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After finishing at $94.14 in the prior trading day, Matson Inc (NYSE: MATX) closed at $88.05, down -6.47%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.47 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.76 million shares were traded. MATX stock price reached its highest trading level at $91.895 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $86.99.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of MATX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 47.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.87. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.78 and its Current Ratio is at 0.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.25 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.20.
On April 29, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $125.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 19 ’25 when Isotoff Leonard P sold 500 shares for $105.76 per share. The transaction valued at 52,880 led to the insider holds 5,144 shares of the business.
Leonard P Isotoff bought 500 shares of MATX for $52,305 on Aug 19 ’25. On Aug 07 ’25, another insider, Scott Christopher A, who serves as the Senior Vice President of the company, sold 1,044 shares for $109.94 each. As a result, the insider received 114,777 and left with 13,441 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MATX now has a Market Capitalization of 2799023104 and an Enterprise Value of 3405222912. As of this moment, Matson’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.95, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.05. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.81 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.07. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.983 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.586.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MATX is 1.32, which has changed by -0.35570025 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.118204355 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MATX has reached a high of $169.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $91.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -15.18%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.89%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 349.95K shares per day over the past 3-months and 349840 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 31.79M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 31.09M. Insiders hold about 2.19% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.47% stake in the company. Shares short for MATX as of 1759190400 were 1470891 with a Short Ratio of 4.20, compared to 1756425600 on 1843108. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1470891 and a Short% of Float of 6.9299996.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, MATX’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.36, compared to 1.38 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.01444657. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.34. The current Payout Ratio is 9.48% for MATX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-07 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-07. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2012-07-02 when the company split stock in a 10000:4795 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Currently, 3.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Matson Inc (MATX) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.24, with high estimates of $2.5 and low estimates of $2.07.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $11.03 and $9.79 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $10.59. EPS for the following year is $9.73, with 3.0 analysts recommending between $10.6 and $9.0.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $837.41M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $837.72M to a low estimate of $837.1M. As of. The current estimate, Matson Inc’s year-ago sales were $962MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $783.57M. There is a high estimate of $787.1M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $780.05M.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MATX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.24B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.23B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.24B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.42BBased on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.25B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.33B and the low estimate is $3.17B.
