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Minerals Technologies (Minerals Technologies) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.61 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Minerals Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $103 Mil. Minerals Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $911 Mil. Minerals Technologies's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,652 Mil. Minerals Technologies's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.61.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Minerals Technologies's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MTX' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 0.71   Max: 1.66
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Minerals Technologies was 1.66. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 0.71.

MTX's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.8% of 1394 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.35 vs MTX: 0.61

Minerals Technologies Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Minerals Technologies's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* 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.

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Minerals Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 0.64 0.66 0.67 0.61

Minerals Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.67 0.65 0.64 0.66 0.61

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Minerals Technologies's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Minerals Technologies's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Minerals Technologies's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Minerals Technologies Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Minerals Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Minerals Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* 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) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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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