How to buy Matthews International Corporation stock (MATW)

Matthews International Corporation is a conglomerates business based in the US. Matthews International Corporation shares (MATW) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $22.82 – an increase of 0.35% over the previous week. Matthews International Corporation employs 12,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.8 billion.

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Matthews International Corporation stock price (NASDAQ: MATW)

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Matthews International Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-10-24.

Latest market close	$22.82
52-week range	$21.09 - $38.15
50-day moving average more info button	$23.51
200-day moving average more info button	$27.13
Wall St. target price	$36.00
PE ratio more info button	26.6786
Dividend yield more info button	$0.96 (4.32%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.84

Is it a good time to buy Matthews International Corporation stock?

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Matthews International Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $22.82 from 2024-10-25

1 week (2024-10-21)	0.66%
1 month (2024-09-27)	-0.65%
3 months (2024-07-26)	-18.79%
6 months (2024-04-26)	-15.95%

1 year (2023-10-27)	-35.19%
2 years (2022-10-28)	-16.04%
3 years (2021-10-28)	33.93
5 years (2019-10-28)	36.1363

Is Matthews International Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Matthews International Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Matthews International Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Matthews International Corporation's P/E ratio

Matthews International Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Matthews International Corporation shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Matthews International Corporation's PEG ratio

Matthews International Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.9187. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Matthews International Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Matthews International Corporation's EBITDA

Matthews International Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $172.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Matthews International Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Matthews International Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$1.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	1.52%
Gross profit TTM	$534.9 million
Return on assets TTM	2.57%
Return on equity TTM	5.11%
Profit margin	1.43%
Book value	$16.46
Market Capitalization more info button	$685.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Matthews International Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 37.21% of net profits

Recently Matthews International Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Matthews International Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Matthews International Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.96 per share.

While Matthews International Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Matthews International Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Matthews International Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 18 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 4 August 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Matthews International Corporation's shares ever split?

Matthews International Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 3 September 2001 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Matthews International Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Matthews International Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Matthews International Corporation's share price.

Matthews International Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Matthews International Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.091 up to $38.1487. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Matthews International Corporation's is 1.056. This would suggest that Matthews International Corporation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Matthews International Corporation overview

Matthews International Corporation provides brand solutions, memorialization products, and industrial technologies worldwide. It operates through three segments: Memorialization, Industrial Technologies, and SGK Brand Solutions. The Memorialization segment provides bronze and granite memorials, upright granite memorials and monuments, concrete burial vaults, cremation memorialization products, granite benches, flower vases, crypt plates and letters, cremation urns, niche units, cemetery features, and statues, as well as bronze plaques, letters, emblems, vases, lights and photo ceramics, granite monuments, mausoleums, crypts, and flush memorials. The Industrial Technologies segment designs, manufactures, services, and distributes high-tech custom energy storage solutions, and product identification and warehouse automation technologies and solutions, including order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking, and conveying consumer and industrial products. This segment also provides engineered calendaring, laminating, and coating equipment; stand-alone marking products; laser and ink-jet printing systems; and spare parts, calendar, and coating-roller refurbishing and retrofits. The SGK Brand solutions segment provides brand management, pre-media services, printing plates and cylinders, imaging services, digital asset management, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services for the consumer goods and retail industries. The company was founded in 1850 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Matthews International Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 4.085% of Matthews International Corporation shares are held by insiders and 83.622% by institutions. How many people work for Matthews International Corporation?
Latest data suggests 12,000 work at Matthews International Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for Matthews International Corporation?
Matthews International Corporation's fiscal year ends in September. Where is Matthews International Corporation based?
Matthews International Corporation's address is: Two NorthShore Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 15212-5851 What is Matthews International Corporation's ISIN number?
Matthews International Corporation's international securities identification number is: US5771281012 What is Matthews International Corporation's CUSIP number?
Matthews International Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 577128101