What does defined benefit plan healthcare cost trend rate mean?

This is the assumed annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered healthcare benefits for postretirement plans. It is a critical sensitivity factor for estimating the future cash requirements of healthcare benefit obligations. Higher trend rates indicate increased pressure on long-term benefit liabilities.

Minerals Technologies MTX Defined Benefit Plan Healthcare Cost Trend Rate

Defined Benefit Plan Healthcare Cost Trend Rate at other companies

First Commonwealth FinancialFCF

4.8%0.0pp

OGS

ONE GASOGS

7.5%+0.5pp

Crane NXT, Inc.CXT

8.5%+1.5pp

Minerals TechnologiesMTX

5%—

PPG IndustriesPPG

6.6%+1.1pp

M&T BankMTB

6.8%-0.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$546.9M+11.2%

Gross profit$131.1M+9.6%

Operating income$58.7M+137%

Net income$36.2M+125%

EPS (diluted)$1.17+126%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$315.9M+3.0%

Total debt$960.0M-2.0%

Total equity$1.7B+8.1%

Total assets$3.5B+1.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$32.1M+830%

CapEx$23.1M+26.2%

Free cash flow$9.0M+140%

Valuation

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Market cap$2.37B+8.6%

Enterprise value$3.02B+5.4%

P/S1.1×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin24.9%-0.7pp

Operating margin12.5%+10.0pp

Net margin-0.1%-7.3pp

FCF margin5.6%+1.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-0.1%-9.4pp

Debt / equity0.6×-0.1×

Current ratio2.1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Minerals Technologies in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate1.

The official record: Minerals Technologies’s 10-K, filed February 20, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Minerals Technologies's defined benefit plan healthcare cost trend rate?: Minerals Technologies (MTX) reported defined benefit plan healthcare cost trend rate of 5% in Q4 2025.
What does defined benefit plan healthcare cost trend rate mean?: This is the assumed annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered healthcare benefits for postretirement plans. It is a critical sensitivity factor for estimating the future cash requirements of healthcare benefit obligations. Higher trend rates indicate increased pressure on long-term benefit liabilities.