Minerals Technologies Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
MTX · Basic Materials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 70 days, change +4 days YoY
AR growth 3.9% vs revenue growth -2.2%
Revenue -2.2%, CFFO -18.1%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 2.4% vs COGS -1.0%. Normal
CapEx growth 19.7% vs revenue -2.2%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 40.2%. Normal
Gross margin 25.0%, change -0.9pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -10.53. Below 1.0
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = -4.71
Accruals ratio = -6.1%. Low accruals
Cash $0.3B covers only 35% of debt $1.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.1B = 66% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 7.3x (>4x). Financial stress
Other assets 17.5% vs revenue -2.2%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -1% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.75 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25