Matson Inc vs Navios Maritime Partners LP

Matson Inc (MATX) is fairly valued and Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, NMM trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +80%, against -3% for MATX.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Matson Inc (MATX)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $221.12; the price of $226.78 is 3% above that value, and 70% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $431.38; the price of $88.11 is 80% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 68/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricMATXNMM
VerdictFairly valuedUndervalued
Price$226.78$88.11
Intrinsic value$221.12$431.38
Margin of safety-3%+80%
Leak Score59/100 (3/12)68/100 (3/12)
Market cap$6.8B$2.5B
Revenue growth, 5 years7.0%42.8%
Operating margin14.4%34.7%
Net margin13.4%29.6%
Return on equity17.2%13.2%
Debt to equity0.120.70
P/E15.2x5.8x
Forward P/E13.5x4.3x
P/B2.5x0.7x
Dividend yield0.6%0.3%

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