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MTX (Minerals Technologies) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $307 Mil (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Minerals Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents?

Minerals Technologies's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2024 ($317.10 Mil) to Dec. 2024 ($333.10 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2024 ($333.10 Mil) to Mar. 2025 ($306.60 Mil).

Minerals Technologies's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2022 ($247.20 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($317.20 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2023 ($317.20 Mil) to Dec. 2024 ($333.10 Mil).


Minerals Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Minerals Technologies's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Minerals Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

Minerals Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cash And Cash Equivalents
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Minerals Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Minerals Technologies Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.


Minerals Technologies  (NYSE:MTX) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.


Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.


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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 two segments: The Consumer & Specialties segment that derives maximum revenue, serves consumer end markets directly with mineral-to-market finished products and also provides specialty mineral-based solutions and technologies that are an essential component of our customers' finished products. The Engineered Solutions segment serves industrial end markets with engineered systems, mineral blends, and technologies that are designed to improve our customers' manufacturing processes and projects. 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
Jonathan J Hastings officer: Vice President 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Brett Argirakis officer: Vice President 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Erin Cutler officer: VP, Human Resources 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10017
Douglas T Dietrich officer: Vice President 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK X1 10017
Michael Cipolla officer: CONTROLLER C/O MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC, 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kristina M Johnson director 19 HEATH PL, DURHAM NC 27705
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
Alison Ann Deans director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN, LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-3698
Joseph C. Breunig director 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Carolyn K Pittman director 622 THIRD AVENUE 38TH FL, MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert L Clark director C/O MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
John J Carmola director 622 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Franklin Feder director MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC., 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017