Matson - MATX Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Matson in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Matson's shares. Their MATX share price forecasts range from $73.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $76.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.1% from the stock's current price.
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Matson's stock was trading at $62.51 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MATX stock has increased by 11.1% and is now trading at $69.46.
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Matson saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,300,000 shares, an increase of 17.1% from the December 31st total of 1,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 344,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days. Currently, 3.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Matson will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 21st at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Matson, Inc. (NYSE:MATX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The shipping company reported $6.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $6.53. The shipping company earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.07 billion. Matson had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 68.93% and a net margin of 28.71%. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.63 earnings per share.

Matson announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 9th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 8th.
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Matson (NYSE:MATX) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.74%. 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 3.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MATX will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.60% 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 EPS 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."

Matson's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Pacer Advisors Inc. (1.25%), Arden Trust Co (0.60%), Seven Post Investment Office LP (0.28%), Empowered Funds LLC (0.19%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Branton B Dreyfus, Christopher A Scott, Grace M Cerocke, Jason Lee Taylor, Jenai S Wall, Jenai S Wall, John P Lauer, Kevin L Stuck, Laura L Rascon, Matthew J Cox, Matthew J Cox, Peter T Heilmann, Richard S Kinney, Ronald J Forest, Ronald J Forest, Rusty K Rolfe, Thomas B Fargo and Vic S Angoco Jr.
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One share of MATX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.46.

Matson (NYSE:MATX) has a market capitalization of $2.62 billion and generates $3.93 billion in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $927.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $34.00 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,259 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.