Matson - MATX Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Matson in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MATX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MATX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Matson's shares. Their MATX share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $74.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price.
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Matson's stock was trading at $62.51 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MATX shares have decreased by 4.5% and is now trading at $59.67.
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Matson saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,300,000 shares, a decline of 7.8% from the February 13th total of 1,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 317,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 3.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Matson, Inc. (NYSE:MATX) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 21st. The shipping company reported $2.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.13. The shipping company earned $801.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $801.22 million. Matson had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.26% and a net margin of 24.50%. The company's revenue was down 36.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $9.39 EPS.

Matson declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 8th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Matson (NYSE:MATX) stock in their portfolio include U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF (SEA), SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL), SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (BOAT), Invesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETF (XSHQ), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI) and Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth ETF (RZG).

Matson (NYSE:MATX) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.07%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 4.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MATX will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Matson updated its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.88-$2.01 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.42. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

26 employees have rated Matson Chief Executive Officer Matt Cox on Glassdoor.com. Matt Cox has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

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Matson trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MATX."

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One share of MATX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.67.

Matson (NYSE:MATX) has a market capitalization of $2.15 billion and generates $4.34 billion in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $1.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $26.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,288 workers across the globe.

Matson's mailing address is 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI, 96819. The official website for the company is www.matson.com. The shipping company can be reached via phone at (808) 848-1211, via email at investor-relations@matson.com, or via fax at 510-628-7380.