---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-000359"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATX"
cik: "0000003453"
company_name: "Matson, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:10:27.379183+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matson preliminary Q4 2023 EPS $1.65-$1.78; Ocean Transportation operating income $61M-$66M

## Summary
- Net income expected $57.7M-$62.2M; diluted EPS $1.65-$1.78.
- Ocean Transportation operating income $61M-$66M; Logistics $8M-$9M.
- China container volume up 23.3% YoY; Hawaii down 1.9%, Alaska down 0.6%.
- Repurchased ~0.5M shares for $47.9M in Q4; remaining authorization ~2.5M shares.
- Effective tax rate ~26.0%, higher than prior ~23% forecast due to discrete items.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-000359
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATX
- cik: 0000003453
- company_name: Matson, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3453/000155837024000359/0001558370-24-000359-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3453/000155837024000359/matx-20240118x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-000359.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Matson, Inc. reported preliminary financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On January 18, 2024, Matson, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s preliminary earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3453/000155837024000359/0001558370-24-000359-index.htm

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