Kirby Corporation (KEX)Industrials | Marine Shipping | Houston, United States | NYSE
139.06 USD
-0.80
(-0.572%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 139.06 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:03 a.m. EDT
Kirby Corporation offers a moderate near-term opportunity backed by technical resilience and speculative interest, though it lacks the income characteristics of a core holding. The stock has staged a recovery over the last year, trading above its 200-day moving average, and the options market is pricing in a higher probability of gains than losses. Fundamentally, the business remains profitable with healthy operating margins and a forward P/E that suggests earnings expansion is expected. However, the most recent fiscal year saw a 13.86% decline, and the company has not distributed dividends in the tracked period, which limits its appeal for income-focused investors. While the nine-year cumulative gain is impressive, the lack of sustained high-growth metrics and the recent annual dip keep the long-term outlook in the solid but not exceptional range. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.030077 |
| AutoETS | 0.030077 |
| MSTL | 0.030910 |
| AutoTheta | 0.032226 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 57% |
| H-stat | 15.15 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.269 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.60 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1989-08-07 |
| Last Dividend Date | 1989-08-07 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 35.618 |
| Revenue per Share | 64.389 |
| Market Cap | 7,342,367,744 |
| Trailing P/E | 21.49 |
| Forward P/E | 16.68 |
| Beta | 0.86 |
| Profit Margins | 10.18% |
| Website | https://kirbycorp.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:03 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with a distinct bullish skew. Near-term call implied volatility is nearly double that of puts, and open interest concentrates heavily at out-of-the-money strikes above the current price (160/170), while put protection is clustered at lower strikes (110/115). This suggests traders anticipate a move higher rather than a crash.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 1989-08-08 | 0.05 | 1.269841 |
| 1988-08-09 | 0.05 | 2.352941 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.47205555 |
| Address1 | 55 Waugh Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 1000 |
| All Time High | 157.69 |
| All Time Low | 0.875 |
| Ask | 160.0 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 340,820 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 569,898 |
| Average Volume | 569,898 |
| Average Volume10Days | 340,820 |
| Beta | 0.859 |
| Bid | 56.39 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 64.827 |
| City | Houston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 139.06 |
| Current Ratio | 1.684 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 140.86 |
| Day Low | 138.45 |
| Debt To Equity | 35.618 |
| Display Name | Kirby |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,328,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,328,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.0 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.048 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,328,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,277,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,277,000 |
| Ebitda | 778,377,024 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.22307 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.962 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.445 |
| Enterprise Value | 8,532,918,784 |
| Eps Current Year | 7.08929 |
| Eps Forward | 8.33674 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 618,537,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 138.6742 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.38580322 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0027820838 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 47.205555 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 157.69 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -18.630005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.11814322 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 79.52 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 59.54 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.7487425 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 79.52 - 157.69 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,151,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 52,414,560 |
| Forward Eps | 8.33674 |
| Forward P E | 16.680382 |
| Free Cashflow | 347,219,136 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 5,233 |
| Fullday Change | -0.800003 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.572003 |
| Fullday Price | 139.06 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.33196998 |
| Gross Profits | 1,158,379,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.007929999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.02683 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 52,800,000 |
| Industry | Marine Shipping |
| Industry Disp | Marine Shipping |
| Industry Key | marine-shipping |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 618,537,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.05 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,149,120,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessels transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barges throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and coastwise along three United States coasts, Alaska, and Hawaii. It transports petrochemicals, black oils, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboat units that are involved in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargos in the United States coastal trade. It owns and operates 1,105 inland tank barges, approximately 266 inland towboats, 28 coastal tank barges, 24 coastal tugboats, 2 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 3 offshore tugboats, and a docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears, electric motors, drives, and controls, electrical distribution and control systems, energy storage battery systems, and related oilfield service equipment; rebuilds component parts or diesel engines, transmissions and reduction gears, and related equipment for use in oilfield services, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents generators, industrial compressors, high capacity lift trucks, and refrigeration trailers; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems. It serves various companies in the United States government, and pleasure crafts. 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. |
| Long Name | Kirby Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 7,342,367,744 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_283986 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 355,184,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 7,384,608,000 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 140.52 |
| Operating Cashflow | 709,657,024 |
| Operating Margins | 0.13833 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.63 |
| Phone | 713 435 1000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 139.06 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 139.86 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.615503 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.1450937 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.1041715 |
| Profit Margins | 0.1018 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.037 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.800003 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.572003 |
| Regular Market Day High | 140.86 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 138.45 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 138.45 - 140.86 |
| Regular Market Open | 140.52 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 139.86 |
| Regular Market Price | 139.06 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 349,197 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05133 |
| Return On Equity | 0.10414 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.078 |
| Revenue Per Share | 64.389 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 52,800,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.028299998 |
| Shares Short | 1,492,413 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,585,004 |
| Short Name | Kirby Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0361 |
| Short Ratio | 2.48 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | KEX |
| Target High Price | 175.0 |
| Target Low Price | 158.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 166.16667 |
| Target Median Price | 167.0 |
| Total Cash | 38,955,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.738 |
| Total Debt | 1,227,026,944 |
| Total Revenue | 3,489,434,112 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.47 |
| Trailing P E | 21.493046 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 131.3302 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.7297974 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.058857728 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 349,197 |
| Website | https://kirbycorp.com |
| Zip | 77,007 |