Why is Matson, Inc. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 29.26%
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 50.85
3
Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 35.47%
4
Flat results in Jun 25
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 8.69% (YoY)
- PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At USD 121.7 MM has Fallen at -24.68%
- NET PROFIT(Q) At USD 94.7 MM has Fallen at -26.1%
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With ROCE of 19.64%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.35 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -14.75%, its profits have risen by 71.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.1
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 14.11% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -14.75% returns
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Matson, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Transport Services should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Transport Services)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Matson, Inc. for you?
High Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Matson, Inc.
24.17%
-0.01
43.95%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.70
20.15%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
8.75%
EBIT Growth (5y)
23.63%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
50.85
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.65
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.14
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.09
Tax Ratio
20.69%
Dividend Payout Ratio
9.48%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
97.68%
ROCE (avg)
29.26%
ROE (avg)
30.82%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
11
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.71
EV to EBIT
10.19
EV to EBITDA
6.46
EV to Capital Employed
1.62
EV to Sales
1.48
PEG Ratio
1.86
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
15.93%
ROE (Latest)
15.98%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
Technical Movement
4What is working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Highest at 11.45 times
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 11.45
-5What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Lowest at USD 542.8 MM
NET PROFIT(HY)
At USD 229.4 MM has Grown at -26.54%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Grown by 22.94% (YoY
Here's what is working for Matson, Inc.
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 11.45 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 11.45 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Here's what is not working for Matson, Inc.
Net Profit
At USD 229.4 MM has Grown at -26.54%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (USD MM)
Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 542.8 MM
in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Raw Material Cost
Grown by 22.94% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales






