Matson, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
MATX · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 28 days, change -1 days YoY
AR growth -4.5% vs revenue growth -2.3%
Revenue -2.3%, CFFO -28.7%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 26.9% is >2x revenue growth -2.3%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 38.6%. Normal
Gross margin 22.8%, change -2.2pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.23. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 0.35
Accruals ratio = -2.2%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 20% of debt $0.7B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.5B = 17% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 0.9x. Healthy
Other assets grew 47.6% vs revenue -2.3%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.56 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25