Methanex Stock Short Ratio
| MX Stock | CAD 63.57 1.45 2.33% |
Methanex fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Methanex's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Methanex Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Methanex's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Methanex stock.
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Methanex Company Short Ratio Analysis
Methanex's Short Ratio is typically used by traders and speculators to identify trends in current market sentiment for a particular equity instrument. In its simple terms this ratio shows how many days it will take all current short sellers to cover their positions if the price of a stock begins to rise.
Current Methanex Short Ratio | 2.46 X |
Most of Methanex's fundamental indicators, such as Short Ratio, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Methanex is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Methanex Short Ratio Driver Correlations
Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for Methanex is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of Methanex Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Short Ratio. Since Methanex's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of Methanex's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of Methanex's interrelated accounts and indicators.
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The higher the Short Ratio, the longer it would take to buy back the borrowed shares. In theory, the more short positions are currently outstanding, the faster it will be to cover shorted positions.
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Based on the latest financial disclosure, Methanex has a Short Ratio of 2.46 times. This is 38.5% lower than that of the Chemicals sector and 60.26% lower than that of the Materials industry. The short ratio for all Canada stocks is 38.5% higher than that of the company.
Methanex Short Ratio Peer Comparison
Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Methanex's direct or indirect competition against its Short Ratio to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Methanex could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Methanex by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.Methanex is currently under evaluation in short ratio category among its peers.
Methanex Current Valuation Drivers
We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of Methanex from analyzing Methanex's financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess Methanex's ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of Methanex's important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Market Cap | 3.0B | 3.5B | 3.0B | 2.7B | 3.2B | 2.0B | |
| Enterprise Value | 5.0B | 5.8B | 5.0B | 4.9B | 5.8B | 6.1B |
Methanex Fundamentals
| Return On Equity | 0.11 | |||
| Return On Asset | 0.0312 | |||
| Profit Margin | 0.04 % | |||
| Operating Margin | 0.12 % | |||
| Current Valuation | 7.62 B | |||
| Shares Outstanding | 67.39 M | |||
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 0.35 % | |||
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 80.30 % | |||
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 302.21 K | |||
| Price To Earning | 4.86 X | |||
| Price To Book | 1.50 X | |||
| Price To Sales | 1.16 X | |||
| Revenue | 3.72 B | |||
| Gross Profit | 947.19 M | |||
| EBITDA | 794.81 M | |||
| Net Income | 284.12 M | |||
| Cash And Equivalents | 857.75 M | |||
| Cash Per Share | 13.69 X | |||
| Total Debt | 3.01 B | |||
| Debt To Equity | 1.21 % | |||
| Current Ratio | 2.15 X | |||
| Book Value Per Share | 29.71 X | |||
| Cash Flow From Operations | 660.27 M | |||
| Short Ratio | 2.46 X | |||
| Earnings Per Share | 2.96 X | |||
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 0.99 X | |||
| Target Price | 48.36 | |||
| Number Of Employees | 1.45 K | |||
| Beta | 1.81 | |||
| Market Capitalization | 4.28 B | |||
| Total Asset | 6.43 B | |||
| Retained Earnings | 1.51 B | |||
| Working Capital | 178.01 M | |||
| Annual Yield | 0.02 % | |||
| Five Year Return | 2.51 % | |||
| Net Asset | 6.43 B | |||
| Last Dividend Paid | 0.74 |
About Methanex Fundamental Analysis
The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Methanex's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Methanex using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Methanex based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
Pair Trading with Methanex
One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Methanex position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Methanex will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.Moving against Methanex Stock
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Methanex could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Methanex when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Methanex - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Methanex to buy it.
The correlation of Methanex is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Methanex moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Methanex moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Methanex can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Methanex. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate. To learn how to invest in Methanex Stock, please use our How to Invest in Methanex guide.You can also try the Premium Stories module to follow Macroaxis premium stories from verified contributors across different equity types, categories and coverage scope.