Matson Valuation

Is 68M undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 68M when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 68M (€146) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€223.16)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 68M is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 68M?

Key metric: As 68M is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 68M. This is calculated by dividing 68M's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 68M's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.6x
EarningsUS$410.80m
Market CapUS$5.11b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 68M's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 68M vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.6x
HLAG Hapag-Lloyd
18.6x-8.9%€27.0b
PM1 Wilson
3.1xn/a€258.8m
NEP SLOMAN NEPTUN Schiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft
2.3xn/a€111.9m
FRA Fraport
10.5x3.7%€4.9b
68M Matson
12.6x-19.6%€5.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 68M is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the peer average (8.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 68M's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Shipping Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
68M 12.6xIndustry Avg. 7.6xNo. of Companies7PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 68M is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the European Shipping industry average (7.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 68M's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

68M PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.6x
Fair PE Ratio7.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 68M is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 68M forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€146.00
€142.10
-2.7%
9.6%€155.79€128.41n/a2
Nov ’25€142.00
€142.81
+0.6%
8.8%€151.70€125.04n/a3
Oct ’25€127.00
€132.29
+4.2%
6.6%€143.34€121.84n/a3
Sep ’25€123.00
€132.29
+7.6%
6.6%€143.34€121.84n/a3
Aug ’25€122.00
€129.27
+6.0%
2.5%€132.52€126.03n/a2
Jul ’25€121.00
€127.19
+5.1%
0.6%€128.12€126.25n/a3
Jun ’25€114.00
€117.67
+3.2%
9.3%€126.27€102.31n/a3
May ’25€102.00
€119.41
+17.1%
9.3%€128.14€103.82n/a3
Apr ’25€101.80
€111.63
+9.7%
9.9%€122.71€100.56n/a2
Mar ’25€101.00
€111.83
+10.7%
9.9%€122.92€100.74n/a2
Feb ’25€102.00
€110.61
+8.4%
10.4%€122.08€99.13n/a2
Jan ’25€97.60
€105.51
+8.1%
6.1%€110.55€96.38n/a3
Dec ’24€86.25
€105.51
+22.3%
6.1%€110.55€96.38n/a3
Nov ’24€81.85
€105.51
+28.9%
6.1%€110.55€96.38€142.003
Oct ’24€84.85
€93.59
+10.3%
10.0%€102.95€84.23€127.002
Sep ’24€79.65
€91.40
+14.8%
10.0%€100.54€82.26€123.002
Jul ’24€70.15
€64.87
-7.5%
2.1%€66.23€63.51€121.002
Jun ’24€62.75
€64.87
+3.4%
2.1%€66.23€63.51€114.002
Apr ’24€54.50
€66.97
+22.9%
2.1%€68.37€65.56€101.802
Mar ’24€62.50
€67.44
+7.9%
2.1%€68.85€66.02€101.002
Feb ’24€60.50
€68.30
+12.9%
1.4%€69.23€67.38€102.002
Jan ’24€59.00
€78.91
+33.8%
6.5%€84.05€73.78€97.602
Dec ’23€60.50
€79.29
+31.1%
14.3%€92.28€64.59€86.253
Nov ’23€74.00
€73.70
-0.4%
12.5%€82.91€64.49€81.852

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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