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Matthews, founded in 1850 and incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1902, is a global provider of memorialization products, industrial technologies and brand solutions. Memorialization products consist primarily of bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets, cremation-related products, and cremation and incineration equipment primarily for the cemetery and funeral home i…
$27.09
$0.37 (-1.35%)
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Operating margin is thin at 9.45%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue declined 16.6% YoY. The question is whether this is cyclical or a structural shift.
At 88x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Free cash flow declined 274% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened.
87.8x earnings. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (FY)
$1.50B
▼ -16.6% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$10M
▲ +59.0% YoY
Op. Margin
9.45%
▲ +10.1pp YoY
ROIC
7.86%
▲ +8.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (FY)
-$59M
▼ -274.3% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (FY)
-$24M
▼ -129.7% YoY
Net Debt
$619M
Cash & Equiv.
$36M
5Y CAGR: -0.0%
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At a P/E of 87.8, Matthews International (MATW)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Matthews International scores 25/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 3.8%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Matthews International scores 25 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 9.5% operating margin and a 7.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Matthews International pays a regular dividend of about $1.04 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 3.8% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 337.3% of earnings, so the dividend is stretched at this level. Matthews International has grown the dividend at roughly 4.3% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For MATW's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh MATW's valuation and scores 25/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 3.8%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.