With 0.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. During the session, the Other Precious Metals & Mining company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $5.04 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $4.77. The 52-week range on MTA shows that it touched its highest point at $4.85 and its lowest point at $2.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.45. MTA paid its most recent dividend on 1690761600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1690761600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MTA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 18.68%, but this was up by 18.68% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 64.05% while six-month performance rose 74.91%. The stock gained 100.00% in the past year, while it has gained 73.70% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MTA yields -0.05 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.06. For the next quarter, that number is 0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 93.33% for this year and 1656.64% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 92.52 million MTA shares are outstanding with a float of 78.65 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-08-15, short shares totaled 0.45 million, which was 49.0 higher than short shares on 1752537600. In addition to Mr. Brett Heath B.Sc. as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Jason Cho serves as its President.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-06-30, MTA reported revenue of $2695000.0 and operating income of $225000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $622000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.02.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MTA analysts setting a high price target of 5.0 and a low target of 5.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 5.0. Based on these targets, MTA could drop -0.4% to reach the target high and fall by -0.4% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -0.4% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.05675331 being high and -$0.12486 being low. For MTA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.07945463. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was -$0.01. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.02 and the low estimate is $0.01. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.01.
