# Matson Inc. (MATX) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Shipping. Price $221.57, market value $6.6 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 14.9×** (5-yr avg 7.5×, 3-yr avg 10.4×). Matson Inc. trades at 14.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 13.2×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 1.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.9×.
- **Price / book: 2.4×**. The shares trade at 2.4× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 6.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 6.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 15.2%**. 15.2% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 13.3%**. 13.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 16.1%**. 16.1% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: 14.0%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 14.0%.
- **Return on assets: 10.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 10.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -2.3%** (3-yr -8.3%/yr, 5-yr 7.0%/yr). Revenue fell 2.3% over the last year, against 7.0% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -0.9%** (3-yr -20.1%/yr, 5-yr 25.5%/yr). Earnings per share fell 0.9%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -47.5%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -47.5% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.13**. Debt is 0.13 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Current ratio: 0.89** (quick 0.89). Current liabilities exceed current assets, so the company depends on ongoing cash generation or refinancing to pay the next year's bills.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.69%** ($1.44 per share, trailing). Matson Inc. yields 0.69%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 10%**. 10% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 12**. 12 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 9.2%/yr** (1-yr 6.1%). The dividend has grown 9.2% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 4.7%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 4.7% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 120.6%** (YTD 79.7%, 3-mo 6.6%). The shares are up 120.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -8.0%** (126.9% above the low). Trading 8% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 41**. An RSI of 41 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.06** (volatility 35%). Beta of 1.06 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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