Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Mativ Holdings, Inc. MATV
$11.90 +2.15% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $655.9M
Inexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 3.6% from -20.4% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 6.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +97.4%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 9%
- Gross marginBottom 30%
- Operating marginBottom 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 39%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Interest coverBottom 31%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 2%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 16%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 49%
- 6-month returnTop 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 12%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 13%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.8% | 1.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 17.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -20.4% | 3.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | 6.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.1% | 0.8% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 17.7% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | -20.4% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Net margin | 4.5% | -23.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.4% | 2.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -21.7% | — | Bottom 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.7% | — | Top 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.80×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.09×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.42%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.29%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +97.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +78.6% | +4.0% | +39.1% | +31.0% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +200.0% | +1.6% | -5.8% | -17.1% | -4.5% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | +66.7% | +1.3% | -24.1% | -39.3% | -38.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +44.4% | +2.4% | +27.8% | +18.5% | +22.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +83.3% | -4.3% | +58.7% | +85.7% | +66.0% |
| May 7, 2025 | -27.3% | -1.6% | +24.9% | +27.0% | +22.5% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -77.3% | +0.4% | -23.0% | -28.8% | -32.5% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -19.2% | +8.0% | -19.7% | -21.1% | -42.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.50 | $0.28 | +78.6% | $531.8M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.02 | +200.0% | $188.3M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.09 | +66.7% | $463.1M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.27 | +44.4% | $513.7M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.18 | +83.3% | $525.4M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.11 | -27.3% | $484.8M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.05 | $0.22 | -77.3% | $458.6M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.21 | $0.26 | -19.2% | $498.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.5× | 11.6× | 30th | Top 2% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.2× | — | — | Top 25% |
| EV / Sales | 0.82× | — | — | Top 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 19.47% | — | — | Top 1% |
| Earnings yield | 13.34% | — | — | Top 2% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.6× – 23.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 50
- Days above the 200-day average
- 41
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +17.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +2.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +14.8%
- RSI (14)
- 50.5
- Relative volume
- 0.78×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 55.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 58th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.22
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Apr 21, 2025 | -90.9% | 1031 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -15.1% | 16 days | 10 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
| Nov 17, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | -11.0% | 11 days | 6 days (Dec 11, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $655.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.59
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.99B
- Dividend yield
- 3.36%
- 52-week range
- $7.07 – $15.48
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $930.7M | $1.64B | $2.03B | $1.98B | $1.99B |
| Gross profit | $183.2M | $306.0M | $355.8M | $364.1M | $299.7M |
| Operating income | -$16.2M | -$40.2M | -$413.9M | $6.3M | $47.4M |
| Net income | $88.9M | -$6.6M | -$309.5M | -$48.7M | -$337.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.80 | -$0.18 | -$5.69 | -$0.90 | -$6.19 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $498.5M | $458.6M | $484.8M | $525.4M | $513.7M | $463.1M | $479.6M | $531.8M |
| Net income | -$20.8M | $1.5M | -$425.5M | -$9.5M | -$3.2M | $100.8M | -$11.7M | $3.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.38 | $0.03 | -$7.82 | -$0.18 | -$0.06 | $1.80 | -$0.21 | $0.06 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $58.1M | $202.2M | $106.6M | $94.8M | $133.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$38.9M | -$59.6M | -$66.4M | -$55.6M | -$40.0M |
| Free cash flow | $19.2M | $142.6M | $40.2M | $39.2M | $93.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$55.3M | -$72.2M | -$55.3M | -$21.6M | -$22.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.4M | -$6.9M | -$10.6M | -$800,000 | -$1.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $66.3M
- Total assets
- $1.99B
- Total liabilities
- $1.52B
- Total debt
- $1.03B
- Net debt
- $968.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $470.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.10 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.10 | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.10 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.10 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.10 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $0.10 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.10 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.10 | Dec 20, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,336,746
- Days to cover
- 2.89
- Change vs previous report
- -1.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 22, 2012
- 2-for-1