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Matson (Matson) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 8.83% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Matson's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,361 Mil. Matson's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $385 Mil. Matson's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.83%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Matson's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MATX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.42   Med: 7.83   Max: 59.75
Current: 9.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Matson was 59.75%. The lowest was 4.42%. And the median was 7.83%.

MATX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
59.12% of 1003 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 7.03 vs MATX: 9.07

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Matson's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 29.13%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Matson Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Matson's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Matson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.41 8.30 26.74 46.73 8.83

Matson Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 46.73 34.01 17.48 10.83 8.83

Competitive Comparison

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Matson's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Matson Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Matson's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Matson's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Matson Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Matsons Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=385.2/4361.24
=8.83 %

Matson's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $385 Mil.



Matson  (NYSE:MATX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Matson (Matson) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1411 Sand Island Parkway, Honolulu, HI, USA, 96819
Matson Inc is engaged in providing ocean transportation and logistics services. The business segments of the company are ocean transportation which provides ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, California, Okinawa, and different islands in the South Pacific, and logistics which offers long haul and regional highway trucking services, warehousing and distribution services, supply chain management, and freight forwarding services. The firm generates the majority of its revenue from ocean transportation.
Executives
Grace M Cerocke officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Richard S Kinney officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Laura L Rascon officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Christopher A Scott officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Angoco Vic S Jr officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Matthew J Cox officer: CFO of wholly-owned subsidiary 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Kuuhaku T Park officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Peter T Heilmann officer: SVP & Chief Legal Officer 555 12TH STREET, OAKLAND CA 94607
Leonard P Isotoff officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Mark H Fukunaga director MATSON, INC., 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
John P Lauer officer: Senior Vice President 555 12TH STREET, OAKLAND CA 94607
Kevin L Stuck officer: VP and Controller 426 N. 44TH STREET, 2ND FL., PHOENIX AZ 85008
Rusty K Rolfe officer: Senior Vice President, other: President of Matson Logistics 1855 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, CONCORD CA 94520
Jenai S Wall director 999 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Thomas B Fargo director P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808