Kirby Corporation

KEX Industrials Marine Shipping

Kirby Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.4 billion, up 3.01% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.2%
EPS
+26.8%
Free cash flow
−78.1%
Total debt
−7.19%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

121.25 1.78 +1.49%
Market cap
$6.3B
P/E
17.0×
Fwd P/E
19.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.09
Beneish M
−2.72
Dividend safety
n/a

Kirby Corporation (KEX) Free cash flow margin

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Kirby Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 13.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.31% (fiscal 2018) to 14.5% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Marine Shipping industry median of 18.3% and below the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 13.0% (0.32)
FY2024 13.3% 7.98
FY2023 5.32% (0.37)
FY2022 5.69% (6.55)
FY2021 12.2% (2.22)
FY2020 14.5% 3.14
FY2019 11.3% 8.01
FY2018 3.31% (4.64)
FY2017 7.95% (3.53)
FY2016 11.5% 3.15

Against its own ten years

Low 3.31% High 14.5%
Ten-year median 11.3%
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. compare 62.5%
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. compare 46.5%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP compare 38.9%
HAFN Hafnia Limited compare 35.3%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. compare 23.7%
DAC Danaos Corporation compare 18.5%
MATX Matson, Inc. compare 17.3%
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. compare 5.97%
KEX Kirby Corporation 0.00%
Marine Shipping industry median 18.3%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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