GuruFocus - On July 25, 2024, Joel Wine, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Matson Inc (NYSE:MATX), sold 8,000 shares of the company. The transaction was executed at a price of $128.89 per share, as detailed in the SEC Filing. Following this sale, the insider now owns 106,974 shares of Matson Inc.
Matson Inc, a transportation and logistics company, provides shipping services primarily in the Pacific. The company's services encompass domestic and international rail intermodal service, long-haul and regional highway brokerage, supply chain services, and less-than-truckload transportation services, among other logistics and transportation-related offerings.
Over the past year, Joel Wine has sold a total of 64,632 shares of Matson Inc and has not made any purchases of the stock. This recent transaction is part of a broader trend observed within the company, where there have been 33 insider sells and no insider buys over the last year.
Shares of Matson Inc were trading at $128.89 on the day of the sale, giving the company a market cap of approximately $4.45 billion. The price-earnings ratio of the company stands at 15.37, which is above the industry median of 14.2.
The stock's valuation, according to GuruFocus GF Value, is considered Significantly Overvalued with a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.45. The GF Value of $88.65 suggests a potential overvaluation in comparison to the current trading price.
This insider sale could be of interest to investors monitoring insider behaviors and company valuation metrics such as the price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, all of which are components used to determine the GF Value.
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