SITC International (OTCMKTS:SITIY – Get Free Report) and Matson (NYSE:MATX – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for SITC International and Matson, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SITC International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.20 |
Matson has a consensus price target of $232.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.89%. Given Matson’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Matson is more favorable than SITC International.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Profitability
This table compares SITC International and Matson’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SITC International | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Matson | 13.41% | 16.94% | 10.01% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares SITC International and Matson”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SITC International | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Matson | $3.34 billion | 1.96 | $444.80 million | $14.96 | 14.67 |
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than SITC International.
Summary
Matson beats SITC International on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SITC International
SITC International Holdings Company Limited, a shipping logistics company, engages in the provision of integrated transportation and logistics solutions in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Container Shipping and Logistics; and Dry Bulk and Others. The Container Shipping and Logistics segment offers container transportation, freight forwarding, shipping agency, and depot and warehousing services. The Dry Bulk and Others segment provides dry bulk vessel leasing, and land leasing and other services. As of December 31, 2023, the company operated a fleet of 103 vessels with a total capacity of 162, 851 TEU, including 97 self-owned vessels with a capacity of 155,713 TEU and 6 chartered vessels with a capacity of 7,138 TEU. It also offers vessel holding and chartering, technology support, container marine transportation, container maintenance, customs declaration, marine, shipping management, and multimodal transportation services, as well as engages in the land and building holding activities. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. SITC International Holdings Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of Resourceful Link Management Limited.
About Matson
Matson, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of ocean transportation and logistics services. It operates through two segments, Ocean Transportation and Logistics. The Ocean Transportation segment offers ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Japan, Alaska, and Guam, as well as to other island economies in Micronesia. It primarily transports dry containers of mixed commodities, refrigerated commodities, food products, beverages, building materials, automobiles, and household goods; livestock; seafood; general sustenance cargo; and garments, footwear, e-commerce, and other retail merchandise. This segment also operates an expedited service from China to Long Beach, California, and various islands in the South Pacific, as well as Okinawa, Japan; and provides stevedoring, refrigerated cargo services, inland transportation, container equipment maintenance, and other terminal services to ocean carriers on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, as well as in the Alaska locations of Anchorage, Kodiak, and Dutch Harbor. In addition, it offers vessel management and container transshipment services. The Logistics segment provides multimodal transportation brokerage services, including domestic and international rail intermodal, long-haul and regional highway trucking, specialized hauling, flat-bed and project, less-than-truckload, and expedited freight services; less-than-container load consolidation and freight forwarding services; warehousing and distribution services; supply chain management services, and non-vessel operating common carrier freight forwarding services. It serves the U.S. military, freight forwarders, retailers, consumer goods, automobile manufacturers, and other customers. The company was formerly known as Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Matson, Inc. in June 2012. Matson, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Receive News & Ratings for SITC International Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for SITC International and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
