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Kirby Corporation (KEX)

Industrials | Marine Shipping | Houston, United States | NYSE
135.73 USD -1.42 (-1.035%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 1:30 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:14 a.m. EDT

Kirby Corporation presents a compelling case for investors seeking exposure to the marine shipping sector, backed by solid profitability and a forward-looking valuation that suggests earnings recovery. The company maintains healthy operating margins and a manageable debt load, supported by a nine-year price history that shows a net gain despite a sharp single-year decline in 2025. While the recent price action has consolidated near the fifty-day average, the options market is aggressively pricing in further gains, with traders stacking open interest at higher strikes. However, the absence of a dividend yield means income investors will rely entirely on capital appreciation, which carries the risk of the recent earnings miss. Overall, the fundamentals remain intact, but the stock is currently in a transitional phase where technicals and sentiment are driving the immediate path more than the underlying business quality.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.018093
AutoTheta0.018127
MSTL0.019506
AutoARIMA0.026592

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 1.24
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.020
Excess Kurtosis 0.35
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 7,166,543,872
Trailing P/E 20.85
Forward P/E 16.43
Beta 0.84
Profit Margins 10.18%
Website https://kirbycorp.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for upside movement, with call volume and open interest significantly outweighing put activity. Open interest clusters around the 145, 150, and 160 strike prices, indicating bets on a continued rally toward analyst targets. Put volume is negligible, suggesting limited hedging against downside risk.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
1989-08-08 0.05 1.269841
1988-08-09 0.05 2.352941
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 1989-08-08
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.05
lastDividendDate 1989-08-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6029687
Address1 55 Waugh Drive
Address2 Suite 1000
All Time High 157.69
All Time Low 0.875
Ask 135.35
Ask Size 1,100
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.1 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 502,990
Average Daily Volume3 Month 489,057
Average Volume 489,057
Average Volume10Days 502,990
Beta 0.84
Bid 135.23
Bid Size 500
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 135.73
Current Ratio 1.684
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 138.325
Day Low 135.01
Debt To Equity 35.618
Display Name Kirby
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Earnings Growth 0.0
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.048
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,190,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,190,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,190,600
Ebitda 778,377,024
Ebitda Margins 0.22307
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.833
Enterprise To Revenue 2.416
Enterprise Value 8,432,071,168
Eps Current Year 7.08754
Eps Forward 8.26296
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.51
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 618,537,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 136.9954
Fifty Day Average Change -1.2654114
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.009236889
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 60.296867
Fifty Two Week High 157.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -21.960007
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.13926062
Fifty Two Week Low 84.05
Fifty Two Week Low Change 51.679993
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.614872
Fifty Two Week Range 84.05 - 157.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Float Shares 52,414,560
Forward Eps 8.26296
Forward P E 16.426315
Free Cashflow 347,219,136
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 5,233
Fullday Change -1.4199982
Fullday Change Percent -1.0353614
Fullday Price 135.73
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.33196998
Gross Profits 1,158,379,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.007929999
Held Percent Institutions 1.02567
Implied Shares Outstanding 52,800,000
Industry Marine Shipping
Industry Disp Marine Shipping
Industry Key marine-shipping
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
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 7,166,543,872
Market State REGULAR
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 6,994,416,000
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 135.68
Operating Cashflow 709,657,024
Operating Margins 0.13833
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.63
Phone 713 435 1000
Previous Close 137.15
Price Eps Current Year 19.150509
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.0937262
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.053784
Profit Margins 0.1018
Quick Ratio 1.037
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.14286
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.4199982
Regular Market Change Percent -1.0353614
Regular Market Day High 138.325
Regular Market Day Low 135.01
Regular Market Day Range 135.01 - 138.325
Regular Market Open 135.68
Regular Market Previous Close 137.15
Regular Market Price 135.73
Regular Market Time 1,792,171,847
Regular Market Volume 208,729
Return On Assets 0.05133
Return On Equity 0.10414
Revenue Growth 0.078
Revenue Per Share 64.389
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 52,800,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.040900003
Shares Short 2,157,523
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,760,385
Short Name Kirby Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0521
Short Ratio 4.89
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol KEX
Target High Price 200.0
Target Low Price 156.0
Target Mean Price 169.0
Target Median Price 169.0
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 6.51
Trailing P E 20.84946
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 135.8019
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.071899414
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0005294434
Type Disp Equity
Volume 208,729
Website https://kirbycorp.com
Zip 77,007