Matson Inc (NYSE: MATX) on Tuesday, plunged -15.41% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $110.07. Within the past 52 weeks, MATX’s price has moved between $92.89 and $169.12.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 13.07% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -40.95%. With a float of $32.05 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $32.64 million.
In an organization with 4356 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.89%, operating margin of 17.1%, and the pretax margin is 18.56%.
Matson Inc (MATX) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Marine Shipping industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Matson Inc is 2.39%, while institutional ownership is 85.79%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 14 ’25, was worth 193,275. In this transaction Senior Vice President of this company sold 1,500 shares at a rate of $128.85, taking the stock ownership to the 13,192 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 14 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 1,500 for $128.85, making the entire transaction worth $193,268.
Matson Inc (MATX) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -40.95% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -10.12% during the next five years compared to 48.79% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Matson Inc (NYSE: MATX) Trading Performance Indicators
Matson Inc (MATX) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.09 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.88. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.42.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 15.18, a number that is poised to hit 1.67 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.14 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Matson Inc (MATX)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.7 million. That was better than the volume of 0.39 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 52.80%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.63.
During the past 100 days, Matson Inc’s (MATX) raw stochastic average was set at 0.35%, which indicates a significant decrease from 0.97% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 81.60% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 46.65% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $119.84, while its 200-day Moving Average is $134.85. However, in the short run, Matson Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $100.31. Second resistance stands at $107.52. The third major resistance level sits at $111.14. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $89.48, it is likely to go to the next support level at $85.86. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $78.65.
Matson Inc (NYSE: MATX) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 3.06 billion based on 32,831K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 3,422 M and income totals 476,400 K. The company made 890,300 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 128,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
