Minerals Technologies Inc. Announces 2025 Second Quarter Financial Results
-- Earnings per Share of $1.44, or $1.55 Excluding Special Items, Up 36% Sequentially --
-- Operating Income of $75 Million, or $79 Million Excluding Special Items, Up 25% Sequentially --
-- Operating Margin of 14.1% of Sales, or 14.9% Excluding Special Items --
-- Strong Second Quarter Cash Flow--
-- Released 17th Annual Sustainability Report --
NEW YORK, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE:MTX) ("MTI" or "the Company"), a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company, today reported earnings per share for the second quarter ended June 29, 2025, of $1.44 or $1.55 excluding special items.
Second Quarter 2025 Consolidated Results
In the second quarter, MTI's worldwide net sales were $529 million, up 8 percent sequentially as demand rebounded significantly from the first quarter, and down 2 percent from the prior year due to generally softer market conditions. The strong sequential sales growth occurred across all product lines.
Reported operating income was $75 million. Operating income excluding special items was $79 million, up 25 percent sequentially. Operating margin excluding special items improved by 200 basis points sequentially to 14.9 percent of sales, with significant improvement in each of MTI's business segments.
Cash flow from operations was $63 million in the second quarter and free cash flow was $34 million. The Company returned $22 million to shareholders in the second quarter through stock repurchases and dividends.
"This was a strong quarter for us, both on a standalone and on a historical basis, with earnings near record levels despite recent market uncertainties. Our ability to generate these results amid changing end market conditions and fluctuating customer order patterns demonstrates the high-level operating culture of this company," said Douglas T. Dietrich, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "The significant sales improvement we observed late in the first quarter continued through the second quarter and this momentum, combined with the ramp-up of several of our growth initiatives, positions us well to deliver a stronger second half of the year."
Second Quarter 2025 Segment Results
Consumer & Specialties segment sales were $278 million, up 4 percent sequentially. Improved stability in customer order patterns and seasonally higher residential construction activity drove the improvement in sales from the prior quarter. Sales in the Household & Personal Care product line were $127 million, up 3 percent compared to the prior quarter, and sales in the Specialty Additives product line increased by 4 percent sequentially to $150 million.
Segment operating income was $37 million excluding special items, up 24 percent sequentially driven by strengthening sales and improved cost efficiencies. Operating margin excluding special items was 13.4 percent of sales, a 220 basis point improvement sequentially.
MTI's Consumer & Specialties segment provides technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets, including mineral-to-market household products as well as specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. The segment includes two product lines, Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives.
Engineered Solutions segment sales were $251 million, up 12 percent sequentially. Sales in the High-Temperature Technologies product line were $178 million, up 5 percent versus the prior quarter, driven by stronger demand from steel and foundry customers. In the Environmental & Infrastructure product line, sales increased by 35 percent sequentially to $73 million due to the transition into the seasonally higher period for large-scale project activity.
Segment operating income was $44 million excluding special items, a 27 percent improvement over the prior quarter, driven by higher sales, improved productivity, and disciplined cost control. Operating margin excluding special items was strong at 17.4 percent of sales, representing a 200 basis point improvement sequentially.
MTI's Engineered Solutions segment provides advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve customers' manufacturing processes and projects. The segment includes two product lines, High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure.
Publication of the 17th Annual Sustainability Report
MTI has published the 17th edition of its annual Sustainability Report, which highlights the Company's environmental, safety, and community achievements. In 2024, we reached 11 out of 12 of our environmental goals and had another year with a world-class safety performance. We reduced our Scope 1 emissions by 14% year over year, reduced our Scope 2 emissions by 10% year over year, and continued to reduce water usage with a 4% decrease in water withdrawn and a 13% decrease in water discharge year over year.
We also supported our customers in achieving their sustainability goals, with 66% of our new products having a sustainable profile that ranges from natural solutions to emissions and waste reduction to pollution prevention to filtration and mitigation products.
The report is available at www.mineralstech.com/sustainability.
MTI will host a conference call tomorrow, July 25, 2025, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. The live earnings webcast can be accessed at https://investors.mineralstech.com/quarterly-results-conference-calls. A presentation for the call will be available at the same location at approximately 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on July 25, 2025.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain "forward‐looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations and forecasts of future events such as new products, revenues, and financial performance, and are not limited to describing historical or current facts. They can be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," and other words and phrases of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on assumptions, estimates, and limited information available at the time they are made. A broad variety of risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, as well as the inaccuracy of assumptions and estimates, can affect the realization of the expectations or forecasts in these statements. Actual future results may vary materially. Significant factors that could affect the expectations and forecasts include worldwide general economic, business, and industry conditions; the cyclicality of our customers' businesses and their changing regional demands; our ability to compete in very competitive industries; consolidation in customer industries, principally paper, foundry, and steel; our ability to renew or extend long term sales contracts for our satellite operations; our ability to generate cash to service our debt; our ability to comply with the covenants in the agreements governing our debt; our ability to effectively achieve and implement our growth initiatives or consummate the transactions described in the statements; our ability to successfully develop new products; our ability to defend our intellectual property; the increased risks of doing business abroad; the availability of raw materials and access to ore reserves at our mining operations, or increases in costs of raw materials, energy, or shipping; compliance with or changes to regulation in the areas of environmental, health and safety, and tax; risks and uncertainties related to the voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code filed by our subsidiaries BMI OldCo Inc. (f/k/a Barretts Minerals Inc.) and Barretts Ventures Texas LLC; claims for legal, environmental, and tax matters or product stewardship issues; operating risks and capacity limitations affecting our production facilities; seasonality of some of our businesses; cybersecurity and other threats relating to our information technology systems; and other risk factors and cautionary statements in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10‐K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward‐looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
About Minerals Technologies Inc.Minerals Technologies Inc. is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems, and services. MTI globally serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household, food and pharmaceutical, paper, packaging, automotive, construction, and environmental. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2024. For further information, please visit our website at www.mineralstech.com.
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MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Quarter Ended
% Growth
Six Months Ended
% Growth
Jun. 29,
Mar. 30,
Jun. 30,
Jun. 29,
Jun. 30,
2025
2025
2024
Prior Qtr.
Prior Year
2025
2024
Prior Year
Net sales
$
528.9
$
491.8
$
541.2
8
%
(2
)%
$
1,020.7
$
1,075.7
(5
)%
Cost of goods sold
392.0
372.2
397.3
5
%
(1
)%
764.2
795.9
(4
)%
Production margin
136.9
119.6
143.9
14
%
(5
)%
256.5
279.8
(8
)%
Marketing and administrative expenses
52.2
50.6
53.3
3
%
(2
)%
102.8
106.3
(3
)%
Research and development expenses
5.7
5.8
5.8
(2
)%
(2
)%
11.5
11.4
1
%
Provision for litigation reserve and credit losses
0.0
215.0
30.0
*
*
215.0
30.0
*
Restructuring and other items
5.8
5.5
0.0
5
%
*
11.3
0.0
*
Gain on sale of assets, net
(5.6
)
0.0
0.0
*
*
(5.6
)
0.0
*
Litigation expenses
4.2
2.8
4.2
50
%
0
%
7.0
6.3
11
%
Income (loss) from operations
74.6
(160.1
)
50.6
*
47
%
(85.5
)
125.8
*
Interest expense, net
(13.6
)
(14.2
)
(14.9
)
(4
)%
(9
)%
(27.8
)
(29.8
)
(7
)%
Other non-operating deductions, net
(1.9
)
(2.0
)
(1.1
)
(5
)%
73
%
(3.9
)
(1.3
)
*
Total non-operating deductions, net
(15.5
)
(16.2
)
(16.0
)
(4
)%
(3
)%
(31.7
)
(31.1
)
2
%
Income (loss) before tax and equity in earnings
59.1
(176.3
)
34.6
*
71
%
(117.2
)
94.7
*
Provision (benefit) for taxes on income
13.9
(32.1
)
15.6
*
(11
)%
(18.2
)
29.5
*
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax
1.1
1.2
1.9
(8
)%
(42
)%
2.3
3.3
(30
)%
Net income (loss)
46.3
(143.0
)
20.9
*
122
%
(96.7
)
68.5
*
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
0.9
1.0
1.2
(10
)%
(25
)%
1.9
2.1
(10
)%
Net Income (loss) attributable to Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI)
$
45.4
$
(144.0
)
$
19.7
*
130
%
$
(98.6
)
$
66.4
*
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic
31.6
31.9
32.2
31.7
32.3
Diluted
31.6
31.9
32.4
31.7
32.4
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to MTI:
Basic
$
1.44
$
(4.51
)
$
0.61
*
136
%
$
(3.11
)
$
2.06
*
Diluted
$
1.44
$
(4.51
)
$
0.61
*
136
%
$
(3.11
)
$
2.05
*
Cash dividends declared per common share
$
0.11
$
0.11
$
