MTX vs. IOSP, AVNT, CBT, EMN, ESI, FUL, ITT, KMT, SCL, and TKR
Should you be buying Minerals Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minerals Technologies include Innospec (IOSP), Avient (AVNT), Cabot (CBT), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Element Solutions (ESI), H. B. Fuller (FUL), ITT (ITT), Kennametal (KMT), Stepan (SCL), and Timken (TKR).
Minerals Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) and Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Innospec pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Minerals Technologies pays out -57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Minerals Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Innospec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
96.6% of Innospec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Innospec shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Minerals Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Innospec. Minerals Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innospec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Minerals Technologies has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.34%. Given Minerals Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than Innospec.
Innospec has a net margin of 1.51% compared to Minerals Technologies' net margin of -1.14%. Innospec's return on equity of 11.38% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Minerals Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Innospec. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Minerals Technologies and 8 mentions for Innospec. Minerals Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Innospec's score of 0.80 indicating that Minerals Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Innospec has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Innospec and Minerals Technologies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MTX) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
