Matson, Inc. vs ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD, two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MATX and RCL diverge most: on fcf yield, MATX reads 3.0% and RCL reads -0.6%; on revenue growth, MATX reads +0.2% and RCL reads +9.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What RCL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MATX | RCL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $226.08 | $279.62 |
| Market cap | $6.9B | $74.9B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.8% | — |
| P/E | 15.2 | 17.3 |
| P/B | 2.47 | 7.16 |
| P/S | 1.98 | 4.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.2 | 14.0 |
| Revenue growth | +0.2% | +9.1% |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 27.1% |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 23.5% |
| Return on equity | 16.7% | 42.0% |
| Return on assets | 9.8% | 9.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 15.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | -0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.12 | 2.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.89 | 0.21 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.56 | 1.81 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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