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Matson free cash flow MATX

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2009.

Last 12 months, to Sep 30, 2016
$29.8M
Latest quarter, Q3 FY16
−$32M
−184% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2015
$177.5M
+29% on the year before

Matson's free cash flow was $29.8M over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2016, down 85% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q3 FY16, it was −$32M, down 184% on the same quarter a year before.

Over the five fiscal years to FY2015 it grew 26% a year on average.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2015$177.5M+29%
FY2014$137.8M−14%
FY2013$160.5M+187%
FY2012$55.9M+37%
FY2011$40.7M−26%
FY2010$55Mn/a
FY2009n/an/a

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q3 FY16−$32M−184%$29.8M
Q2 FY16$23.8M−50%$99.8M
Q1 FY16−$10.8M−125%$123.7M
Q4 FY15$48.8M−27%$177.5M
Q3 FY15$38M−8%$196M
Q2 FY15$47.7M+1155%$199.5M
Q1 FY15$43M+71%$155.6M
Q4 FY14$67.3M+59%$137.8M
Q3 FY14$41.5M−14%$112.9M
Q2 FY14$3.8M−91%$119.8M
Q1 FY14$25.2M−12%$157M
Q4 FY13$42.4M+130%$160.5M

Against its peers

Companies in Travel Services nearest Matson's size, closest first, today.

CompanyFree cash flow yield
MATXMatsonn/m
NCLHNorwegian Cruise Line−17.1%
KEXKirby6.8%
GATXGatxn/m
FTDRFrontdoor6.6%
GXOGXO Logistics3.2%
INSWInternational Seaways11.5%
TDWTidewater5.9%
ABMABM Industries9.9%
ROLRollins3.7%
LPGDorian LPGn/m
Peer median6.3%

What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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