---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-010831"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATX"
cik: "0000003453"
company_name: "Matson, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T12:39:52.049037+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matson preliminary Q2 2022 EPS $9.31-9.42; operating income nearly double YoY on China strength

## Summary
- Ocean Transportation op. income $465-470M vs $201M in Q2 2021; Logistics $22.5-23.5M vs $12.9M.
- Diluted EPS $9.31-9.42 vs $3.71 prior year; net income $373-378M.
- China volume +11.7% YoY, 4 more eastbound voyages; Alaska +12.2%.
- Repurchased 1.6M shares for $138.1M in Q2; remaining repurch. auth. ~1.2M shares.
- CEO: Transpacific rates likely peaked; expect orderly market with vessels at/near capacity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-010831
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATX
- cik: 0000003453
- company_name: Matson, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3453/000155837022010831/0001558370-22-010831-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3453/000155837022010831/matx-20220719x8k.htm

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