Matson, Inc. vs Scorpio Tankers Inc., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Matson carries containers on protected Jones-Act Pacific lanes; Scorpio carries refined products on the open ocean. Scorpio shows the higher net margin, 36.7% against Matson's 12.92%, but that reflects a strong tanker rate cycle rather than a durable edge. On value the two nearly meet: Scorpio at 1.06 times book and 9.8 times earnings, Matson at 2.18 times book and 14.41 times. Matson generates dependable free cash, a 3.36% yield and a 0.72% payout, while Scorpio's free-cash yield is slightly negative at -0.6% during fleet renewal. Both keep debt low, Matson at 0.14 and Scorpio at zero. Matson is the steady protected franchise; Scorpio the cheaper cyclical tanker.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MATX | STNG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $204.41 | $79.34 |
| Market cap | $6.3B | $3.7B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.5% | — |
| P/E | 15.2 | 10.7 |
| P/B | 2.29 | 1.15 |
| P/S | 1.88 | 3.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7 | 8.3 |
| Revenue growth | -4.5% | +35.8% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 37.9% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 36.7% |
| Return on equity | 15.7% | 10.8% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 8.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.8% | 8.8% |
| FCF yield | 3.2% | -2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 9.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.49 | 4.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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