Carnival vs Matson
CCL and MATX side by side, both in water transportation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CCL and MATX compare
Carnival is the larger company, worth 5.8 times as much as Matson ($38.8B against $6.7B).
On earnings, Carnival is cheaper: it trades at 12.6× trailing earnings, against 15.0× for Matson.
Carnival grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.2% versus −0.16% for Matson).
Matson keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.4% compared with 11.4% at Carnival.
Both pay dividends: Carnival yields 1.6% and Matson 0.65%.
Matson scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 12 for Carnival), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CCL | MATX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $38.8B | $6.7B |
| Share price | $28.83 | $223.85 |
| Change, 1 year | 3.4% | 127% |
| Change, 5 years | 16.3% | 150% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.96 | 0.92 |
| Employees | 160K | 4,170 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.6× (better) | 15.0× |
| P/S | 1.4× (better) | 1.9× |
| P/B | 2.7× | 2.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.4× (better) | 13.2× |
| P/FCF | 12.2× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | – |
| Fair value | $30.07 | $142.53 |
| Margin of safety | 4.1% (better) | −57.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.2% (better) | −0.16% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 36.6% (better) | 7.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 18.7% (better) | −6.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 19.3% (better) | 0.88% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 25.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 16.0% (better) | 15.2% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 13.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 11.5% | – |
| Return on equity | 24.0% (better) | 17.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | 14.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.69 | 0.13 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.10 | 0.48 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.8× | 79.5× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.27 | 0.89 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.43 | 3.89 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% (better) | 0.65% |
| Payout ratio | – | 9.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 9.2% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.6% | 4.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 71.5% | 87.0% |
| Held by insiders | 7.3% | 2.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$13.5M (better) | −$24.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 5.2% |
Go deeper
- CCL stock overview
- CCL income statement
- CCL valuation and score
- MATX stock overview
- MATX income statement
- MATX valuation and score
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