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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.83%, EPS was flat, free cash flow fell 78.1% and total debt fell 7.19%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

136.43 0.72 −0.52%
Market cap
$7.2B
P/E
20.9×
Fwd P/E
20.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.09
Beneish M
−2.72
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 19.10
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 4 2 — 6 2 — 4 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.88%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 7,240.00
Revenue 3,489.43
Net Income 355.89
Free Cash Flow 501.69
Net Debt 992.44
Current Ratio 1.68 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.30 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 20.86
Fwd P/E 20.00
P/S ratio 2.09
P/B ratio 2.11
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 12.43%
Next Y EPS Growth 16.45% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 7.85%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 14.90%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 33.32%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 87.17%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 91.19%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 76.41%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 21.34%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 33 74 79 39
Receivables 579 537 543 724
Inventory 454 394 398 416
Other — — — —
1,135 1,069 1,078 1,240
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 269 251 219 250
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
676 735 707 736

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.59% 9.15% 6.50%
Cash Flow 2.49% 8.54% 31.59%
Earnings 4.57% 0.00% 42.60%
Book Value 4.03% 1.84% 3.57%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 844 922 — — —
’25 786 855 871 852 3,364
’24 808 824 831 802 3,266
’23 750 777 765 799 3,092
’22 611 698 746 730 2,785
’21 497 560 599 591 2,247
’20 644 541 497 490 2,171
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 98 72 — — —
’25 37 94 228 312 670
’24 123 179 207 247 756
’23 16 211 96 216 540
’22 32 63 66 133 294
’21 103 95 83 41 322
’20 72 171 118 85 445
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 49 7 — — —
’25 (42) 34 177 268 437
’24 45 97 135 157 434
’23 (49) 105 14 93 165
’22 (3) 19 24 118 158
’21 89 71 49 67 275
’20 22 127 81 84 314
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.50 1.67 — — —
’25 1.33 1.67 1.65 1.68 6.33
’24 1.19 1.43 1.55 0.74 4.91
’23 0.68 0.95 1.05 1.04 3.72
’22 0.29 0.47 0.65 0.62 2.03
’21 (0.06) 0.17 (4.41) 0.18 (4.11)
’20 (5.79) 0.42 0.46 0.37 (4.55)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 44.63 59.25 60.63 65.24 32.76 47.58 55.03 60.14 74.88 79.52

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 73.25 74.50 94.05 90.08 92.30 70.60 75.08 87.52 132.21 122.50
People
People Employees 3,100 5,775 2,500 5,700 5,400 5,125 5,200 5,450 5,414 5,233
Revenue/emp, $m 0.57 0.38 1.19 0.50 0.40 0.44 0.54 0.57 0.60 0.64
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,771 2,214 2,971 2,838 2,171 2,247 2,785 3,092 3,266 3,364
Gross margin, % 36.48 29.64 27.26 28.48 30.42 26.43 25.99 29.47 32.63 34.11
EBT 228 73 114 190 (461) (291) 165 294 363 471
EBT margin, % 12.86 3.30 3.84 6.69 (21.25) (12.93) 5.92 9.51 11.11 14.01
Net income 143 314 79 143 (272) (247) 123 223 287 355
Depreciation 233 237 265 257 265 603 244 255 288 311
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 33.13 40.04 49.88 47.50 36.24 37.41 46.38 51.93 56.36 60.40
Earnings 2.63 5.62 1.31 2.38 (4.55) (4.11) 2.04 3.74 4.95 6.37
Cash flow 7.78 6.39 5.83 8.57 7.43 5.35 4.90 9.07 13.05 12.03
Capex (3.97) (3.20) (4.18) (3.19) (2.18) (0.78) (2.26) (6.31) (5.56) (4.19)
Free cash flow 3.80 3.19 1.65 5.38 5.24 4.58 2.64 2.76 7.49 7.84
Book value 45.14 56.31 54.00 56.43 51.53 48.10 50.72 53.53 57.87 60.74
Shares, m 53 55 60 60 60 60 60 60 58 56
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 25.29 12.58 51.42 37.62 0.00 0.00 31.21 21.06 21.37 17.32
P/S 2.00 1.69 1.35 1.88 1.43 1.59 1.37 1.52 1.88 1.82
P/B 1.47 1.20 1.25 1.59 1.01 1.24 1.25 1.48 1.83 1.81
EV/Sales 2.47 2.13 1.82 2.36 2.07 2.09 1.72 1.84 2.12 2.07
EV/FCF 21.52 26.82 55.10 20.84 14.31 17.08 30.31 34.51 15.95 15.96
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 416 353 347 512 445 322 294 540 756 670
Capex (212) (177) (249) (191) (131) (47) (136) (376) (322) (233)
Free cash flow 203 176 98 321 314 275 158 165 434 437
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 275 477 489 403 582 460 570 459 334 371
Total debt 723 992 1,410 1,370 1,469 1,161 1,076 1,009 867 912
Net debt 717 972 1,402 1,345 1,388 1,127 996 976 792 833
Shareholders’ equity 2,413 3,114 3,216 3,372 3,088 2,889 3,045 3,187 3,353 3,383
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.33 6.60 1.42 2.38 (4.54) (4.36) 2.23 3.95 4.95 5.98
ROIC 4.94 1.43 2.10 3.21 (5.88) (4.02) 2.98 5.03 6.02 7.36
ROE 5.98 11.25 2.47 4.31 (8.44) (8.26) 4.12 7.15 8.77 10.53
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Kirby Corporation vs peers in Marine Shipping (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KEX Kirby Corporation $7.2B 20.9× 20.0× +7.83% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% −78.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.53% 13.27%
MATX Matson, Inc. $7.1B 15.5× 13.4× +16.72% (above 0%: growing) +45.76% (above 0%: growing) −455.10% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.94% 16.39% Compare
HAFN Hafnia Limited $5.4B 7.6× — +47.21% (above 0%: growing) +273.33% (above 0%: growing) +193.17% (above 0%: growing) 37.79% 34.33% Compare
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. $3.6B 25.2× — (loss-making) +8.86% (above 0%: growing) +178.95% (above 0%: growing) −9.51% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.32% 8.10% Compare
ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. $3.4B 8.4× 4.2× +239.40% (above 0%: growing) +602.38% (above 0%: growing) +196.66% (above 0%: growing) 80.71% 74.97% Compare
SBLK Star Bulk Carriers Corp. $3.1B 10.9× 7.5× +44.46% (above 0%: growing) +433,233.33% (above 0%: growing) +25.84% (above 0%: growing) 56.88% 43.38% Compare
DAC Danaos Corporation $2.9B 5.3× 4.7× +4.66% (above 0%: growing) +16.81% (above 0%: growing) −81.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 72.84% 48.38% Compare
NMM Navios Maritime Partners LP $2.5B 5.7× 4.1× +25.22% (above 0%: growing) +147.01% (above 0%: growing) +252.84% (above 0%: growing) 65.58% 39.64% Compare
SFL SFL Corporation Ltd. $1.9B 25.8× 29.6× +4.25% (above 0%: growing) +2,400.00% (above 0%: growing) −18.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 63.23% 32.49% Compare
Median of peers $3.3B 9.6× 6.1× +20.97% +226.14% +8.17% 60.05% 36.99%

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Kirby Corporation (KEX) key facts

  • Strength: Kirby Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.4 billion, up 3.01% from fiscal 2024.
  • Kirby Corporation (KEX) is a Marine Shipping company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, KEX traded at $136.43, a market capitalization of $7.2 billion.
  • Return on equity was 10.5% and debt-to-equity 0.30.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.09 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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