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INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
INVESTMENTS | INVESTMENTS: At September 30, 2025 and 2024, non-current investments were as follows:
| 2025 |  | 2024
Equity and fixed income mutual funds | $ | 859 |  |  | $ | 839 |
Life insurance policies | 5,239 |  |  | 5,493 |
Equity-method investments | 214,133 |  |  | 349 |
Preferred equity investment | 52,086 |  |  | — |
Other (primarily cost-method) investments | 16,320 |  |  | 16,395 |
| $ | 288,637 |  |  | $ | 23,076 |
On May 1, 2025, the Company contributed its SGK Business to a newly-formed entity, Propelis, in exchange for consideration which included 40% of the common equity of Propelis and a $50,000 preferred equity investment in Propelis. The Company initially recognized these investments at fair value, which totaled $263,000 ($213,000 equity-method and $50,000 preferred equity investment). The Company will subsequently adjust the carrying amount of its equity-method investment for its share of earnings and losses reported by the investee, distributions received, and other-than-temporary impairments. The preferred equity investment accrues paid-in-kind interest at a rate of 10% per annum. The Company recognizes its portion of the earnings or losses for its equity-method investment in Propelis on a three-month lag to ensure consistency and timely filing of the Company’s financial statements. Consequently, in fiscal 2025, the Company's portion of earnings for its equity-method investment in Propelis only includes the months of May and June 2025. For the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized $1,132 of equity-method income for its equity-method investment in Propelis, which has been recorded as a component of administrative expense. Equity-method income in fiscal 2025 included $1,937 of income, representing the Company's portion of the investee's earnings, and $805 of expense, reflecting the amortization of the Company's portion of the basis difference of the amortizable assets contributed from SGS & Co. ("SGS") to Propelis. The Company also recognized $2,086 of paid-in-kind interest income in fiscal 2025 related to the Company's preferred equity investment in Propelis, which was included as a component of other income (deductions), net. The following table presents summarized financial information for Propelis:
| June 30, 2025 (1) |  |
| (unaudited) |  |
Current assets | $ | 262,475 |  |  |
Non-current assets | 735,522 |  |  |
Current liabilities | 176,838 |  |  |
Non-current liabilities | 346,485 |  |  |
Noncontrolling interests | 214,938 |  |  |
| May 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025 (1) |  |
| (unaudited) |  |
Sales | $ | 159,648 |  |  |
Gross profit | 40,161 |  |  |
Operating loss | (1,250) |  |  |
Net income | 4,843 |  |  |
Net income attributable to Propelis | 2,906 |  |  |
(1) The Company recognizes its portion of the earnings or losses for its equity-method investment in Propelis on a three-month lag. The summarized financial information for Propelis has been presented for the months of May and June 2025 to coincide with the amounts reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had an investment in Liquid X Printed Metals Inc. (“Liquid X”), a private company specializing in ink technologies. The President and CEO of Liquid X is a former executive officer of the Company and a former member of Matthews' Board of Directors. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, in anticipation of a disposal transaction, the Company recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $3,131, representing a full write-down of its cost-method investment in Liquid X. This write-down was recorded as a component of other income (deductions), net, for the year ended September 30, 2024. The disposal transaction was completed in October 2024.

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