.70 | $34.14 | $31.83 | $29.10 | $28.00 | $28.55 | $27.24 | $30.76 |
| Shares outstanding | 31.4M | 32.3M | 32.6M | 32.8M | 33.8M | 34.2M | 35.1M | 35.6M | 35.6M | 35.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.8% | −0.9% | −0.6% | −3.0% | −1.2% | −2.6% | −1.4% | 0.0% | +1.1% | +0.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | −1.1% | 9.8% | 5.2% | 7.8% | 11.0% | 7.9% | 9.6% | 13.0% | 17.3% | 13.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 9.3% | 8.8% | 5.5% | 8.5% | 9.0% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% | 13.5% | 10.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −0.5% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 6.7% | 4.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | −0.8% | 7.4% | 3.8% | 5.4% | 7.4% | 5.1% | 6.3% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 7.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.2% | 6.9% | 6.5% | 1.1% | 7.9% | 10.9% | 9.7% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 9.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | 1.41 | 2.78 | 0.86 | 1.41 | 2.14 | 1.80 | 1.20 | 1.06 | 1.69 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.05B | $1.02B | $1.07B | $1.12B | $1.08B | $995.1M | $982.8M | $1.02B | $969.9M | $1.08B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $332.6M | $337.1M | $321.5M | $252.8M | $304.4M | $371.8M | $243.2M | $212.6M | $214.9M | $190.5M |
| Net debt | $713.2M | $687.3M | $744.4M | $866.9M | $771.5M | $623.3M | $739.6M | $803.7M | $755.0M | $892.3M |
| Debt / equity | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 1.08 |
| Debt / assets | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.38 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.58 | 1.75 | 4.33 | 2.82 | 2.24 | 2.23 | 2.39 | 2.36 | 2.35 | 2.80 |
| Current ratio | 2.08 | 2.84 | 2.40 | 2.13 | 2.45 | 3.49 | 2.31 | 2.29 | 2.75 | 2.54 |
| Quick ratio | 1.45 | 1.98 | 1.69 | 1.44 | 1.74 | 2.66 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 2.04 | 1.91 |
| Interest coverage | 4.8 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.7 |
| Working capital | $600.2M | $733.3M | $641.7M | $567.9M | $609.3M | $737.8M | $520.7M | $494.4M | $542.2M | $455.6M |
| Invested capital | $2.43B | $2.43B | $2.40B | $2.45B | $2.31B | $2.08B | $2.14B | $2.16B | $2.01B | $1.90B |
| Tangible asset value | $625.1M | $651.3M | $542.1M | $456.5M | $421.0M | $494.4M | $424.2M | $358.8M | $303.3M | $47.8M |
| Net current asset value | −$563.7M | −$479.7M | −$560.9M | −$717.9M | −$765.6M | −$677.1M | −$758.8M | −$825.5M | −$839.1M | −$1.08B |
| Graham number | — | $79.35 | $54.23 | $63.53 | $70.60 | $56.20 | $58.30 | $63.73 | $65.84 | $49.38 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$29.03 | −$25.19 | −$26.88 | −$32.26 | −$31.52 | −$27.43 | −$29.23 | −$30.31 | −$30.32 | −$36.72 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $14.2M | $13.2M | $8.1M | $6.5M | $6.8M | $6.8M | $7.0M | $7.1M | $7.0M | $7.0M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $58.5M | $63.6M | $14.2M | $56.0M | $74.7M | $40.7M | $41.0M | $21.7M | $700,000 | $2.6M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | 7.9% | 9.6% | 5.3% | 4.1% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 83.9% | 52.3% | 15.9% | 267.1% | 55.7% | 27.3% | 27.7% | 22.8% | 5.9% | 5.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 5.2% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 55.3% | 37.9% | 40.0% | 77.9% | 37.0% | 27.8% | 27.3% | 37.6% | 36.9% | 27.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.02 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.66 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| R&D / revenue | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| SG&A / revenue | 20.4% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 11.1% | 10.5% | 9.9% | 10.9% | 11.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 69.1 | 67.6 | 67.5 | 66.3 | 72.4 | 85.3 | 77.8 | 77.8 | 78.9 | 76.9 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 80.7 | 77.0 | 73.5 | 70.6 | 70.1 | 76.4 | 66.1 | 61.8 | 60.9 | 58.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 43.5 | 43.1 | 41.7 | 42.5 | 44.2 | 47.5 | 44.6 | 46.9 | 48.6 | 45.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 106.3 | 101.4 | 99.4 | 94.3 | 98.3 | 114.2 | 99.3 | 92.6 | 91.2 | 89.9 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.28 | 5.40 | 5.40 | 5.51 | 5.04 | 4.28 | 4.69 | 4.69 | 4.63 | 4.75 |
| Payables turnover | 8.39 | 8.46 | 8.75 | 8.58 | 8.26 | 7.69 | 8.18 | 7.79 | 7.51 | 7.98 |
| Inventory turnover | 4.52 | 4.74 | 4.96 | 5.17 | 5.21 | 4.78 | 5.52 | 5.91 | 5.99 | 6.21 |
| Asset turnover | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.56 |
| Average receivables | $392.6M | $392.1M | $401.6M | $385.9M | $368.4M | $372.6M | $381.8M | $385.1M | $362.1M | $345.0M |
| Average payables | $186.7M | $187.1M | $191.2M | $194.9M | $172.2M | $155.8M | $166.2M | $174.1M | $161.9M | $148.7M |
| Average inventory | $346.1M | $333.8M | $337.1M | $323.6M | $273.2M | $250.8M | $246.2M | $229.2M | $203.1M | $190.9M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 32.4% | 33.4% | 34.2% | 34.0% | 34.3% | 31.3% | 32.5% | 33.3% | 32.9% | 34.3% |
Computed from MTX's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 20, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
MTX valuation and financial ratios
Minerals Technologies earned a return on equity of −1.1% and a return on invested capital of 9.3% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.0 billion of debt and $332.6 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $713.2 million. It returned $72.7 million to shareholders: $14.2 million in dividends and $58.5 million in share buybacks, 84% of free cash flow. The share count fell 10.8% from 35.2M to 31.4M over 9 years.
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MTX key metrics FAQ
What is Minerals Technologies's EV/EBITDA?
Minerals Technologies's enterprise value was 16.9 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $2.6 billion, EBITDA $155.6 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 42.2.
What is Minerals Technologies's return on equity?
Minerals Technologies's return on equity (ROE) was −1.1% in fiscal 2025: net income of -$18.4 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.7 billion.
What is Minerals Technologies's ROIC?
Minerals Technologies's return on invested capital was 9.3% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Minerals Technologies have?
Minerals Technologies had total debt of $1.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61 and $713.2 million of net debt (4.58 times EBITDA).
What is Minerals Technologies's dividend yield?
Minerals Technologies's forward dividend yield is 0.76%. Minerals Technologies paid $14.2 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.45 per share), a payout ratio of —.
Does Minerals Technologies buy back its shares?
Yes. Minerals Technologies spent $58.5 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.8% over the year, to 31.4M..
What is Minerals Technologies's free cash flow yield?
Minerals Technologies generated $86.6 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 4.5% on its market value at year-end ($1.9 billion).
What is Minerals Technologies's current ratio?
Minerals Technologies's current ratio was 2.08 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.08 times current liabilities.