KIRBY CORPORATION vs Matson, Inc., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KEX and MATX diverge most: on revenue growth, KEX reads +6.6% and MATX reads +0.2%; on debt / equity, KEX reads 0.30 and MATX reads 0.12. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | KEX | MATX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $136.09 | $226.08 |
| Market cap | $7.3B | $6.9B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +8.8% |
| P/E | 20.9 | 15.2 |
| P/B | 2.12 | 2.47 |
| P/S | 2.09 | 1.98 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | +0.2% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 16.4% |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.3% | 16.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 9.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | 13.3% |
| FCF yield | 6.5% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 0.12 |
| Current ratio | 1.68 | 0.89 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.51 | 7.56 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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