Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 77 Materials companies.
Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) scores 2.7 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as low quality. The reading rests on predictability, and profitability is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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Minerals Technologies Inc.’s filings do not show enough of the signs a moat leaves: 1 of 5 indicators passed.
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As of October 19, 2026, Minerals Technologies Inc. scores 2.7 out of 10 on the Lemma Quality Score, a reading of low quality. Scores this low usually reflect thin margins, a stretched balance sheet or an erratic record, and the pillars below show which. Nothing in it comes from the share price or from forecasts: it is Minerals Technologies Inc.’s own reported numbers, scored pillar by pillar.
Set against 77 Materials companies, Minerals Technologies Inc. lands at the 24th percentile, in the bottom quarter of the group. The median across the group is 4.4, and the top quarter begins at 6.2, so Minerals Technologies Inc. is well below the typical company here.
On profitability, Minerals Technologies Inc. scores 0.9, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 4.4 across 74 Materials companies, which places it well below them, at the 21st percentile. A low reading here is the first thing to explain: it is the pillar most closely tied to whether the business creates value at all.
Solvency has no score for Minerals Technologies Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median solvency score across 66 Materials companies is 6.7. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Minerals Technologies Inc.’s growth score is 1.7 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 3.2 among 57 Materials companies, that is well below the group and the 29th percentile. When growth is this low the question is whether it is a pause or a trend, and the history behind the filings is the place to look.
Efficiency scores 3.4 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 71 Materials companies is 5.2, so Minerals Technologies Inc. is well below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 23rd percentile. Weak efficiency means more capital is tied up to produce each unit of output, or less of reported profit is arriving as cash.
On predictability, Minerals Technologies Inc. scores 5.3, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.5 across 76 Materials companies, which places it above them, at the 67th percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
The gap between Minerals Technologies Inc.’s best and worst pillar is wide: predictability at 5.3 against profitability at 0.9, 4.4 points apart. An average of two readings this different deserves a closer look than the headline number. Leading with predictability suits a steady compounder, even if the other pillars are less striking. Weak profitability can be cyclical, so it helps to know whether margins are at a low point or a long-run level.
Of everything that could lift Minerals Technologies Inc.’s score, profitability matters most. Bringing it up to the 4.4 median of Materials companies would take the overall from 2.7 to roughly 3.8. With one pillar unscored, the overall rests on 80 of the 100 weight points, spread across the four pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Materials companies below are nearest to Minerals Technologies Inc. by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Minerals Technologies Inc. scores 2.7 out of 10, which reads as low quality. Its strongest pillar is predictability, its weakest is profitability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Minerals Technologies Inc. ranks at the 24th percentile of the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.4 and the top quarter starts at 6.2, against Minerals Technologies Inc.’s 2.7.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for MTX are in the app.
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