Maritime transportation company Matson (NYSE:MATX) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Matson beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $969.4 million, up 16.7% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA and EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Matson’s revenue to grow 21.3% year on year, a reversal from the 8.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Matson has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Matson’s peers in the transportation and logistics segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Scorpio Tankers delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 6.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.6%, and Kirby reported revenues up 12.2%, topping estimates by 0.9%. Scorpio Tankers traded up 11.4% following the results while Kirby was also up 6.5%.
Read our full analysis of Scorpio Tankers’s results here and Kirby’s results here.
Investors in the transportation and logistics segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Matson is down 4.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $276.75 (compared to the current share price of $220.94).
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