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Matson (Matson) Interest Coverage : 16.59 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Matson Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Matson's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $37 Mil. Matson's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2 Mil. Matson's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 16.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Matson's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

MATX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.81   Med: 8.49   Max: 70.58
Current: 34


MATX's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
84.49% of 819 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.5 vs MATX: 34.00

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Matson Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Matson's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Matson Interest Coverage Chart

Matson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Matson Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Matson's Interest Coverage

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Matson's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Matson's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Matson's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Matson's Interest Coverage falls into.



Matson Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Matson's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Matson's Interest Expense was $-12 Mil. Its Operating Income was $341 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $549 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*340.6/-12.2
=27.92

Matson's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Matson's Interest Expense was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $37 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $528 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*36.5/-2.2
=16.59

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Matson  (NYSE:MATX) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Matson (Matson) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1411 Sand Island Parkway, Honolulu, HI, USA, 96819
Matson Inc is engaged in providing ocean transportation and logistics services. The business segments of the company are ocean transportation which provides ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, California, Okinawa, and different islands in the South Pacific, and logistics which offers long haul and regional highway trucking services, warehousing and distribution services, supply chain management, and freight forwarding services. The firm generates the majority of its revenue from ocean transportation.
Executives
Grace M Cerocke officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Richard S Kinney officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Laura L Rascon officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Christopher A Scott officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Angoco Vic S Jr officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Matthew J Cox officer: CFO of wholly-owned subsidiary 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Kuuhaku T Park officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Peter T Heilmann officer: SVP & Chief Legal Officer 555 12TH STREET, OAKLAND CA 94607
Leonard P Isotoff officer: Senior Vice President 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
Mark H Fukunaga director MATSON, INC., 1411 SAND ISLAND PARKWAY, HONOLULU HI 96819
John P Lauer officer: Senior Vice President 555 12TH STREET, OAKLAND CA 94607
Kevin L Stuck officer: VP and Controller 426 N. 44TH STREET, 2ND FL., PHOENIX AZ 85008
Rusty K Rolfe officer: Senior Vice President, other: President of Matson Logistics 1855 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, CONCORD CA 94520
Jenai S Wall director 999 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Thomas B Fargo director P.O. BOX 730, HONOLULU HI 96808