Matthews International Corporation provides brand solutions, memorialization products, and industrial products in the United States, Central and South America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia. It operates through three segments: SGK Brand Solutions, Memorialization, and Industrial Technologies. The SGK Brand Solutions segment provides brand development, deployment, delivery, brand management, 3-D graphics renderings, pre-media graphics services, printing plates, gravure cylinders, steel bases, embossing tools, special purpose machinery, engineering assistance, print process assistance, print production management, digital asset management, content management, and package design services to brand owners and packaging manufacturers; and creative digital graphics services, as well as designs, engineers, manufactures, and executes merchandising and display systems. The Memorialization segment manufactures and markets a range of memorialization products for use in cemeteries, funeral homes, and crematories. Its products include cast bronze memorials, flush bronze and granite memorials, upright granite memorials and monuments, cremation memorialization products, granite benches, flower vases, crypt plates and letters, cremation urns, niche units, cemetery features and statues, caskets, community and family mausoleums, and other memorialization products, as well as architectural products to identify or commemorate people, places, events, and accomplishments. The Industrial Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and distributes marking and coding equipment and consumables, industrial automation products, and order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking, and conveying consumer and industrial products. It serves manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors of durable goods and building products; consumer goods manufacturers; and pharmaceutical producers. Matthews International Corporation was founded in 1850 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Nonferrous foundries (castings)
Sub-IndustrySpecialized Consumer Services
SectorConsumer Staples
SymbolNASDAQ:MATW
CUSIP57712810
Phone412-442-8200
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.20
Current Ratio2.08
Quick Ratio1.50
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio16.67
Forward P/E Ratio15.41
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$1.52 billion
Price / Sales1.27
Cash Flow$5.7811 per share
Price / Cash10.37
Book Value$24.55 per share
Price / Book2.44
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.60
Net Income$74.36 million
Net Margins6.53%
Return on Equity14.69%
Return on Assets5.09%
Miscellaneous
Employees11,000
Outstanding Shares32,130,000
