Matson, Inc. MATX
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.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
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.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | JP Morgan | Overweight (init) |
| 2026-01-21 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight (main) |
| 2025-11-07 | Wolfe Research | Outperform (up) |
| 2025-11-05 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight (main) |
| 2025-08-01 | Jefferies | Hold (main) |
| 2025-07-18 | Jefferies | Hold (down) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
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.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
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
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.012 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.526 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.108 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.47 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATX | Matson, Inc. | 5/9 | 3.91 | 13.2 | -2.3% |
| KEX | KIRBY CORP | 7/9 | 4.12 | 20.6 | +3% |
| TDW | TIDEWATER INC | 7/9 | 3.43 | 10 | +0.5% |
| GOGL | Golden Ocean Group Ltd | 7/9 | 2.38 | 7.1 | +9.3% |
| TNK | TEEKAY TANKERS LTD. | 2/9 | 15.58 | — | -22.6% |
| INSW | International Seaways, Inc. | 6/9 | 5.44 | 12.7 | -11.4% |
| SEAL-PA | Seapeak LLC | 2/9 | — | — | -10.4% |
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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.