Matson, Inc. vs Navios Maritime Partners L.P., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MATX and NMM diverge most: on revenue growth, MATX reads -4.5% and NMM reads +20.1%; on altman z (solvency), MATX reads 7.49 and NMM reads 0.76. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MATX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What NMM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (revenue-multiple basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MATX | NMM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $210.81 | $79.25 |
| Market cap | $6.5B | $2.3B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.8% | — |
| P/E | 15.6 | — |
| P/B | 2.36 | — |
| P/S | 1.94 | 1.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.1 | 8.5 |
| Revenue growth | -4.5% | +20.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | — |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 21.2% |
| Return on equity | 15.7% | — |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 4.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.8% | — |
| FCF yield | 3.1% | 22.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | — |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.49 | 0.76 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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