KEX Stock Analysis: Kirby | NYSE
Marine Shipping | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 7.567m USD | 12M Return: 22.7% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 89.1M
EPS Trend: 96.2%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 96.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Kirby Corporation is a U.S. marine transportation and industrial services company operating two segments: Marine Transportation and Distribution and Services. The Marine Transportation segment is one of the largest operators of inland tank barges in the United States, moving bulk liquid products such as petrochemicals, black oils, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals across the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and along the U.S. coasts, Alaska, and Hawaii. The segment also runs offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboats in U.S. coastal trade, with its inland fleet including over 1,100 tank barges and approximately 266 towboats, alongside a smaller coastal and offshore fleet.
The Distribution and Services segment provides after-market parts, remanufacturing, rentals, and new equipment production for marine, oilfield, power generation, and industrial customers. It supplies components and rebuilds for engines, transmissions, and electrical systems; manufactures pressure pumping units and power generation/battery storage equipment; and rents generators, compressors, lift trucks, and refrigeration trailers.
Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Kirby was originally named Kirby Exploration Company before adopting its current name in 1990. Its business model reflects the asset-heavy, cyclical nature of inland barge transportation-a critical link in U.S. energy and chemical supply chains-while the parts and services segment adds a more stable, diversified industrial revenue stream tied to equipment maintenance and energy infrastructure spending.
- Gulf Coast petrochemical demand drives inland tank barge volumes
- Refinery utilization and U.S. crude production lift black oil shipments
- Oilfield pressure pumping activity supports Distribution segment margins
| Net Income: 349.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 7.38 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 735.1 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -19.31% < 20% (prev 12.45%; Δ -31.76% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 12.60 > 3% & CFO 731.2m > Net Income 349.2m |
| Net Debt (1.45b) to EBITDA (761.6m): 1.90 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.08 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (54.0m) vs 12m ago -5.76% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 25.92% > 18% (prev 25.75%; Δ 0.17% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 112.5% > 50% (prev 53.93%; Δ 58.54% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 10.93 > 6 (EBIT TTM 492.6m / Interest Expense TTM 45.1m) |
| A: -11.37 (Total Current Assets 58.0m - Total Current Liabilities 717.5m) / Total Assets 58.0m |
| B: 58.85 (Retained Earnings 3.41b / Total Assets 58.0m) |
| C: 0.16 (EBIT TTM 492.6m / Avg Total Assets 3.04b) |
| D: 1.29 (Book Value of Equity 3.42b / Total Liabilities 2.65b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 119.7 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.92 (Receivables 536.4m/553.6m, Revenue 3.41b/3.24b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 25.75% / 25.92%) |
| AQI: -744.0 (AQ_t -74.85 / AQ_t-1 0.10) |
| SGI: 1.05 (Revenue 3.41b / 3.24b) |
| TATA: -6.58 (NI 349.2m - CFO 731.2m) / TA 58.0m) |
| Beneish M = -445.6 (Cap -4..+1) = AAA |
As of July 13, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 143.75 with a total of 363,971 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +10.71%, over one month by +0.23%, over three months by +1.30% and over the past year by +22.67%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 135.70 (which is 5.6% or 1.9 ATR below the current price).
Kirby has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy KEX.
- StrongBuy: 5
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 166.3 | 15.7% |
P/E Trailing = 20.6283
P/E Forward = 18.9394
P/S = 2.2109
P/B = 2.0825
P/EG = 2.6273
Revenue TTM = 3.41b USD
EBIT TTM = 492.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 761.6m USD
Long Term Debt = 977.3m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 6.09m USD (from shortLongTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.51b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last fiscal year) + Leases 201.6m
Net Debt = 1.45b USD (calculated: Debt 1.51b - CCE 58.0m)
Enterprise Value = 9.02b USD (7.57b + Debt 1.51b - CCE 58.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 10.93 (Ebit TTM 492.6m / Interest Expense TTM 45.1m)
EV/FCF = 21.04x (Enterprise Value 9.02b / FCF TTM 428.4m)
FCF Yield = 4.75% (FCF TTM 428.4m / Enterprise Value 9.02b)
FCF Margin = 12.55% (FCF TTM 428.4m / Revenue TTM 3.41b)
Net Margin = 10.23% (Net Income TTM 349.2m / Revenue TTM 3.41b)
Gross Margin = 25.92% ((Revenue TTM 3.41b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.53b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 25.75% (prev 25.75%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 155.4 (set to none) (Enterprise Value 9.02b / Total Assets 58.0m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.99% (Interest Expense 45.1m / Debt 1.51b)
Taxrate = 23.34% (106.5m / 456.3m)
NOPAT = 377.6m (EBIT 492.6m * (1 - 23.34%))
Current Ratio = 0.06 (Total Current Assets 58.0m / Total Current Liabilities 980.6m)
Debt / Equity = 0.44 (Debt 1.51b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.42b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.90 (Net Debt 1.45b / EBITDA 761.6m)
Debt / FCF = 3.38 (Net Debt 1.45b / FCF TTM 428.4m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.40b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 11.50% (Net Income 349.2m / Total Assets 58.0m)
RoE = 10.28% (Net Income TTM 349.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 3.40b)
RoCE = 11.27% (EBIT 492.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 3.40b + L.T.Debt 977.3m))
RoIC = -56.84% (NOPAT 377.6m / Invested Capital -664.3m)
WACC = 8.40% (E(7.57b)/V(9.07b) * Re(9.62%) + D(1.51b)/V(9.07b) * Rd(2.99%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 9.62% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -98.88 | Cagr: -4.09%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.80% ; FCFF base≈336.8m ; Y1≈386.1m ; Y5≈568.2m
[DCF] Fair Price = 131.3 (EV 8.47b - Net Debt 1.45b = Equity 7.02b / Shares 53.5m; r=8.40% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 96.19 | EPS CAGR: 32.04% | SUE: 1.80 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 96.79 | Revenue CAGR: 4.40% | SUE: 0.68 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=1.62 | Chg30d=-0.20% | Revisions=-38% | Analysts=6
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.94 | Chg30d=+0.43% | Revisions=+40% | Analysts=6
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=7.01 | Chg30d=+0.02% | Revisions=+38% | GrowthEPS=+10.8% | GrowthRev=+4.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=8.28 | Chg30d=+0.10% | Revisions=+44% | GrowthEPS=+18.0% | GrowthRev=+6.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +29% (up=12, down=6)