Materion (NYSE:MTRN) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.300-5.700 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.980. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Materion also updated its FY25 guidance to $5.30-5.70 EPS.

Materion Stock Performance

Shares of Materion stock traded down $0.34 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $103.28. 1,574 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 82,248. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $100.47 and a 200 day moving average price of $106.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.09 and a beta of 1.23. Materion has a one year low of $93.20 and a one year high of $139.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 3.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The basic materials company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.12. Materion had a return on equity of 12.06% and a net margin of 4.45%. The firm had revenue of $436.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $433.22 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.41 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that Materion will post 5.22 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Materion Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be issued a $0.135 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.52%. Materion’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.21%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Shelly Marie Chadwick sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.92, for a total transaction of $115,920.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 13,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,530,144. The trade was a 7.04 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 2.30% of the company’s stock.

About Materion

Materion Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces advanced engineered materials used in semiconductor, industrial, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, consumer electronics, and telecom and data center in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Performance Materials, Electronic Materials, Precision Optics, and Other.