Matson, Inc. vs ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Both move boxes by sea, but Matson runs sheltered Jones-Act Pacific routes while ZIM competes in the open, deep-cyclical global liner market. Matson earns the steadier margin, 12.92% net against ZIM's 6.97%, and trades for stability at 2.18 times book and 14.41 times earnings. ZIM trades below its own equity, 0.77 times book and 6.43 times earnings, with an 18.64% free-cash-flow yield against Matson's 3.36%, the classic look of a cheap name priced for a freight trough. Matson pays a small 0.72% dividend and carries light debt at 0.14; ZIM carries none. Same cargo, opposite exposure: one protected and calm, the other open and violent.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MATX | ZIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $204.41 | $23.98 |
| Market cap | $6.3B | $2.9B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.5% | — |
| P/E | 15.2 | 6.0 |
| P/B | 2.29 | 0.72 |
| P/S | 1.88 | 0.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7 | 0.8 |
| Revenue growth | -4.5% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 14.7% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 15.7% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.8% | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.2% | 79.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.49 | 1.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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