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Minerals Technologies (Minerals Technologies) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Minerals Technologies Financial Strength?

Minerals Technologies has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Minerals Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.19. Minerals Technologies's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.47. As of today, Minerals Technologies's Altman Z-Score is 3.01.


Competitive Comparison of Minerals Technologies's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Minerals Technologies's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Minerals Technologies's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Minerals Technologies's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Minerals Technologies's Financial Strength falls into.



Minerals Technologies Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Minerals Technologies's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-15 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $77 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $904 Mil.

Minerals Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*77.3/-14.9
=5.19

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Minerals Technologies's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(97.1 + 904.4) / 2138
=0.47

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Minerals Technologies has a Z-score of 3.01, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.01 is strong.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Minerals Technologies  (NYSE:MTX) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Minerals Technologies has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Minerals Technologies (Minerals Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
622 Third Avenue, 38th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017-6707
Minerals Technologies Inc mines, produces, and sells mineral-based products. The firm organizes itself into three segments based on product type. The specialty minerals segment, sells calcium carbonate, limestone, and talc, which is used in the paper, building materials, paint, automotive, and pharmaceutical industries. The refractories segment sells products for steel furnaces. The performance materials segment sells bentonite used in steel alloy casting and household products including cat litter. The majority of revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Dj Iii Monagle officer: Vice President C/O MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Brett Argirakis officer: Vice President 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Michael Cipolla officer: CONTROLLER C/O MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC, 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Douglas T Dietrich officer: Vice President 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK X1 10017
Jonathan J Hastings officer: Vice President 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Rocky Motwani director MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 3RD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Marc E Robinson director MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Joseph C. Breunig director 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Alison Ann Deans director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN, LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-3698
Franklin Feder director MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
John J Carmola director 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert L Clark director C/O MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Carolyn K Pittman director 622 THIRD AVENUE 38TH FL, MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES, NEW YORK NY 10017
Timothy Jordan officer: Vice President 622 3RD AVENUE, 38TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10017
Thomas J Meek officer: Vice President C/O MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017