Matson Inc (NYSE: MATX) is -29.93% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $92.89 and a high of $169.12 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MATX stock was last observed hovering at around $93.11 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.37%.
Currently trading at $94.48, the stock is -8.05% and -20.54% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.22 million and changing 1.47% at the moment leaves the stock -29.85% off its SMA200. MATX registered -16.65% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -38.45%.
The stock witnessed a -13.35% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -30.44%, and is -13.39% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.39% over the week and 4.91% over the month.
Matson Inc (MATX) has around 4356 employees, a market worth around $3.10B and $3.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 6.23 and Fwd P/E is 10.33. Profit margin for the company is 14.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.71% and -44.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.12%).
with sales reaching $756.5M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -40.95% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -8.05% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -10.73% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 32.64M, and float is at 32.05M with Short Float at 6.00%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 5.41 million shares valued at $708.35 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.9543 of the MATX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 3.86 million shares valued at $505.57 million to account for 11.387 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 2.43 million shares representing 7.1725 and valued at over $318.45 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.8345 of the shares totaling 1.3 million with a market value of $170.25 million.
Matson Inc (MATX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Sullivan John Warren, the company’s Senior Vice President. SEC filings show that Sullivan John Warren sold 1,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’25 at a price of $128.85 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13192.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 06 ’25, Lauer John P (EVP & Chief Commercial Officer) disposed off 7,985 shares at an average price of $134.73 for $1.08 million. The insider now directly holds 25,192 shares of Matson Inc (MATX).
