What is B. Riley’s Forecast for MATW Q2 Earnings?

Matthews International Co. (NASDAQ:MATW) – Investment analysts at B. Riley reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Matthews International in a note issued to investors on Monday, February 10th. B. Riley analyst L. Burke now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.36 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.55. The consensus estimate for Matthews International’s current full-year earnings is $2.00 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Matthews International’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.73 EPS.

Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.26 by ($0.12). Matthews International had a negative net margin of 3.48% and a positive return on equity of 12.42%.

Matthews International Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:MATW opened at $24.97 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $28.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $26.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $773.30 million, a P/E ratio of -12.68 and a beta of 1.14. Matthews International has a 12-month low of $21.09 and a 12-month high of $32.24. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Matthews International

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of MATW. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Matthews International by 551.8% during the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 767 shares during the period. Sterling Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Matthews International by 797.2% in the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 845 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV lifted its stake in shares of Matthews International by 63.7% in the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,937 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 754 shares during the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Matthews International by 1,865.1% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 4,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $125,000 after purchasing an additional 4,271 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of Matthews International by 7.7% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 6,602 shares of the company’s stock valued at $153,000 after purchasing an additional 471 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.08% of the company’s stock.

Matthews International Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 10th. Matthews International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -50.76%.

About Matthews International

Matthews International Corporation provides brand solutions, memorialization products, and industrial technologies worldwide. It operates through three segments: Memorialization, Industrial Technologies, and SGK Brand Solutions. The Memorialization segment provides bronze and granite memorials, upright granite memorials and monuments, concrete burial vaults, cremation memorialization products, granite benches, flower vases, crypt plates and letters, cremation urns, niche units, cemetery features, and statues, as well as bronze plaques, letters, emblems, vases, lights and photo ceramics, granite monuments, mausoleums, crypts, and flush memorials.