MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX)
Industrials · Industrial contracting and field services · NASDAQ
Industrial contractor delivering engineering, fabrication, and on-site maintenance services to oil, gas, refining, and chemical companies across North America.
What MATRIX SERVICE does
Matrix Service Company is an industrial contractor specializing in engineering, construction, fabrication, and maintenance services for customers in the oil, gas, refining, power, and chemical industries. The company performs specialized on-site work including tank construction, piping, structural steel installation, and equipment maintenance, primarily under fixed-price and cost-plus service contracts. It operates through service delivery across North America with a focus on complex industrial infrastructure projects.
Themes: Industrial contracting and construction, Oil and gas infrastructure services, Refining and petrochemical services, Power industry maintenance, Field engineering and fabrication
Fundamentals
- Price$10.77 as of 2026-08-25 close
- Market cap$303M as of 2026-08-25
- 1-year return-28.6% 2025-08-25 close $15.08 → 2026-08-25 close $10.77
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-1.8% as of 2026-08-26
- Gross margin+6.2% as of 2026-08-26
- ROE-10.8% as of 2026-08-26
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-26
- Revenue growth (YoY)+13.9% as of 2026-08-26
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+2.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.98 as of 2026-08-26
- Last reported earnings2026-05-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How MTRX compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- operating marginbottom 25% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- gross marginbottom 10% 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- return on equitybottom 25% 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 426 covered Industrials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How MATRIX SERVICE looks technically
MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) is trading 12.1% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 50 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 26, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 32.5% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 12.1% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -12.1% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $12.38 | $12.38 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.25 | $12.25 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 11.0175. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 50 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 50 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 26, with sellers in control | 26.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 34.0 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($10.67 to $12.05) — its "stochastic" reading is 7 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 7.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $15.96 | $15.96 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 32.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -32.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 9.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +9.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 32.5% below its highest point of the past year | 32.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $38.71 (set on 2014-06-17) | $38.71 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($10.12 to $15.74), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 12% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $13.59 to $13.77. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 11.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 72.2% below its all-time high | -72.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.5% above a support level at $10.71 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-11-21, most recently on 2026-02-24. Since 2024-08-26 it has 2 such levels below the current price and 13 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $3.31 (set on 2022-09-27) | $3.31 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 225.4% above its all-time low | +225.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 75% of it) | 25th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.3808 between its high and its low — about 3.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.3808 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $10.76 and $12.33 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $10.76 – $11.54 – $12.33 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.5% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (12.1% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.9 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.25× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-25 1.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.2% gap up opened on 2026-07-30 has been "filled" 2 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 16 sessions to close | 2 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 16.4 percentage points (the stock lost 12.7% while the market gained 3.7%) | -16.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 18.1 percentage points (the stock lost 15.4% while the market gained 2.7%) | -18.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 15.5 percentage points (the stock lost 5.0% while the market gained 10.5%) | -15.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 47.8 percentage points (the stock lost 28.6% while the market gained 19.2%) | -47.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 16% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-20 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | -15.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 11% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $12.13 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -11.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 15% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-05-06 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $12.61 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 73 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -14.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
MTRX last closed at $10.77 on 2026-08-25. Since 2024-08-26 it has turned at 2 prices below its last close and 13 above; the 2 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.71 | Support | 0.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-11-21 to 2026-02-24 |
| $11.03 | Resistance | 2.4% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-10-08 to 2026-07-29 |
| $11.28 | Resistance | 4.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-09-10 to 2025-03-10 |
| $9.95 | Support | 7.7% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-05-08 to 2026-03-20 |
| $11.67 | Resistance | 8.4% above the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-10-18 to 2026-08-10 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $11.02.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $11.02 and $11.71 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-08-25.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-25.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · lagging the market · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-25. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$20.00 range $16.00 – $24.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for MTRX
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.2 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Operational profitability challenges: company posted net losses in recent periods despite 13.88% revenue growth, with negative net margins and recurring operating losses signaling cost control or margin compression issues","Fixed-price contract exposure: work on fixed-price contracts exposes the company to cost overruns and unfavorable project outcomes if labor or material costs escalate unexpectedly","Dependency on industrial capital spending: business tied to capital investment cycles in oil, gas, refining, and chemical sectors, which are vulnerable to commodity price swings and economic downturns"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of MTRX's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2026-02-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added paragraph about website investor communication and SEC guidance (filed 2026-05-07): 'Investors should note that we announce material financial information in SEC filings, press releases, presentations and public conference calls. Based on guidance from the SEC, we may use the Investors section of our website (www.matrixservicecompany.com) to communicate with investors...'
- Added disclaimer about website not being part of report (filed 2026-05-07): 'The information on our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this report.'
- Added 'Operational Update' section with Q3 fiscal 2026 performance metrics (filed 2026-05-07): 'The third quarter of fiscal 2026 marked a significant inflection point for our business, as we returned to profitability. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we reported net income of $0.8 million, compared to a net loss of $3.4 million in the same period last year...'
- Added gross margin comparison (filed 2026-05-07): 'Our gross margin increased to 8.3% in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, up from 6.4% in the same period last year...'
- Removed:
- Removed 'Operational Update' section discussing advancement on large projects (filed 2026-02-05): 'During the quarter, we advanced execution on several large, strategically important projects...'
- Removed forward guidance and balance sheet commentary (filed 2026-02-05): 'We expect activity to accelerate over the remainder of the fiscal year, driven by our strong backlog as well as a growing opportunity pipeline...'
- Removed long-term macrotrends discussion (filed 2026-02-05): 'Looking longer term, structural macrotrends continue to support durable growth in our end markets...'
- Reworded:
- Changed reference from 'our credit agreement' (filed 2026-02-05) to 'the ABL Facility' (filed 2026-05-07) in forward-looking statements bullet point
- Changed 'any risk factors discussed' (filed 2026-02-05) to 'any risks discussed' (filed 2026-05-07) in risks section
- Changed 'economic, market or business conditions in general and in the natural gas, power, oil, petrochemical, industrial and power industries in particular' (filed 2026-02-05) to 'economic, market or business conditions in general, disruptions in the global supply chain, and in the natural gas, power, oil, petrochemical, industrial and power industries in particular' (filed 2026-05-07), adding 'disruptions in the global supply chain'
- Changed 'natural gas and natural gas liquids' (filed 2026-02-05) to 'natural gas and NGLs' (filed 2026-05-07) in Process and Industrial Facilities segment description
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at end of Operational Update section, so full extent of changes to that section cannot be assessed
- The older filing text also appears truncated at end of Operational Update section, limiting complete comparison of removed content
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 5 sells ($1M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 7 sells ($2M) — 3 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-15. As of 2026-08-26.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about MTRX's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding MTRX as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 3,299,157
- Reported value $37,874,321
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
MTRX had 660,742 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
MTRX had 2.35% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.75 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 660,742
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.35%
- Prior settlement (shares) 644,423
- Reported change 2.53%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.75
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Fluor Corporation
- TechnipFMC
- Chick-fil-A construction contractors (regional industrial constructors)
- Apex Group LLC (fabrication and industrial services)
- Sterling Construction Company
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Frequently asked questions
What does MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) do?
Matrix Service Company is an industrial contractor specializing in engineering, construction, fabrication, and maintenance services for customers in the oil, gas, refining, power, and chemical industries. The company performs specialized on-site work including tank construction, piping, structural steel installation, and equipment maintenance, primarily under fixed-price and cost-plus service contracts.
What sector is MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) in?
MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Industrial contracting and field services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are MATRIX SERVICE's (MTRX) competitors?
Notable peers of MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) include Fluor Corporation, TechnipFMC, Chick-fil-A construction contractors (regional industrial constructors), Apex Group LLC (fabrication and industrial services) and Sterling Construction Company. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) overbought or oversold right now?
MATRIX SERVICE (MTRX) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-25). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on MTRX come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-26; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-26. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-25.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.