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Kirby Corporation
KEX · NYSE · ·
$129.68+1.0%Nov 13 close
Figures through September 30, 2026, from the 10-Q filed November 6, 2026
Past performance
- 1W
- +7.2%
- 1M
- -5.9%
Kirby Corporation against marine shipping
Kirby Corporation is the 4th largest of 38 graded companies. Showing 5 of them. 1 more is in this industry but has no grade yet, so it is left out rather than shown blank.
| Company | Grade | Market value | Revenue | Profit margin | Free cash flow | Price to earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-Fuels Holdings LtdUFG | D- | — | $263.9M | -0.7% | -$2.4M | — |
| Costamare Bulkers Holdings LimitedCMDB | F- | — | $597.2M | -6.3% | — | — |
| Euroholdings LtdEHLD | F+ | — | $13.2M | 111.6% | -$28M | — |
| Kirby CorporationKEX | B | $6.7B | $3.6B | 10.4% | $389.3M | 18.66 |
| Matson, Inc.MATX | B+ | $6.2B | $3.7B | 14.6% | $199.6M | 11.85 |
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Graded on the same five checks, from their own SEC filings.
How it compares with its industry
Three ratings, each a percentile against the 36 companies we cover in Marine Shipping. Deliberately kept apart rather than blended into one score — cheap, rising and well-run are three different facts, and a single number would hide which one is which.
Momentum
46of 100 in its industry
Middle of its industry
12 months to a month ago67.8%
6 months to a month ago-3.6%
The most recent month is left out on purpose: returns tend to persist over 7–12 months and the newest one tends to reverse. This describes what the price has done, and says nothing about what it will do.
Value
32of 100 in its industry
Below most of its industry
Profit for the price5.54%
Cash for the price5.77%
Sales for the price53.32%
Assets for the price50.13%
Operating profit for the whole business9.76%
Yields, so higher means cheaper — a loss-making company ranks last instead of dropping out. Cheap is not the same as good: a high yield is often a price that fell for a reason. All five measures available.
Capital allocation
4/5Mostly disciplined
1 check not reported
Return on capital8.4%
Shareholder yield5.25%
Share count, 3 years-13.8%
Net debt / EBITDA1.38x
Insiders, 12 months-$16M
What management does with the money — scored on whatever the filings answer, never as a share of the total.
The six capital-allocation checks
- Return on the money invested8.4% on invested capital
- Debt against earnings1.38x net debt to operating earnings
- Cash returned to shareholders5.3% a year in buybacks and dividends
- Share count over three yearsShare count 13.8% lower over three years
- Payouts covered by cash flowFree cash flow covers what it pays out
- Open-market insider buyingNet selling of $16M — not counted against the score
A description of where this company sits among its competitors, not a recommendation. Ratings updated Nov 14, 2026.
A blank price-to-earnings means a loss, not a missing figure — the ratio has no meaning when there are no earnings to divide by, and printing a negative one would make the least profitable company look the cheapest.
Grades are trailing twelve months from each company’s own SEC filings, so they move only when a company files. Every column is computed by the same code that graded Kirby Corporation on the overview — nothing here comes from a data vendor’s own ratios.
Industry membership is not a judgement about how similar two businesses are. It groups companies by what they are classified as, which is a starting point for comparison rather than a claim that they compete.