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Matson, Inc. MATX

NYSE · stock · Water Transportation · website · IPO 1980-03-17 · LEI

Matson, Inc. (MATX) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.76% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $3.3B at a 13.3% net margin.

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Stocktoria Quality Score · grade B
5/9
Piotroski F — financial health
3.91
Altman Z″ — distress risk · safe
1.2%
Dividend yield 5y avg · safe · Dividend payout 10.1%

Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year

Piotroski F /9
5 4 6 4 6 8 6 5 8 5 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.

$214.45 as of 2026-08-01 · +106.1% 1y
$98.59$214.4552-wk
Market cap USD$5.9B
P / E13.2×
Dividend yield 5y avg1.2%
Net margin 5y avg17%
Return on equity 5y avg29.7%
Beta1.29
Employees4,170

Analyst price target

$231.00 +7.7% vs last
consensus: strong buy · 3 analysts
target range $230.00 – $233.00 · median $230.00
1 strong buy · 2 buy ·
Recent analyst actions
DateFirmRating
2026-04-27JP MorganOverweight (init)
2026-01-21Stephens & Co.Overweight (main)
2025-11-07Wolfe ResearchOutperform (up)
2025-11-05Stephens & Co.Overweight (main)
2025-08-01JefferiesHold (main)
2025-07-18JefferiesHold (down)

Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.

Smart money · insiders, last 12 months

Insiders net sold -$5.7M on the open market · 17 trades

Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.

Revenue trend · last 10y · up

How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies

Piotroski Fstronger than 53%
Net marginstronger than 71%
Return on equitystronger than 80%
Revenue growthstronger than 29%

Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.

Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed

Altman Z″ components · safe zone

ComponentValue
Working capital / assets-0.012
Retained earnings / assets0.526
EBIT / assets0.108
Equity / liabilities1.47

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About Matson, Inc.

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.

FAQ

Is MATX financially healthy?

Matson, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.

Does MATX pay a dividend, and is it safe?

Yes. Matson, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 0.76% with a 10.1% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.

How profitable is MATX?

In FY2025, Matson, Inc. had a net margin of 13.3% and a return on equity of 16.1%.

Is MATX overvalued or undervalued?

Matson, Inc. trades at about 15.5× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 2.4×–19.1×, median 13.2×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.

What is the analyst price target for MATX?

The average Wall-Street price target for Matson, Inc. is $231.00, about 7.7% above the recent price, from 3 analysts (consensus: strong buy).

Is MATX a good stock to buy?

Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Matson, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 13.2×, a dividend yield of 0.76%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.