What is Minerals Technologies's R&D?

Minerals Technologies (MTX) reported R&D of $6.1M in Q1 2026.

How has Minerals Technologies's R&D changed year-over-year?

Minerals Technologies's R&D increased by 5.2% year-over-year, from $5.8M to $6.1M.

What is the long-term trend for Minerals Technologies's R&D?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Minerals Technologies's R&D has grown at a 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $19.5M to $22.9M.

Costs of research activities to discover new knowledge and development activities to translate research into new or improved products, services, processes, or technologies.

Minerals Technologies MTX R&D

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Segments

By segment

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Consumer And Specialties$3.4M0.0%

Engineered Solutions$2.7M+12.5%

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:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense.

The official record: Minerals Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Minerals Technologies's R&D?: Minerals Technologies (MTX) reported R&D of $6.1M in Q1 2026.
How has Minerals Technologies's R&D changed year-over-year?: Minerals Technologies's R&D increased by 5.2% year-over-year, from $5.8M to $6.1M.
What is the long-term trend for Minerals Technologies's R&D?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Minerals Technologies's R&D has grown at a 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $19.5M to $22.9M.
What does R&D mean?: Costs of research activities to discover new knowledge and development activities to translate research into new or improved products, services, processes, or technologies.