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Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed May 18, 2026

MTX

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizondays Processed5mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $2.2M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The CEO's sale is a routine cashless exercise-and-sell — no bearish signal. VP Jordan's sale is small and likely liquidity-driven. With 88% analyst bullish consensus and the cluster representing <0.1% of market cap, this filing has no actionable trading implication. Monitor the next 10-Q for any fundamental changes, but this insider activity alone does not warrant a position adjustment.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizondays
Final — all horizons settled through T+60d ⚠ clustered
MTX ▼ -4.79% at T+60d
NEUTRAL call -4.79% · α vs SPY -9.64% · entry $75.97 → $72.33
Entry = T+0 close
May 18, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-1.22%
call -1.22% · α -0.57%
$75.04
settled 5mo ago
T+5d
+2.82%
call +2.82% · α +1.20%
$78.11
settled 5mo ago
T+20d
+2.70%
call +2.70% · α +1.12%
$78.02
settled 4mo ago
T+60d
-4.79%
call -4.79% · α -9.64%
$72.33
settled 3mo ago

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Executive Summary

CEO Douglas Dietrich exercised 21,568 options at $78.03 and immediately sold the same number of shares on the open market for ~$1.76M, while VP Timothy Jordan sold 6,000 shares for ~$482K. The total $2.24M in open-market sales represents ~0.09% of MTX's $2.4B market cap — a trivial amount. The CEO's sale is a classic cashless exercise-and-sell pattern (same-day option exercise + sale), which is routine and non-informative. The cluster is small in dollar terms and driven by a single C-suite insider's liquidity event, not a coordinated bearish signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$2.2M
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • CEO Dietrich exercised 21,568 options at $78.03 and sold the same shares at $81.53 for $1.76M — a same-day cashless exercise-and-sell pattern
  • VP Jordan sold 6,000 shares at $80.27 for $482K
  • Total open-market sales of $2.24M represent ~0.09% of MTX's $2.4B market cap
  • No open-market purchases in the cluster
  • Prior 30-day insider activity: 2 sells totaling $2.2M — consistent with ongoing routine selling

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of $2.24M, or ~0.09% of market cap — immaterial

insider_salesdilution

Risk Factors

  • Insider selling pattern could accelerate if management sees headwinds — but current cluster is too small to indicate this
  • Option exercises increase share count slightly (21,568 shares), but dilution is negligible

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Analyst Consensus
88% bullish (8 analysts)

Investment Themes

Materials & Mining

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-MTX-1779112718685
15 reports for MTX
Performance horizon

Track record builds as more directional reports settle.

Filters
Rows
Reports for MTX — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 21, 2026
6d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$64.07awaiting T+60—$62.53 (−2.40%)
Oct 21, 2026
6d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$64.07awaiting T+60—$62.53 (−2.40%)
Oct 13, 2026
14d ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 6/10
$63.11awaiting T+60—$62.53 (−0.92%)
Oct 5, 2026
22d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$65.98awaiting T+60—$62.53 (−5.23%)
Oct 1, 2026
26d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$65.18awaiting T+60—$62.53 (−4.07%)
Jul 30, 2026
12w ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 6/10
$76.24 $62.34▼ −18.23%▼ −20.69%$62.53 (−17.98%)
Jul 30, 2026
12w ago
Press Release
MIXED ★ 6/10
$76.24 $62.34▼ −18.23%▼ −20.69%$62.53 (−17.98%)
Jul 28, 2026
13w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$75.28 $63.23▼ −16.01%▼ −20.36%$62.53 (−16.94%)
Jun 29, 2026
17w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$73.97 $66.88▲ +9.59%▲ +12.40%$62.53 (+15.47%)
Jun 29, 2026
17w ago
Press Release
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$73.97 $66.88▲ +9.59%▲ +12.40%$62.53 (+15.47%)
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US Market Status

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Report published May 18, 2026