Matson vs Royal Caribbean Cruises
MATX and RCL side by side, both in water transportation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MATX and RCL compare
Royal Caribbean Cruises is the larger company, worth 12 times as much as Matson ($82.2B against $6.7B).
On earnings, Matson is cheaper: it trades at 15.0× trailing earnings, against 19.0× for Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Royal Caribbean Cruises grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.7% versus −0.16% for Matson).
Royal Caribbean Cruises keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 23.5% compared with 13.4% at Matson.
Both pay dividends: Matson yields 0.65% and Royal Caribbean Cruises 1.8%.
Matson scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 11 for Royal Caribbean Cruises), 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 | MATX | RCL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.7B | $82.2B |
| Share price | $223.85 | $307.18 |
| Change, 1 year | 127% | 9.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 150% | 218% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.92 | 1.64 |
| Employees | 4,170 | 108K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.0× (better) | 19.0× |
| P/S | 1.9× (better) | 4.4× |
| P/B | 2.4× (better) | 8.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.2× (better) | 15.1× |
| FCF yield | – | −0.51% |
| Fair value | $142.53 | $227.70 |
| Margin of safety | −57.1% | −34.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.16% | 8.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.0% | 52.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −6.1% | 22.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 0.88% | 21.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 25.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | 15.2% | 27.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 23.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | −2.2% |
| Return on equity | 17.2% | 45.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 14.7% (better) | 13.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.13 (better) | 2.23 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.48 (better) | 3.17 |
| Interest coverage | 79.5× (better) | 5.0× |
| Current ratio | 0.89 (better) | 0.21 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.89 (better) | 2.22 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.65% | 1.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 9.6% | 26.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 12 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.2% | 35.0% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 3.9% (better) | 2.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.6% (better) | 4.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 87.0% | 88.8% |
| Held by insiders | 2.6% | 6.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$24.0M (better) | −$631M |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.2% | 4.5% |
Go deeper
- MATX stock overview
- MATX income statement
- MATX valuation and score
- RCL stock overview
- RCL income statement
- RCL valuation and score
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