MATXMatson, Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: nothing decisive, though earnings fully cash-backed (1.3×).
Operating profit is fully backed by cash.
Margins have held roughly steady, a stable cost structure.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 16% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is MATX?
Matson, Inc. earns 14% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.7 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 15%
Operating margin · Marine Shipping median 26% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.32×
Cash conversion · 1.34× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −6.5%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 12% |
| FY2021 | 30% |
| FY2022 | 31% |
| FY2023 | 11% |
| FY2024 | 16% |
| FY2025 | 15% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 116%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 15%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 13%
- Free cash flow margin
- 8.3%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.46B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $287M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $464M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 14%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.