MATV
Strong BuySecond WindAI neutralMativ Holdings, Inc. · Basic Materials · United States · $666M cap · $5.3M/day traded
$12.06 -1.6% · close 23 Oct · scored 24 Oct
Second Wind: Cheap and rising again, but the business does not yet earn the optimism.
As of 24 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Mativ Holdings, Inc. (MATV) is 90/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 49, Value 80, Momentum 62, each scored against its sector).
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Mativ Holdings makes specialty materials such as films, nets, adhesives tapes and filtration media. The second quarter of 2026 brought record EBITDA and the shares reacted strongly, which suggests its cost programme is working. But the business still carries meaningful debt from past deals, depends on resin and other oil-linked inputs, and is closer to a restructuring story than a high-return compounder.
ABOUT MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
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Mativ Holdings is a global specialty materials company formed by the merger of Schweitzer-Mauduit International and Neenah, producing highly engineered papers, films, nets, and nonwovens. The company's products are critical components in diverse end-markets, including filtration, protective coatings, healthcare, and industrial packaging. Its deep material science expertise and customized manufacturing capabilities create high switching costs and strong customer retention.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 6.7% | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 2.5% |
| EPS | -0.18 | -5.69 | -0.90 | -6.19 | — | 1.64 | 0.97 | 1.25 | — |
| Shares | 54.9M | 54.2M | 54.3M | 54.7M | -0.5% | 55.2M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 1.7B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.1B | -14.6% | 1.0B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 1.2B | 949.1M | 858.5M | 498.7M | -24.9% | — | — | — | — |
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No new 52-week low for 15 weeks, 72% above that low, but not back above a rising 50-day average.
The Momentum score still reads 62: it looks back six months, so it has not caught up with this fall.
Swung more than 70% of stocks we rank over the past year (55% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of MATV are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATV | Mativ Holdings, Inc.(you) | $666M | 90 | Strong Buy |
| KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | $760M | 79 | Buy |
| ODC | Oil-Dri Corporation of America | $1.1B | 78 | Buy |
| IOSP | Innospec Inc. | $2.4B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| KRO | Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | $900M | 70 | Buy |
| ALTO | Alto Ingredients, Inc. | $280M | 81 | Strong Buy |
| SCL | Stepan Company | $1.5B | 77 | Buy |
| AVNT | Avient Corporation | $3.8B | 84 | Strong Buy |
| CBT | Cabot Corporation | $3.8B | 82 | Strong Buy |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | $3.3B | 79 | Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 1.6% · P/E 20.6x · Gross margin 27.5%
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