Is Matson (MATX) overvalued or fairly valued?

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Does Matson's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.50×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Matson's revenue?

Matson reported revenue of $3.3B for FY2025, with net profit of $444.8M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Matson (MATX)?

Matson last traded at $225.59 (+1.5% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Matson

MATX · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerMATX

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryMarine Shipping

CountryUnited States

Employees4,170

HeadquartersHonolulu, United States

Websitewww.matson.com

Filings tracked17

About Matson

Matson, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of ocean transportation and logistics services. It operates through two segments, Ocean Transportation and Logistics. The company offers ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska and Guam, and to other island economies in Micronesia; and transports dry containers of mixed commodities, refrigerated commodities, food products, beverages, building materials, automobiles, household goods, livestock, seafood, general sustenance cargo, e-commerce related goods, garments, consumer electronics, footwear, retail merchandise, and other merchandise. It also operates an expedited service from China to Long Beach, California, and various islands in the South Pacific, as well as Okinawa, Japan; and provides stevedoring, refrigerated cargo, inland transportation, container equipment maintenance, and other terminal services on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, as well as in the Alaska terminal locations of Anchorage, Kodiak, and Dutch Harbor. In addition, the company provides multimodal transportation brokerage of domestic and international rail intermodal, long-haul and regional highway trucking, specialized hauling, flat-bed and project, less-than-truckload (LCL), and expedited freight services; LCL consolidation and freight forwarding services; warehousing, trans-loading, value-added packaging and distribution services; purchase order management, booking services, and non-vessel operating common carrier freight forwarding services. It serves the U.S. military, freight forwarders and non-vessel owning common carriers, retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, and other customers. The company was formerly known as Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Matson, Inc. in June 2012. Matson, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Who owns it

Insiders1.9%
Institutions89.8%
Public & other8.3%

554 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.16.58%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.67%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP6.50%
American Century Companies Inc5.89%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.33%
State Street Corporation4.04%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.67%
Capital Research Global Investors2.27%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.50×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend9.6% → 13.3%

Margin has expanded by about 3.7 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity16.1%

Latest ROE of 16.1% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 4% · PAT 22%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $868.3M · EPS 3.84

Est. earnings growth -16.5%

Next fiscal year

Rev $3.8B · EPS 16.70

Est. earnings growth +4.0%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$3.3B

Net margin

13.3%

ROE

16.1%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+4.0%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+22.4%

EPS (FY2025)

13.81

Net profit (FY2025)

$444.8M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$3.3B	$444.8M	13.81	13.3%	16.1%
FY2024	$3.4B	$476.4M	13.93	13.9%	18.0%
FY2023	$3.1B	$297.1M	8.32	9.6%	12.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$969.4M	$129.4M	4.27	13.3%
2026Q1	$757.8M	$56.6M	1.85	7.5%
2025Q3	$880.1M	$134.7M	4.24	15.3%
2025Q2	$830.5M	$94.7M	2.92	11.4%
2025Q1	$782.0M	$72.3M	2.18	9.2%
2024Q3	$962.0M	$199.1M	5.89	20.7%
2024Q2	$847.4M	$113.2M	3.31	13.4%
2024Q1	$722.1M	$36.1M	1.04	5.0%
2023Q3	$827.5M	$119.9M	3.40	14.5%
2023Q2	$773.4M	$80.8M	2.26	10.4%
2023Q1	$704.8M	$34.0M	0.94	4.8%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/4/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/3/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/15/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/4/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/27/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/24/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC3/12/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/27/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/24/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC1/15/2026material

2025

8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC11/18/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/5/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/4/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC9/3/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/1/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/31/2025material

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