Matson Inc (MATX)

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Trade-Ideas LLC identified Matson (MATX) as a strong on high relative volume candidate

HMLP LGCY MATX are going ex-dividend tomorrow, Tuesday, November 03, 2015

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 09/15/2015 settlement date, which shows a 358,722 share increase in total short interest for Matson Inc , to 1,601,102, an increase of 28.87% since 08/31/2015. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Investors considering a purchase of Matson Inc stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $37.85/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the December put at the $35 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.35.

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The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 04/30/2015 settlement date, which shows a 279,532 share decrease in total short interest for Matson Inc , to 542,563, a decrease of 34.00% since 04/15/2015. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Stocks with insider trader activity include RSPP, XCO and MATX

JPEP MATX RGA are going ex-dividend tomorrow, Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/5/15, Matson Inc , Landstar System, Inc. , and Golar LNG Partners LP will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends.

Investors in Matson Inc saw new options become available today, for the May 15th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the MATX options chain for the new May 15th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

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Trade-Ideas LLC identified Matson (MATX) as a "perilous reversal" (up big yesterday but down big today) candidate

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Matson (MATX) as a strong on high relative volume candidate

Matson (MATX) stock has been upgraded to "outperform" from "market perform," FBR Capital Markets said Monday. The firm said the revision was a valuation call based on a $30 price target.

Investors in Matson Inc saw new options become available today, for the May 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the MATX options chain for the new May 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

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Shareholders of Matson looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.7% annualized dividend yield can sell the June covered call at the $25 strike and collect the premium based on the 75 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 12.1% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 14.8% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $25 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but MATX shares would have to climb 5.9% from current levels for that to happen, meaning that in the scenario where the stock is called, the shareholder has earned a 9.1% return from this trading level, in addition to any dividends collected before the stock was called.

Shareholders of Matson Inc looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.7% annualized dividend yield can sell the June 2014 covered call at the $25 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.20 bid, which annualizes to an additional 9.6% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 12.2% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $25 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but MATX shares would have to advance 3.9% from current levels for that to occur, meaning that in the scenario where the stock is called, the shareholder has earned a 8.9% return from this trading level, in addition to any dividends collected before the stock was called.