METHANEX CORP

MEOHdata completeness 100%10 fiscal years on file

Data notes: no data for concept 'interestExpense'

The thesis, from the filings

METHANEX CORP earns about 10% on invested capital, barely covering its ~9% cost of capital, but has diluted owners by 3% over 5 years — worth asking whether the growth reaches owners. The estimate methods put fair value between $38.07 and $87.38 a share.Whether it’s worth owning at today’s price is the last question — and yours to answer, below.

i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$4.41B1$4.31B2$3.72B3$3.72B4$3.59B4
Net income$555.9M5$462.3M6$284.1M7$250.2M8$144.8M8
Operating cash flow$994.4M9$987.3M10$660.3M11$737.2M12$1.02B12
Capital expenditure$103.5M13$145.7M14$178.5M15$101.3M16$99M16
Free cash flow (derived)$890.9M9$841.6M10$481.8M11$635.9M12$916.6M12
Total debt$2.16B17$2.15B18$2.14B19$2.41B20$2.75B20
Cash & equivalents$932.1M21$857.7M22$458M23$891.9M23$425.3M23
Diluted shares74.8M69.2M67.4M67.4M77.3M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
$315.91
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
$18.72
Free cash flow it threw off
$118.51
Debt you’d be carrying
$355.95

10 shares is a claim on $315.91 of net worth that earned you $18.72 and generated $118.51 of cash last year, against $355.95 of debt.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on invested capital
10% avg · 5y
FY21 19%FY22 14%FY23 8%FY24 7%FY25 3%

It earned about 10% on invested capital against a ~9% cost of capital — roughly what it costs to fund the business, so the numbers show no clear edge.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
+3% shares · 5y

Share count is up 3% over 5 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it. Total debt has risen 28% over the same window.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0

The 3 estimate methods that apply put fair value between $38.07 and $87.38 a share. They rest on different assumptions, so where they diverge is the story; the Graham Number is a stricter floor, not a target.

DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
$78.54
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears10
  • fcfGrowth0.0%
  • fcfBase$635.9M
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
$87.38
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears5
  • fcfGrowth0.0%
  • fcfBase$635.9M
Earnings Power Value
$38.07
assumptions (8)
  • riskFreeRate4.7%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • normalizedEarnings$284.1M
  • growthAssumed0.0%
Graham Number
$25.71
assumptions (1)
  • grahamMultiplier2250.0%

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

v. The price question — last, on purpose
Is today’s price fair?
See live price ↗
Type a price. The ledger answers.
Or set your own belief
FCF growth, next 5 years0.0%
Discount rate (WACC)8.93%
Terminal growth2.5%
At your growth, a share is worth $87.38
The three cases
Bear0.0%$87.38
Base0.0%$87.38
Bull5.0%$115.82

Bear/base/bull growth = 0% / filed history / history + 5pp. Type a price to see the return each case implies.

Default growth 0.0%= this company’s own filed history (median-to-median FCF CAGR, clamped 0–20%). Your adjustments are recorded anonymously. They become the “what do owners actually believe” dataset.

Sources — the receipts
  1. 40-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001628280-23-007564 (Revenue)
  2. 40-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001628280-24-009879 (Revenue)
  3. 40-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001628280-25-011243 (Revenue)
  4. 40-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-015362 (Revenue)
  5. 40-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001628280-23-007564 (ProfitLoss)
  6. 40-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001628280-24-009879 (ProfitLoss)
  7. 40-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001628280-25-011243 (ProfitLoss)
  8. 40-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-015362 (ProfitLoss)
  9. 40-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001628280-23-007564 (CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 40-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001628280-24-009879 (CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities)
  11. 40-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001628280-25-011243 (CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities)
  12. 40-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-015362 (CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities)
  13. 40-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001628280-23-007564 (PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities)
  14. 40-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001628280-24-009879 (PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities)
  15. 40-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001628280-25-011243 (PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities)
  16. 40-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-015362 (PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities)
  17. 40-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001628280-23-007564 (Borrowings)
  18. 40-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001628280-24-009879 (Borrowings)
  19. 40-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001628280-25-011243 (Borrowings)
  20. 40-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-015362 (Borrowings)
  21. 40-F · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001628280-24-009879 (CashAndCashEquivalents)
  22. 40-F · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001628280-25-011243 (CashAndCashEquivalents)
  23. 40-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-015362 (CashAndCashEquivalents)