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Matson vs ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is the larger business, with $6.90bn of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.34bn for Matson (2.1 times as much). Matson grew faster (-2.3% against -18.1%). Matson kept more of each dollar of sales as profit: a net margin of 13.3% against 6.9%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services carries less debt relative to equity (2.2% against 14.5%).

Latest fiscal yearMatsonMATX, 2025ZIM Integrated Shipping ServicesZIM, 2025
Revenue $3.34bn $6.90bn
Revenue growth -2.3% -18.1%
Net income $445m $479m
Operating margin 14.9% 14.7%
Net margin 13.3% 6.9%
Return on equity 16.4% 11.9%
Free cash flow $154m —
Cash $142m $1.05bn
Total debt $401m $90.1m
Debt to equity 14.5% 2.2%
Dividend per share $1.40 —
Dividend yield 0.7% —
Share buybacks $303m —
Employees — —
Market value $6.77bn $3.51bn
Price vs our value range Above our value range Below our value range
Moat score 69 (Moderate) —
Insider trades, 12 months 0 buys, 60 sales 0 buys, 21 sales

Each figure is from the company's latest annual report and links to the page it comes from. Fiscal years can end on different dates. Market value and the value verdict use the delayed price shown on the stock pages. Not a recommendation.

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Figures from each company's latest annual report filed with the SEC (10-K or 20-F), as reported, with the fiscal year shown. Not investment advice. How we read filings: methodology.