Minerals Technologies (MTX) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026)
Minerals Technologies (MTX) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -0.91% for Q2 2026, down 0.91 percentage points from 0.00% a year earlier and down 8.50 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Minerals Technologies (MTX) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Minerals Technologies posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 1.73%, down 5.98 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -4.72 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 7.71% in FY2024 (+2.73 pp), 4.98% in FY2023 (-1.50 pp), 6.48% in FY2022 (-1.20 pp) and 7.68% in FY2021 (+1.23 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q3 2010.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] gained in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.36 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q1 2026 (a gain of 5.68 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2025 (a drop of 7.37 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 7.58% (Q1 2026), 1.76% (Q4 2025) and 0.00% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 193.68 Bn | 159.81 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 171.36 Bn | 150.22 Bn | 2.90 Bn | - |
| 3 | Newmont | 121.76 Bn | 89.94 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 7.86% |
| 4 | Ternium | 113.51 Bn | 78.56 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 4.89% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.45 Bn | 99.60 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 11.56% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 91.92 Bn | 91.92 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 35.18% |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 67.42 Bn | 52.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 29.31% |
| 8 | Nucor | 54.54 Bn | 45.08 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 11.01% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 49.09 Bn | 30.12 Bn | - | 3.54% |
| 10 | Minerals Technologies | 2.07 Bn | 773.56 Mn | 133.80 Mn | -0.91% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | -0.91% |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 7.58% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.76% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.90% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.68% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 7.37% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.86% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.28% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.99% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 4.20% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 5.54% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 6.19% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.48% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 6.90% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 7.63% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 7.54% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.46% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 7.70% |
API Access
Minerals Technologies Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=MTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "MTX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=MTX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();