Industrials
Kirby Corporation(KEX)
Live Price
Offline$143.42
+2.21% today
1Y Change
+23.08%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $7.85B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.0%
- EPS Growth
- +28.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kirby Corporation (KEX) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $7.85B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $143.42 and up 23.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.0%, EPS growth of +28.7%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.0%, EPS +28.7%, free cash flow -2.0% with operating margin 14.4% and ROIC 642.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 21.8 and price/sales 2.3. Stock Foundry combines KEX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+3.0% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+14.4% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
21.8 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 30, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +3.0% and EPS at +28.7%, with operating margin around 14.4%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 30, 2026 | โ | -2.2% | -5.5% | -6.6% |
2026 Jan 29, 2026 | +3.7% | -3.7% | -2.8% | +6.2% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | +1.2% | +3.3% | +5.2% | +12.0% |
Benchmark Edge
KEX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KEX
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KEX Max Drawdown
-33.83%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KEX and SPY.
Company Overview
Kirby Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessel transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barge throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along three United States coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. It also transport petrochemical, black oil, refined petroleum product, and agricultural chemicals by tank barge; and operates offshore dry-bulk barge and tugboat unit that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargo in the United States coastal trade. As of December 31, 2021, it owned and operated 1,025 inland tank barge, approximately 255 inland towboat, 31 coastal tank barge, 29 coastal tugboat, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barge, 4 offshore tugboat, and 1 docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement part for engine, transmission, reduction gear, electric motor, drive, and control, electrical distribution and control system, energy storage battery system, and related oilfield service equipment; rebuild component parts or diesel engine, transmission and reduction gear, and related equipment used in oilfield service, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents generator, industrial compressor, high capacity lift truck, and refrigeration trailer; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping unit, as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems for oilfield customer. It serves to various companies and the United States government. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
- Leadership
- David W. Grzebinski
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 5.4k
- Street Address
- 55 Waugh Drive
- Mailing
- Houston, TX, 77007
- Region
- Houston, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 713 435 1000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 21.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.0
- Price/Sales
- 2.3
- Price/Book
- 2.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.0%
- EPS
- +28.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -2.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 26.0%
- Operating Margin
- 14.4%
- Net Margin
- 10.5%
- ROE
- 10.6%
- ROIC
- 642.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
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- Current Ratio
- โ
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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