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Minerals Technologies Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Minerals Technologies Inc had return on equity of -1.1%, an operating margin of 2.3%, debt equal to 56.1% of equity and a current ratio of 2.08. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMOct 2026
Gross margin17.2%20.9%20.7%22.3%23.0%25.2%26.2%28.1%27.9%25.5%24.6%25.4%24.0%21.9%23.4%25.9%25.0%23.9%
Operating margin−1.9%9.8%10.1%11.4%12.5%9.8%11.1%13.7%14.6%14.2%11.7%11.8%12.7%10.1%7.9%13.5%2.3%−1.6%
Net margin−2.6%6.7%6.5%7.4%7.9%5.4%6.0%8.1%11.6%9.3%7.4%7.0%8.8%5.7%3.9%7.9%−0.9%−3.1%
Free-cash-flow margin14.8%10.8%7.9%8.8%8.9%13.3%10.2%9.9%7.8%7.1%9.7%10.9%7.9%1.1%6.5%6.9%4.2%5.9%
Return on equity−3.3%9.0%9.0%9.7%9.8%10.8%12.2%13.9%17.3%13.0%9.6%7.9%11.0%7.8%5.2%9.8%−1.1%−4.1%
Return on assets−2.2%6.1%5.9%6.2%6.6%4.2%3.5%4.6%6.7%5.6%4.3%3.6%5.0%3.6%2.5%5.0%−0.5%−1.9%
Asset turnover0.850.920.910.840.840.790.590.560.570.600.580.500.560.630.640.630.600.62
Current ratio3.934.353.983.064.512.572.522.542.752.292.313.492.452.132.402.842.081.45
Debt to equity14.4%12.9%13.5%11.7%10.5%166.3%138.9%107.6%77.5%75.1%66.1%64.0%66.1%67.3%61.4%55.6%56.1%60.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m29.5x32.0x——4.0x3.3x4.1x5.6x5.6x4.8x4.9x6.3x4.9x2.9x———
Effective tax rate—29.3%28.3%28.8%27.9%25.0%17.2%20.7%−3.5%16.9%14.5%17.7%18.1%20.5%22.0%26.6%——
R&D as % of revenue2.2%2.0%1.9%2.0%2.0%1.4%1.3%1.5%1.4%1.3%1.1%1.2%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.1%1.1%1.1%
SG&A as % of revenue10.0%9.0%8.8%8.9%8.8%10.6%10.6%10.8%10.8%9.9%10.5%11.1%10.0%9.0%9.5%9.9%10.0%9.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.9%3.4%5.0%5.2%4.3%4.7%4.8%3.8%4.6%4.2%3.6%4.2%4.6%3.9%4.3%4.2%5.2%4.9%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—161.4%120.8%118.5%113.3%247.8%170.5%122.0%67.1%75.6%130.6%154.6%89.1%19.1%166.6%87.9%——
Dividends ÷ net income—5.6%5.3%5.9%8.6%7.5%6.5%5.2%3.6%4.2%5.3%6.0%4.1%5.3%9.6%7.9%——
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow2.8%29.3%63.2%34.5%64.5%3.0%3.8%5.9%5.9%22.6%27.7%27.3%55.7%267.1%15.9%52.3%83.9%28.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 6 checks passed · October 4, 2026
What it owns · $3.5bn
Short-term assets $1.2bnLonger-term assets $2.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.5bn
Short-term liabilities $849mLonger-term liabilities $1.1bnShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.2bn of assets due within a year against $849m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.2bn short-term assets against $1.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $372m of cash against $958m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 61% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 60% to 61% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $235m of operating cash flow against $958m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Minerals Technologies Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

50 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Minerals Technologies's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 9 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 8.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 10 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 25.0%, moving by 1.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 3 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 11.9%; its worst year was -1.6%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 7.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 8.8% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Minerals Technologies Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Minerals Technologies Inc.