What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Forecast for Materion Q3 Earnings?

Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Materion in a research note issued on Friday, October 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings of $1.41 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.37. The consensus estimate for Materion’s current full-year earnings is $5.50 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Materion’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.68 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.59 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.61 EPS.

MTRN has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Materion from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Materion in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Materion from $115.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Materion from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $117.00.

Materion Stock Down 2.8%

MTRN opened at $130.47 on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $117.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 3.17. Materion has a one year low of $69.10 and a one year high of $134.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 163.09 and a beta of 0.91.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 22nd. The basic materials company reported $1.03 EPS for the quarter. Materion had a return on equity of 12.69% and a net margin of 0.94%.The business had revenue of $230.20 million for the quarter.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Materion

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. First Horizon Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Materion by 25.3% during the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 585 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in shares of Materion by 4.2% during the 2nd quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 3,160 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $251,000 after buying an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Materion by 37.6% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 494 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $60,000 after buying an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Materion by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 4,209 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $343,000 after buying an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Materion by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,582 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $284,000 after buying an additional 187 shares in the last quarter. 93.56% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director N Mohan Reddy sold 1,155 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.45, for a total transaction of $121,794.75. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Melissa A. Fashinpaur sold 1,140 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.34, for a total value of $120,087.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 5,295 shares of company stock worth $557,392. Company insiders own 2.60% of the company’s stock.

Materion Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 22nd were given a dividend of $0.14 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 22nd. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. Materion’s payout ratio is presently 70.00%.

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.