Matson (MATX) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research 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 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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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Matson's stock. Their MATX share price forecasts range from $90.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $100.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% from the stock's current price.
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Matson's stock was trading at $62.51 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MATX stock has increased by 43.1% and is now trading at $89.45.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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Matson, Inc. (NYSE:MATX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The shipping company reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $2.26. The shipping company earned $773.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $762.35 million. Matson had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.04% and a net margin of 13.52%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 38.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $9.49 EPS.

Matson announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, September 7th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 2nd. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Matson (NYSE:MATX) stock in their portfolio include SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (BOAT), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), Euclidean Fundamental Value ETF (ECML), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), Freedom Day Dividend ETF (MBOX) and Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth ETF (RZG).

Matson (NYSE:MATX) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.44%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 10.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MATX will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.50% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Matson updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.14-$2.28 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.46. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.07%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.33%), ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC (6.23%), State Street Corp (3.71%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.99%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (1.80%). 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, Kuuhaku T Park, Laura L Rascon, Mark H Fukunaga, 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 $89.45.

Matson (NYSE:MATX) has a market capitalization of $3.16 billion and generates $4.34 billion in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $1.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.19 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.