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Kirby Corporation KEX
$137.87 +3.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $7.38B
Strong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.4%).
- Over the past year the stock returned +63.9%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 48.9 percentage points.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $6.50, up 22.9% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 41%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 46%
- Gross marginBottom 43%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
- Interest coverTop 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 25%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
- 6-month returnBottom 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 12%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 30%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.5% | 6.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 28.7% | 22.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 26.0% | 25.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.7% | 13.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.0% | 13.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.6% | 5.5% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.9% | 28.7% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 26.0% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 12.7% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 9.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.6% | 8.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | — | Top 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.5% | — | Top 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +9.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.51×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.41%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.41%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $164.00
- Target vs current price
- +19.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 69%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +2.5% | -9.8% | -8.9% | -5.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +6.4% | -1.3% | -6.6% | -7.9% | -4.9% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +3.7% | -4.7% | -5.2% | +1.2% | +17.5% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +1.2% | +13.9% | +17.8% | +26.4% | +45.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +5.0% | -20.6% | -16.0% | -18.1% | -28.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | +4.7% | +3.3% | +6.0% | +15.8% | +25.4% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | -0.8% | +5.2% | +2.0% | -4.0% | -9.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +5.4% | -6.1% | -4.9% | +5.5% | -13.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.67 | $1.63 | +2.5% | $922.4M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.41 | +6.4% | $844.1M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $1.68 | $1.62 | +3.7% | $851.8M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.65 | $1.63 | +1.2% | $871.2M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.67 | $1.59 | +5.0% | $855.5M |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.33 | $1.27 | +4.7% | $785.7M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $1.29 | $1.30 | -0.8% | $802.3M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.55 | $1.47 | +5.4% | $831.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.2× | 23.3× | 29th | Top 21% |
| P/E (forward) | 19.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.9× | — | — | Top 21% |
| EV / Sales | 2.45× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.45% | — | — | Top 21% |
| Earnings yield | 4.71% | — | — | Top 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.4× – 60.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +63.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +22.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +9.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.4%
- RSI (14)
- 55.3
- Relative volume
- 1.12×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 29.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 40th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -9.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -38.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2024 | Oct 10, 2025 | -38.8% | 228 days | 70 days (Jan 22, 2026) |
| May 17, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | -31.4% | 95 days | 109 days (Mar 8, 2022) |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Jul 14, 2022 | -24.9% | 73 days | 160 days (Mar 3, 2023) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | -17.0% | 14 days | 69 days (Nov 11, 2024) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Dec 7, 2023 | -15.6% | 59 days | 51 days (Feb 22, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.38B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.50
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.49B
- 52-week range
- $79.52 – $157.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.25B | $2.78B | $3.09B | $3.27B | $3.36B |
| Gross profit | $380.0M | $522.4M | $700.1M | $825.2M | $883.4M |
| Operating income | -$258.1M | $192.9M | $335.1M | $399.1M | $491.5M |
| Net income | -$247.0M | $122.3M | $222.9M | $286.7M | $354.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$4.11 | $2.03 | $3.72 | $4.91 | $6.33 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $831.1M | $802.3M | $785.7M | $855.5M | $871.2M | $851.8M | $844.1M | $922.4M |
| Net income | $90.0M | $42.8M | $76.0M | $94.3M | $92.5M | $91.8M | $81.2M | $89.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.55 | $0.74 | $1.33 | $1.67 | $1.65 | $1.68 | $1.50 | $1.67 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $321.6M | $294.1M | $540.2M | $756.5M | $670.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$98.0M | -$172.6M | -$401.7M | -$342.7M | -$264.5M |
| Free cash flow | $223.6M | $121.5M | $138.5M | $413.8M | $405.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $629,000 | -$19.0M | -$108.6M | -$165.2M | -$349.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $39.0M
- Total assets
- $6.22B
- Total liabilities
- $2.78B
- Total debt
- $1.23B
- Net debt
- $1.19B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.44B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1989 | $0.10 | Sep 5, 1989 |
| Aug 9, 1988 | $0.10 | Sep 6, 1988 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,834,261
- Days to cover
- 4.80
- Change vs previous report
- +4.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 1, 2006
- 2-for-1
- May 12, 1981
- 10-for-1