Matson (MATX) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Matson (MATX) reported Operating Margin of 8.1% for Q1 2026, down 240.0% on a YoY basis from 5.79% in Q1 2025, and down 51.97% sequentially from 16.87% in Q4 2025.
Matson (MATX) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Matson (MATX) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 8.1% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 240.0% year-over-year to 8.1%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 14.43% (down 270.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 14.94%, down 117.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin slipped to 8.1% in Q1 2026, from 16.87% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 39.1% in Q2 2022 to a low of 5.11% in Q1 2024.
- A 5-year average of 17.08% and a median of 14.7% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 2023 bps in 2022 and slumped 3163 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Tracing MATX's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 11.55% in 2022, then decreased by 17 bps to 9.54% in 2023, then surged by 74 bps to 16.57% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 16.87% in 2025, then tumbled by 52 bps to 8.1% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows MATX's Operating Margin at 8.1% in Q1 2026, 16.87% in Q4 2025, and 18.29% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.10% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.87% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.61% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.50% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.57% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.19% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.11% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.54% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.50% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.49% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.08% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 39.10% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 37.12% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 37.53% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 35.27% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 24.45% |