Company Analysis

Matsons, Inc. (MATX)

NYSE: MATX · Water Transportation · Honolulu, HI · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.6● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Matsons, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past5.630% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2019-03-04.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-03-04) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.9 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 29% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.2%bottom 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 8% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak28.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.4% a year. 43% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 60 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Matsons, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 43% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 60 sales (24 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 3% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 40%: owes 40¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Matsons, Inc. earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 40 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitytop 38% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 44% of 18 in its family; net margin 13.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of 13.3% ranks in the top 47%; revenue growth of -8.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 9% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.34Btop 31% of its family
  • net margin13.3%top 47% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.3%bottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cox, Matthew J (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-01-25, 13.8 years (top 6% of its family); the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.8 years (bottom 19%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (top 19%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 23 peopletop 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.8 yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record13.8 yearstop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 49% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $142 million against debt of $312 million leaves -3.7% of its assets as net cash, top 24% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.6% of revenue (bottom 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.7%top 24% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.6%bottom 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -8.3% a year over the last three filed years against 6.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew -2.3% (bottom 44%); capital spending grew 23.4% a year (top 25%) (its annual reports). Matsons, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Ocean Transportation at $2.7 billion (82%), Logistics at $609 million (18%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-14.6 points a yearbottom 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.3%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending23.4%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 44% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Matsons, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 10.1% above the $3.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 9% of its family); net income of $445 million against a prior three-year average of $612 million (bottom 38%); a net margin of 13.3% against 16% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.1%top 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-27%bottom 38% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.7 pointsbottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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