Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$280.01
-2.42% today
1Y Change
+20.78%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Monarch Cement Company (MCEM) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $680.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $280.01 and up 20.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -7.4%, EPS growth of -4.3%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -7.4%, EPS -4.3%, free cash flow +23.9% with operating margin 27.6% and ROIC 12.1%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.1 and price/sales 2.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MCEM price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MCEM
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MCEM Max Drawdown
-13.96%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MCEM and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
3.48%
Trailing 12M Payout
$6.09
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | $0.83 | $0.83 | Irregular |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $4.43 | $4.43 | Special |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Aug 25, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.83 | Quarterly |
| May 5, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | Jun 6, 2025 | $3.00 | $3.00 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $2.50 | $2.50 | Quarterly |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Aug 26, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| May 6, 2024 | May 7, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Feb 14, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | $0.68 | $0.68 | Quarterly |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Dec 12, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.68 | $0.68 | Quarterly |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Aug 28, 2023 | Sep 8, 2023 | $4.20 | $4.20 | Quarterly |
| May 4, 2023 | May 5, 2023 | Jun 5, 2023 | $0.68 | $0.68 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Aug 29, 2022 | Sep 9, 2022 | $3.00 | $3.00 | Quarterly |
| May 5, 2022 | May 6, 2022 | Jun 6, 2022 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 | Mar 14, 2022 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 14, 2021 | Dec 28, 2021 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Aug 30, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | $3.95 | $3.95 | Quarterly |
| May 6, 2021 | May 7, 2021 | Jun 7, 2021 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Feb 16, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 16, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Sep 11, 2020 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| May 7, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | Jun 8, 2020 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Dec 17, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| May 6, 2019 | May 7, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | $0.40 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Dec 18, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | $0.40 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Sep 10, 2018 | $0.40 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 2, 2018 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Monthly |
| May 7, 2018 | May 8, 2018 | Jun 8, 2018 | $0.40 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Feb 16, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Dec 12, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Aug 24, 2017 | Aug 28, 2017 | Sep 8, 2017 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| May 5, 2017 | May 9, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2017 | Feb 16, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Dec 9, 2016 | — | Dec 28, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Aug 25, 2016 | — | Sep 9, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
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